Example sentences of "'re of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's worth it because it 's lovely when you 're in the water , you 're of equal status with everyone else , it 's nice to have the movement , to float around , unrestrained . |
| 2 | ‘ The private car was deliberately uncoupled , ’ he said , ‘ but we 're of the preliminary opinion that it was an act of mischief committed by someone in Cartier , the last place you stopped before Miss Lorrimore found the car was missing . |
| 3 | Reckon they 're of a size . |
| 4 | You 're of a different calibre . |
| 5 | ‘ But it 's not very nice to take a convicted criminal into your home and then to have him tell you that you 're of little consequence . ’ |
| 6 | But they 're of interest . |
| 7 | We 're of the same sex , let me remind you , we 're not supposed to fall in love with one another . |
| 8 | ‘ They 're of past productions , ’ he elaborated . |
| 9 | We 'll sit apart from them , as we 're of a lower class ! |
| 10 | Aye , they 're of the tinkery breed . |
| 11 | . And er in fantasy land erm if you 're responsible for I T you 're of course very secure in your job you 're a very happy employee because vendors will always come along and solve all your problems and ensure your personal security and success . |
| 12 | Oh of course they 're of course they are a great success . |
| 13 | Mother-of-so-many said : ‘ You 're of an age and you could do worse . |
| 14 | Now this is people 's traditional expectation and they still have it , whereas we 're of the mind that instead of this er you 've very cleverly got in this circle and the last day that I suddenly realized that we 're all equal and moving around in a reasonably organized manner but still we 're rather loose , whereas the traditional view is a parish councillor says it and everybody does the rest , with a few er renegades and revolutionaries at varying parts in your parish . |
| 15 | We 're of the same generation . ’ |
| 16 | Now , they 're of two sort , there are the administrative staff , the financial staff , in other words , that have to do the physical assessments er , financial assessments which by the way are more complicated now than they were previously , because there 's all sorts of different elements and agreements having to be reached with individuals , or charitable institutions or whatever . |
| 17 | Teachers say they 're of no benefit . |
| 18 | You know you 're of pictures now then . |
| 19 | Now you 're of value ! |
| 20 | Now you 're of consequence ! |
| 21 | Well , I should imagine they 're just the same as their normal ones , and they 've stuck a , a whacking great white label on them , but I mean , you know , perhaps they 're of an inferior quality , I do n't know . |
| 22 | Well it 's hard to know where to stop , really erm I mean the , the difficulty of concentrating on one area of the country , is that we 're of course I think there must be very great differences in different areas of the country . |
| 23 | And that 's bad news , I mean , and I 'm sure you 'd feel that way yourselves in many I think basically no one welcomes the interfering busybody , as you may be looked upon , but then strangely , and again this is where the ambivalence comes in , when it suits us , you 're of course our knights in shining armour . |
| 24 | And I think that is the message which I want to get over to you , because if you can find that way to tread that difficult line which is there in our society which is over-protective , over-secretive , which is concerned about not not letting people unless they 're of a certain rank , level or certain job , speak out publicly unless you can break through it I think you 're actually , first of all , denying something for yourselves , and that you 're denying something for the public at large . |