Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] be [noun] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through parental rows , war movies , barking dogs and football crowds , noise comes to be an automatic , unconscious signal of loss of control and of aggression , and there are teachers whose daily lives are an eternal battle to contain the unease that noise calls forth in them . |
| 2 | And it was Wise who next went close with a free kick from near the corner spot which caught the wind and eluded Southall before bouncing to safety . |
| 3 | The Robinson twins of Coleraine battled out the 200 metre breast stroke for 14–15 years , and it was Louise who this time eclipsed Emma by five seconds . |
| 4 | But it was Casaubon who fifty years later imposed Polybius as the expert in political life , as a far better guide than the fashionable Tacitus . |
| 5 | But it was Mary whose bold appearance drew the breath and the admiration of all of them . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , there was a wedding all right , but it was Matthew who married the girl . ’ |
| 7 | Swayne : ‘ Well , there was a wedding all right but it was Matthew who married the girl . ’ |