Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I dreamed about Izzy Kleiber and the Punishment Squad , only in the dream I was Izzy Kleiber , and I was drowned … . ’ |
| 6 | They 've got several in erm I suppose they are sport they are sport shoes covers running . |
| 7 | Listen no wonder he 's world champion he can go afford to skiing , his dad 's a multi-millionaire ! |
| 8 | To his peers among the hardcore diaspora he is punk rock personified , the noble savage — poet , performer and publisher , a Nietzschian superman in baggy black shorts and ‘ Search And Destroy ’ tattoos . |
| 9 | While Rush ended the night as the hero it was Paul Stewart who got Liverpool going . |
| 10 | I have used the last of the old chemicals , and for the moment I am Henry Jekyll again . |
| 11 | For the moment I am Henry Jekyll again . |
| 12 | But erm again , it 's it 's good fun , kind of a good laugh with the wedding cake , at least with a wedding cake you 're spending money and you 're getting fed and everybody 's getting a bit of it ! |
| 13 | It was certainly a family picture — four ladies seated in a row with their offspring cross-legged on the ground in front of them : from left to right they were Sarah Kleiber and Benjamin , Gloria Judge and Matthew , Ruth O'Dell , with Lilian on her lap and Danny at her feet — and Maudie Judge , with her hand on Trevor 's shoulder . |
| 14 | Well after the , the aircraft had actually er left the airport to go , be handed back to the RAF they said sometimes had to be serviced or final adjustments made and that 's what they used to go out there for but erm Helliwells was ver it was still , all through the war it was Helliwells aircraft they used to have their own lorries and everything and they used to erm , be under the auspices of the Air Ministry but it was very much a private company . |
| 15 | In the Second World War it was Chiang Kai-shek 's lifeline . |
| 16 | Wonder what Charlotte 's passion will be by her next birthday , at the moment it 's Postman Pat . |
| 17 | For a moment it was Florence Nightingale speaking . |
| 18 | If anyone alive was not in need of cheek-roses at that moment it was Mr Cottle . |
| 19 | And what you said about mortgaging a school , how can a school mortgage it 's school premises if we 've already mortgaged it , with our eighty-five million borrowing , we 've already got half the schools in this county on a mortgage anyway . |
| 20 | Ill health dogged his period at St Mary 's , and he returned for a further period of treatment while he was the curate , and in September 1962 he came to Coniston as the Parish priest and significantly , no further setbacks were experienced to his health while he was living in proximity to Coniston Old Man and during the period he was Parish Priest . |
| 21 | yeah , he was a Squadron Leader he was Squadron Leader , being engaged in combat he done the lot , he did n't need to prove that he was male . |
| 22 | Albert Hammond that is and er A Free Electric Band it 's Radio Nottingham it 's a quarter to one and er Action Line Action Line time now and er in a film Thelma and Louise that 's starter of the trend for stronger independent women if er you fancy a lift but want something a little less drastic then our Louise from the Action Line team is here today with something to tickle your fancy I 'm scared now I hope you 're not suggesting that er women take to their cars and mow down any unsuspecting male that gets in their way . |
| 23 | When they drew up beside the little band it was Alice Mair who opened the car door and spoke . |
| 24 | It 's the Old Wine Shop it 's Amington A M I N G T O N Oh it could be . |
| 25 | The Chairman of the Board and er You 've Got Me Dangling on a String it 's radio Nottingham it 's Geoff Owen here till two this afternoon . |
| 26 | Well in this bomb it 's potassium permanganate |
| 27 | ‘ I fink there 's bin some dodgy business goin' on wiv the stuff 'e 's bin 'andlin' if yer ask me , ’ William went on . |
| 28 | Mr Antonis Georges , prosecuting , told the court they were specimen charges . |
| 29 | In his day it was factory smoke , not petrol , |
| 30 | At the finish it was Mike Edwards from Wigan who presented the major threat and took second place . |