Example sentences of "[pron] be [noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I lie so close to the earth that I am part of it and so it is mine .
2 I am aswirl with him , with his pre-empting , his blackballing genes …
3 I am dust to you , Joe , no more than mouldering bones … ’
4 She 's doing no harm here , and I 'm company for her . ’
5 ‘ Not a bit , it 's just that I do n't tell anything , you see , and the Community likes that , they feel I 'm part of them .
6 Listen to the slosh-slosh-slosh , feel the rocking motion floating through me as if I 'm part of it — close my eyes — I 'm on my rocking chair and I 'm …
7 So , you see , I 've entered , as completely as I can , the scene on my postcard ; I 'm part of it .
8 No , I 'm sort of I think he confused himself as well as confusing me slightly
9 And I was chairman of it for about six years or so before the council broke up .
10 " Whatever it was you said to him has caused him to cancel the work I was doing for him .
11 ‘ I could understand it with the men , who thought I was coming-on to them , but the women 's reluctance puzzled me , until I discovered that the City people discouraged the country dwellers ( she objects to the word ‘ peasant ’ ) from having their picture taken .
12 ‘ I could understand it with the men , who thought I was coming-on to them , but the women 's reluctance puzzled me , until I discovered that the City people discouraged the country dwellers ( she objects to the word ‘ peasant ’ ) from having their picture taken .
13 ‘ He gave me so much — quite apart from sexual fulfilment , which was part of it , and a very exciting and wonderful part because he taught me so much about sex . ’
14 On the other hand , there may obviously be cases where the plaintiff establishes a prima facie case by proving that he suffered damage from acts done in combination by the defendants the natural and probable outcome of which was damage to him .
15 Since then she has written to tell us of her first reply and we thought you 'd also be interested in some of the suggestions that came in , including Dee Murton 's account of the origin of these cardboard cones which was news to us .
16 Not just the right to negotiate , but to but the organization should actually be organized to benefit the people who are part of it .
17 You are part of me now my dear ,
18 ‘ Forgive me , ’ Athelstan said quietly , ‘ I do not wish to call you liars but there is a great mystery here and you are party to it . ’
19 We 're the only two who 're part of it .
20 M. Well , you 're part of it .
21 They control initially and you know being feeling that you 're part of it you 're in charge of it can set the scene for the whole conversation .
22 ‘ All Ah 'm askin' from ye is the man 's present whereabouts . ’
23 ‘ What will you be doing for her ? ’
24 She felt transported into their safe , happy world , felt as though she were part of it .
25 with one exception , all [ scholars ] contacted have expressed strongly that the service did not appear to see the practical relevance of university training , did not know how to exploit the benefits gained by the individual and in many cases showed noticeable coolness to those who were part of it .
26 In the fifteenth century London remained under merchant rule : all but 6 of the 88 men who were mayor during it were drawn from the 6 greatest companies , the mercers , grocers , drapers , fishmongers , goldsmiths and skinners .
27 She 's part of it , you know . ’
28 once she 's sort of you know
29 Does n't that sort of bring in to the country and she 's out in the country and she wants to show it to them that she she 's sort of she 's still fashionable .
30 And then , then , I will restore him what I denied him , and graciously accept the proffer of it again as a tribute to me , so that for ever afterwards he shall know who is master between us two friends .
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