Example sentences of "[pron] be [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Thomas was quite willing to try , even though ‘ four gentlemen , two of whom are of another communion ’ , had declined to sign the petition . |
| 2 | aye but I mean some of them are on this Committee as well I mean Wendy and I for a start erm so that would be good right let's try and give that one a |
| 3 | Although they are rarer fossils , some of them are of such interest that they are worth mentioning here . |
| 4 | The skills and expertise required to manage or advise them are in many respects different to those required in a large organization . |
| 5 | ‘ That is because I am under this roof . ’ |
| 6 | It is not , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , that I am under any illusion on this score . |
| 7 | I am at that crossroads . |
| 8 | But I must say I am at some loss as to why you should be so concerned with these most trivial of errors . ’ |
| 9 | How clever I am at these things . |
| 10 | It would have served as a substitute-gratification for their own sadism ( i.e. , ‘ I can not retaliate against my father , but I can against my younger brother ’ ) ; but also as a defence on the part of the ego ( i.e. , ‘ I am spared the anxiety of being made the object of an attack if I can instead become the attacker ’ ) ; finally , it would also have contributed a first , rudimentary focus for the superego ( i.e. , ‘ My father is not now the attacker — I am — hence I am to that extent my father ! ’ ) . |
| 11 | Looking at her he thought , ‘ Do I realize how important I am to this woman ? |
| 12 | ‘ I am to some extent on home ground there , ’ she said , reluctantly and not looking at him . |
| 13 | My wife is travelling without a maid or nurse and I am of little use in a sickroom . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I am as sure of it as I am of this water . ’ |
| 15 | Almost as frightened as I am of this gang . ’ |
| 16 | I have no doubt that there are many colleagues more expert than I am on this subject already planning their drafts ! |
| 17 | I do n't know where I am with this girl , that 's the trouble . |
| 18 | No matter how careful I am with this lead it gets a knot in it . |
| 19 | ‘ IT 'S NOT the number of winners I am after this year . |
| 20 | I wish to be at home with you indeed , indeed-my Joy is only in the bud here I am like that Tree , which fronts me — The Sun shines bright & warm , as if it were summer — but it is not summer & so it shines on leafless boughs . |
| 21 | But Mr Clarke told ministers : ‘ I am against any question of raising taxes to compensate for proper control of public spending . |
| 22 | Tho' I highly respect Mrs. Leapor 's character from the account you give of it , yet as she was absolutely unknown to myself , and I am but little acquainted even with her writings , I am upon this account as well as many others , entirely unfit for such an undertaking as you propose . |
| 23 | I am in many senses neither asleep nor awake . |
| 24 | ‘ Others more qualified than I am in these matters can comment on the economic sense or otherwise of the proposed pit closures . |
| 25 | Never for the future come near me when I am in these tumults unless I send for you . |
| 26 | er we we 've we 've agreed the table on on the base basis of erm information best information available a at the moment but but equally I would n't wish it to be seen th that I am in any way attempting to prejudge the outcome of er local plan studies , erm so the information that I 've agreed with with Mr C Cunnane is basically an attempt to clarify the tabulation fo er in |
| 27 | I am in any case no judge of beauty . |
| 28 | I am in any case rather intrigued by the project ! |
| 29 | If and in so far as there are any presumptions which assist in my conclusions ( and I instinctively dislike introducing presumptions in reaching a decision of fact as crucial as this ) , the presumption that a state of affairs continues until the evidence suggests that it no longer pertains is more to the point than the submission of Mr. Levy that the sanctity of life is so vital an interest to protect that if I am in any doubt that should take precedence . |
| 30 | ‘ As you seem to panic when I am in any danger , ’ he murmured sardonically , ‘ I will leave by the normal method . |