Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be [noun] of [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Pupils and teachers at Cheney say they 're victims of their own rigourous adherence to guidelines for working out the figures . |
2 | Well it was the same no distinction at all in that sense , but er you know we were sort of they had more serious things to talk about than I wan er you know I knew the cook , er couple of o other apprentices from the carpenters shop we used to go into the main th there was no-one to keep an eye on us in the in the mess-room you see , no-one to tell us . |
3 | ‘ Yes , I know there were criticisms of my form in the internationals against Canada and South Africa . |
4 | You know they were sort of they were cheap stalls and and the people who came were the bargain hunters . |
5 | It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally . |
6 | Erm I mean you know it 's sort of there were certainly there were certainly groups of black tenants and white tenants who mixed , and there were certainly groups of of white tenants who would n't mix with the black tenants and vice versa . |
7 | ‘ Not a bit , it 's just that I do n't tell anything , you see , and the Community likes that , they feel I 'm part of them . |
8 | Probably because most of us were n't really , well , quite a few of us anyway were n't thinking about sex at that time , so I suppose it was kind of you know , you just started |
9 | Perhaps you feel it 's part of your duty as my host . ’ |
10 | I bet there 's loads of them like it in there , these should be tapped in by both leads |
11 | I doubt whether this is done deliberately , but I think it 's part of everybody 's perception of science in schools that girls do biology and boys do chemistry and physics , and I suppose this is bound to have its affect on people 's choices , but I personally , and I think most of my colleagues would agree with me on this , see no reason to suppose that girls should be any less good at chemistry and physics than boys . |
12 | I think it 's part of our nature . |
13 | They can also be rated in kilowatts and on mopeds cos the regulation allow sort of what mopeds sixteen year olds can ride and I think it 's sort of something like seventy kilowatts or ninety kilowatts , it might be ninety . |
14 | In the uncomfortable interview he said : ‘ I think it is part of my job to stir controversy , as long as it is not party political controversy . |
15 | See there was part of it you 've got er you 've got to have somebody with you . |