Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might have suspected them of being adverbs that simply lacked the ordinary morphological marking , as in : ( 12 ) Grandmother took the corner too fast However , one can conclusively show that this is not so by finding examples where the predicate qualifiers fill a position which can also be occupied by a true adverb ; here we observe that the effect is strikingly different . |
| 2 | Then she turned on the crowd and accused them of being cowards . |
| 3 | In September of that year he wrote to Pepys , Locke and other friends accusing them of being atheists or Catholics , and of trying to embroil him with women . |
| 4 | He wrote a series of letters to Pepys , Locke and other friends , accusing them of being atheists and Catholics . |
| 5 | The Somerset establishment ganged up on them , wrongly accused them of being troublemakers , and one committee member tried shamefully to get them sacked from their newspapers . |
| 6 | From there they were handed over to the Americans , who suspected them of being spies and treated them accordingly . |
| 7 | I do not think that anyone has ever accused me of being Ebenezer Scrooge . |
| 8 | Germans want their children to become scientists or engineers ; the French want theirs to be teachers ; the British , lawyers ; the Italians , clerks . |
| 9 | They do n't want you to be Queen — they want your child to be King or Queen . |
| 10 | When we fix a date , we 'd like you to be bridesmaid . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I know you did n't like him , ’ she said , ‘ but please , I beg you to be friends with him now . |
| 12 | He wants to come to you to be friends but is not sure . |
| 13 | Did n't she get you to be go-between between her and Hilda ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I now declare you to be members of the Elect to be initiated into the Sacred Ministries at the next Easter Vigil ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Perhaps they want you to be King , too , without me , ’ I said quietly . |
| 16 | ‘ We want you to be godfather , Guy . ’ |
| 17 | Think how you would feel if you were asked : " I 'd like you to be slaves in the hold of a sailing ship . " |
| 18 | Clinton characterized his victory as a vote for a " new beginning " , and proclaimed : " I ask you to be Americans again , to be interested in not just getting but in giving , not just in placing blame but in assuming responsibility . " |
| 19 | ‘ But I ask you to be Americans again , to be interested not just in getting but in giving … not just in looking out for yourselves , but in looking out for others . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Ginny , we want you to be David 's godmother , too … ’ |
| 21 | Trust you to be number one ! |
| 22 | ‘ The guy would obviously like you to be Senhora Haraldsen , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Six nights together does not entitle you to be lovers in that sense of the word . |
| 24 | You expect your parents to be superhuman , and they expect you to be kids forever . |
| 25 | ‘ I want you to be Governor of Bermuda . |
| 26 | Then you come to Godstowe , armed with letters proclaiming you to be Deveril . |
| 27 | Even if I did not like you very much , I should still want you to be manageress of the Maison de Verveine in London . |
| 28 | These examples will not immediately take you to being chairperson of ICI but they will give you personally , as well as potential employers , a more positive image of you as a candidate in an interview . |
| 29 | ‘ Are we to be partners or not ? ’ she muttered . |
| 30 | Legal and natural persons are denied access to most international fora ; exclusionary rules prevent them from being parties , interveners , or even witnesses in what they may see as their own claims . |