Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of Chamberlain 's appointment he had written to his mother : ‘ I am pretty certain that I shall be left where I am which is what I wanted , for the only promotion I should care about would be the Exchequer itself which would never be given to a minister of only two years ' experience . |
| 2 | I long for my canvas and easel where I am my own master and the world is my own . ’ |
| 3 | I had n't bothered with landing lights and I was n't sure , any longer , where I was I only knew I had to keep climbing and that somewhere at the top was relief and safety . |
| 4 | They keep questioning me , always asking where I was what I did why I did it , did all of them where I was who I was with who am I trying to kid why do n't I just admit I did it well if I did n't do all these things , who did ? |
| 5 | I thought of Compton Mackenzie 's brave words at a Nomads ' Club dinner where I was his guest about the mystical experience of people loving their countrymen through loving their country and , by re-creating themselves , re-creating their nation . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've had a little help from Barry Humphries in this , and I hope I 've paid him due credit , thought he did start that nasty rumour that he was me or I was him . |
| 7 | I would sink down into a velvet void so entire and impenetrable that whether it was I or I was it , became moot . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) ( a ) ( i ) Subject to paragraphs ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of this Rule a member of a recognised body shall not hold any share in the body for another person save as nominee for a solicitor , a registered foreign lawyer or a recognised body who or which is himself or itself a member or officer of the recognised body or for a solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is working in the practice of the body or for a receiver appointed under section 99 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in respect of any such solicitor or registered foreign lawyer ’ and |
| 9 | ( 2 ) ( a ) ( i ) Subject to paragraphs ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of this Rule a member of a recognised body shall not hold any share in the body for another person save as nominee for a solicitor , a registered foreign lawyer or a recognised body who or which is himself or itself a member or officer of the recognised body or for a solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is working in the practice of the body or for a receiver appointed under section 99 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in respect of any such solicitor or registered foreign lawyer ; and |
| 10 | or which is one which they 've done in there , is take a specific dream which they 've had which is vivid to them |
| 11 | And here surely is a hard riddle to read , that where she is I can not come , for here indeed she is , and here am I beside her . |
| 12 | I surrender even the question as to how I can be standing here in her virgin company , and still be told that where she is I may never come . |
| 13 | Where yo where you are I mean they 'll have nothing . |
| 14 | I do n't know whether the child was happy with Mrs Reed , but she stayed there ten years , until she went to Lowood school , where you were yourself . |
| 15 | When I knew for sure where you were I came to England alone . |
| 16 | Turning con , concepts and plans into practical working procedures and the attributes that these people have is , you know company workers , or you are one yourself , is that they have self-control , self-discipline , they 're realistic , common sense , but , there 's always a but side to these things is n't there ? |
| 17 | You succeed in what you set out to do , or you are someone who most often fails or falls short of your target . |
| 18 | In Masterson v. Holden it was held that the conduct was insulting because the magistrates might properly have taken the view that such objectionable conduct in a public street may well be regarded as insulting in that it suggests to a witness that he or she is somebody who would find such conduct in public acceptable himself or herself . |
| 19 | Sister Casualty handled them all magnificently , each patient differently , and yet each one as if he or she was her sole reason for taking up nursing . |
| 20 | Who 's your heroine in history or who 's your hero in poetry ? |
| 21 | Investment advertisements sent by the firm only to customers satisfying those tests ( or who are themselves authorised under the FSA ) are therefore exempt advertisements for the purposes of the COB Rules and normally do not need to comply with the SFA investment advertisement rules . |
| 22 | What or who are they ? |
| 23 | ‘ You do not know who is your friend or who is your enemy until the ice breaks . ’ |
| 24 | And where we are they never guess , |
| 25 | Where we were there was no snow at all but as soon as you started to get higher it was completely white . |
| 26 | No neither do I , just trying to wear holes in the carpet or something are we ? |
| 27 | delegate or something is it ? |
| 28 | Ah right yes so let me see , you were the one who said that you were getting to the S P S S stage or something were you ? |
| 29 | Now when you looked through it and it was n't an exam , twenty sixth or something was it ? |
| 30 | Got as far as you could only use five hundred and forty odd or something was it |