Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , my day rate , then , of course I was piece work , but my day rate then would be er er two pound twelve and six pence . |
| 2 | Addressing the 12 heads of government at the start of the Strasbourg summit , Mr Enrique Baron , the Spanish Socialist who is Lord Henry Plumb 's successor as president of the parliament , urged the leaders to go all the way towards full European union provided it is ‘ based on the characteristics which we share in common — those of parliamentary democracy ’ . |
| 3 | The trunk had a hasp and padlock which looked new , though the trunk itself was war surplus . |
| 4 | On the groupware side there are standards issues to be resolved — as with any new technology . |
| 5 | On the plus side there 's Rod Stewart before he became a joke , The Nice inventing prog rock , Fleetwood Mac singing ‘ Someone 's Gon na Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight ’ ( who said the '60s was all peace and love ? ) and Murray Head 's lovely ‘ She Was Perfection ’ , as well as the obvious Faces , Amen Corner , Humble Pie and McCoys classics . |
| 6 | As a result there are pilgrimage churches right across northern Spain and on the main routes traversing France , Germany and Italy . |
| 7 | She was still wearing her apron which , evidently , she had been using to wipe away her tears ; as a result there were grease marks all over her face , giving her the appearance of a participant in a minstrel show . |
| 8 | It is the first indication there are teething troubles with SSDs ' new powers to inspect private schools under the Children Act . |
| 9 | Sadly the Metroliner had lost confidence in being a train and wanted to be an airliner instead : the coaches were rounded like a fuselage there were airliner seats with fold-town tables from the seatback in front even a company magazine at each place . |
| 10 | During a full meeting of the convention later , Councillor John Connolly , of Central Region and chairman of the COSLA water and sewerage committee , said that since a great deal had been heard about taking stock it was time Mr Lang faced up to the fact that he had completely lost the argument for privatised water and sewerage services , including a franchise arrangement . |
| 11 | ‘ Who 's that lying on the runway Who 's that lying in the snow It 's Matt Busby and his boys Making such a f***in noise cause they ca n't get the aeroplane to go ’ |
| 12 | THE title Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistlestop Cafe ( Columbia Tristar , PG , out now ) may be a bit of an unappetising mouthful but as a movie it is gourmet fare . |
| 13 | Quite clearly the reason that people have been asked to come along this evening and have come along this evening is to put there points of view about how the see the theatre in the future what is programme facilities are the things that are n't happening here they feel should be happening here that 's what it 's for not here to serve any purpose for individuals to get up and make personal cuts on people or say what happen on a Saturday morning or a Thursday afternoon cos I |
| 14 | And there 's a nativity quiz , quiz What were swaddling clothes ? |
| 15 | If they 've got their own computer which is I B M compatible we just give them the disk because it 's programmed that the despatcher not the hardware . |
| 16 | ‘ I dreamed about Izzy Kleiber and the Punishment Squad , only in the dream I was Izzy Kleiber , and I was drowned … . ’ |
| 17 | And then we have the third issue which is site selection and here they are at one with the local communities when they say this particular er selected site has been driven by economic consideration and not environmental consideration . |
| 18 | He said , ‘ I want you to mix my live album — ‘ David Live' ’ , so off I went to New York and we did very few overdubs , basically just the backing vocals , because the backing vocals were done by Warren Peace which is Geoffrey McCormack in disguise , and some other bloke , whose mane I ca n't remember , and as they were dancing all the time the backing vocals were rather breathless , so we had to dub them again in the recording studio . |
| 19 | So the three of us left the cul-de-sac which was Victoria Road . |
| 20 | but the particular council which is Elmbridge District Council , started off after last year 's victory by the Liberal Democrats , by moving to one full council meeting a week , lasting about six hours once a week . |
| 21 | They 'd have to serve her favourite dish which is spaghetti bolognaise . |
| 22 | Instead he thanked His Serene Highness , bowed his way out of the inn which was Prince Bernhard 's headquarters , and remounted his horse . |
| 23 | He was also the driver of the school mini-bus which was Hook Road 's current pride . |
| 24 | The Bishop of Lincoln thought it ridiculous that this powerful engine which was Michael Ramsey should be used in a tiny little parish , and said so , but blessed him when he found he wanted to go . |
| 25 | Contrast the situation described in 4.3.1 above where , on a share sale , those of the management who are vendor shareholders can be " connected " with Newco . |
| 26 | The one parent who was H pylori negative has histological evidence of mild inflammation . |
| 27 | On the international scene there are David Campese , Jeremy Guscott and Philippe Sella but few others , which could be bad for the future of the game as a spectacle . |
| 28 | Training , in Wembley , is on Tuesday evenings for enthusiasts in the London area , and through the winter there are weekend expeditions in the northern and western parts of Britain . |
| 29 | Over lunch there 's safety cover only . |
| 30 | Just inside the vestibule there was coconut matting , and seeing this Mum looked about then began to wipe her feet . |