Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | My domino playing was at its peak and all that I was achieving was gained through natural talent . |
| 2 | Perhaps the only creature to rouse what could be construed as a maternal sense in my heart had been the Egyptian cat , and Nour had killed it . |
| 3 | I am always in my very best spirits , for my heart has been as light as a feather ever since I got away from all that humbug ; and , what is more , I have become fatter . |
| 4 | My story has been called ‘ extraordinary ’ , ‘ bizarre ’ and ‘ surrealist ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ He said my hair had been badly cut , ’ says Susan . |
| 6 | I had also , as it were , ‘ fallen in line ’ again , so that although I believed , my faith had been marked by a continuing lack of personal conviction . |
| 7 | My case had been destroyed by a rogue conveyor belt , ’ she said , wanting to explain her unconventional luggage . |
| 8 | JOHN Armstrong 's paintings , ‘ built up of remembered things which in my case have been miscalled surrealist ’ , have a poetic appeal which often beats Dali , Magritte et al at their own game . |
| 9 | The ‘ something ’ in my chest had been identified . |
| 10 | And my chest 's been right sore . |
| 11 | Erm I 've been off work in excess of five years now er add my income has been very very small and whatever award I get will never go ahead and compensate me or my wife for what I 've been through . |
| 12 | I was teaching until 1966 and my experience had been largely directed at explanation . |
| 13 | My experience has been that for many people there is not all that difference between bringing ‘ God ’ in and touching wood . |
| 14 | All of my experience has been gained on what we know as the fast jets ; in the air defence role I have worked on the Lightning and in the ground attack role with both the Jaguar and Tornado . |
| 15 | My experience has been that entertainers who come for just the show have maximum impact and cause great excitement , especially if they arrive dressed up . |
| 16 | My experience has been that there are a great many people in industrial and other commercial enterprises who want to have insight , and indeed already possess it , into their roles in industry and to contrast these with their roles as citizens . |
| 17 | And my experience has been that virtually all rape cases have been the forcible interference with a woman . |
| 18 | The first person to dent my euphoria had been Brian Moore , ITV 's match commentator for West Ham versus some town up North , later that same afternoon . |
| 19 | In reply , Sir Derek said that though he could not speak for other directors , ‘ my resignation has been available to the board from the day all this started . |
| 20 | Then all of a sudden my enthusiasm had been replaced with deep anxiety and apprehension for what actually lay ahead of me . |
| 21 | The armed men eventually let me retrieve my bag and notebook — my money had been taken — and remain in the lobby . |
| 22 | I once attempted to read his first book , Alex Through The Looking Glass , but stumbled and fell at page 10 where the Hurricane made this observation on the subject of literature : ‘ My favourite read is Robert Ludlum . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ Oh — I was just wondering , you know , because my skin 's been getting a little dry recently . ’ |
| 24 | My decision has been not to breed from her , but I 'm still sending letters to colleagues who specialise in genetics and orthopaedics , hoping that they might be able to shed some light on the significance of what I unexpectedly found . |
| 25 | when we , ma when my mum had been married twenty five years that time . |
| 26 | My mum brought be down yesterday . |
| 27 | The highest my mum goes is forty pounds cos she does n't think she should spend a lot of money on a pair of trainers that wo n't last . |
| 28 | ‘ What my Mum does is her affair . ’ |
| 29 | My mum has been minding him since he was seven months old , he is now six . |
| 30 | We 're talking about the way my sister has been devastated by your constant and intimate contact with her husband . ’ |