Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's puzzling me is that phone-call Nicola had at the party . |
| 2 | Then everyone will think I 'm some kind of spy anyway because it 's hardly going to fit in with my cover of being a moron . |
| 3 | I do n't think I 'm suspect numero uno any more ; I think McDunn at least believes me and that 's enough for now . |
| 4 | To hear you talk , anyone would think I was some kind of wanton , a man-stealer . |
| 5 | And he thinks I 'm another canary you see ! |
| 6 | Life-long love of badgers culminates in nursery for the sick and orphaned A NURSERY for the injured and orphaned is still awaiting its first patient several weeks after opening which is good news , say organisers . |
| 7 | And it 's almost like crowding somebody 's personal space if you go in their office . |
| 8 | And when Hawkbit said he wanted to know who was Chief Rabbit , Bigwig bit him . |
| 9 | Say you 're eight stone they make you put that waistcoat on , it 's nine stone . |
| 10 | ‘ You are not going to have them say you are some kind of dickhead . ’ |
| 11 | Some people say we 're all establishment minded and other people say we 're all something else minded . |
| 12 | Well where , where Tony lives there 's that village is over three thousand years old . |
| 13 | In the world into which she intended to soar there was little room for Rhodri Parry . |
| 14 | I do n't know there 's another pepper you see |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know if that shifty old man of mine is ever goin' to be a credit to 'is fam'ly ; I do n't know there 's any man that can spend more time doin' nothing than Archie can . |
| 16 | Applying Firth , it is irrelevant that the victim did not know there was any liability . |
| 17 | Now , he said , if there 's any question of doubt , he 'll seal it and then the receiver would know there was some question of doubt , and he would seal back the reply . |
| 18 | Residents realise there 's little time to deal with a fire … |
| 19 | Residents realise there 's little time to deal with a fire … |
| 20 | When the second 's about six metres up I realise there 's another line just to the right . |
| 21 | I realise there is little chance of the sponsorship suggestion coming about , but there should be some way of assuring that playing for your country does not cost you money in an amateur game that makes a fortune . ’ |
| 22 | But despite the er , rather individualistic nature of the context used there 's enough flexibility and openness within the subject content , to say . |
| 23 | small , medium , I 'm sure that 's what I had , no they feel nice though , I did n't like the feel of the other ones , I expect there 's enough money in there , I 've got me plimsolls to put on |
| 24 | Mike , has there been extra pressure on you during the past year not to flirt at your radio station ? ’ |
| 25 | Nor has there been much change in the pattern of support from the family . |
| 26 | Why has there been much unemployment in Glasgow and Clydeside during the last 50 years ? |
| 27 | The cyclotron was a research facility through into the 1980s , but was an expensive and remarkable piece of equipment to have appeared in the 1950s in a country where , neither before nor since , has there been much cash for anything scientific . |
| 28 | Not only has there been strong opposition to trade unionism and lack of support for union security at enterprise level by employers ( particularly those in small , paternalistic firms ) but trade unions have also not regarded the negotiation of agreements and protection of immediate job interests — certainly at plant level — as their central concern . |
| 29 | At no time in history has there been more opportunity for a middle-class person to rise , yet , at the same time , the possibility of falling to great depths has similarly increased . |
| 30 | Nor has there been any discussion of the growing requirement in the UK ( as elsewhere ) to carry out an environmental impact assessment for all major developments . |