Example sentences of "[adj] and [pers pn] be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Arthur read that paralysing codswallop , the piece of business became impossible and it was only after Fred rang him up and ribbed him about it that he could manage to get the thing off his head again . |
| 2 | I mean I mentioned earlier the fact that it might be that people perceive sexual harassment , where in fact the behaviour has been perfectly appropriate and it 's just that the person perceiving it is unused to it , but I think that 's the minority of cases , incidentally . |
| 3 | I am an artist on the verge of becoming professional and I am seriously considering investing in an airbrush kit . |
| 4 | As he bathed , a sycamore leaf fell between his shoulder blades so that , like Achilles , his perfection was flawed and it was there that the treacherous Lord Hagen thrust his spear . |
| 5 | The world of the imagination is limitless and it is here that the mind must be freed , but it must also be given the spur of inspiration . |
| 6 | He was n't very bright and he was more than a bit of a bore with it . ’ |
| 7 | Mm I mean he looked at me like I was a bit silly and it was only when I got it and looked he 'd got after Christmas written |