Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pron] [be] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But like most families while father appears to be the boss more often than not it 's mother who usually has the last word .
2 It makes no sense to contemplate a general policy of reducing adverse events in people 's lives , even if it were possible , unless perhaps they were crises which might unavoidably lead to the person becoming trapped into a highly stressful lifestyle .
3 and er as often as not they were ladies who had been separated or divorced and er they had all , a lot of sort of marital problems and it became almost a , a we welfare of job
4 Participation in higher education also shows overall differences between the sexes , though here it is men who predominate .
5 She wrote ‘ ROSALBA ’ , for indeed it was Rosalba who was there , holding the kitchen knife in her hand as Tommaso came through the door .
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