Example sentences of "of [noun] [pron] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Younger neighbours may be glad to ‘ sit in ’ for one evening a week too , if you can give them some service in return , such as looking after their child for a morning while they go shopping , although of course there are people who will help with no expectation of reward , if you make your need known to them-perhaps more of them than you imagine . |
| 2 | Of course there are people who come from disadvantaged backgrounds ; of course we must do what we can about it . |
| 3 | well how can you not get somewhat attached to a child , I mean of course there 's children you do n't like , like adults you do n't like |
| 4 | Of course there were friends whom I could have asked , but I had seen an opportunity to be stubborn and had dismissed each of her suggested candidates with tiresome and irrelevant objections — too fat , too blonde , too tall , too many teeth . |
| 5 | Then erm , of course there were people who lectured on er gate courses on elementary German , there was a friend of Doctor , who used to go out and , to units and erm give lessons in German and erm there were , there was a unit of Polish erm soldiers stationed , they had an armoured train , believe it or not , which was erm parked at Saxmundham and erm every so often , particularly at night , they used to trample up and down the line . |
| 6 | Of course it was England which gave cricket toAustralia . |
| 7 | When they cross a region of space–time it is space–time itself that vibrates . |
| 8 | But I think after three glasses of wine it 's time I went home . ’ |
| 9 | Well cos at er , there were n't enough tide to take it away , I mean you ta you get clay well that 's , that 's solid and the amount of stuff I was dredge they use and use it , now we 're not the only ones got it , they got people from Harwich , people from Felixstowe , they were all dumping out there . |
| 10 | In times of trouble it is children who suffer most — whether through war or the daily grind of poverty . |
| 11 | Whereas your letters indicate that loyal subjects who have previously supported the Monarchy now feel that mistakes need to be acknowledged and if Her Majesty is not to be seen as hopelessly out of touch and out of date it is time she stood up and publicly said sorry . |
| 12 | It was acknowledged that within the heart of London there were areas which required remodelling and these would offer opportunities ‘ for a fine architectural treatment ’ . |