Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [pron] be [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's quite true he 's my boyfriend and our relationship is very special , ’ while he countered : ‘ It 's just not true that we 're going out together , or that she 's my girlfriend . ’ |
| 2 | Clearly , you may also be able to persuade someone to lend you money if you have power of some sort — if they owe you a favour or if you are their boss or if you are in a position of some authority for example . |
| 3 | She felt much less used and abused when she could distinguish whether his hugs were genuine offers of warmth and love towards her or whether they were his means of asking for something just for himself . |
| 4 | He said I do n't know whether it 's mine or whether it 's your bugger . |
| 5 | a project quality plan format has been designed for the Permanent Way group , and that it 's your format and you change it . |
| 6 | Through exposure to the rich variety of skills , attitudes , gifts , life- and workstyles found in ordinary people , children can be shown that all individuals are unique and that it is their differences ( rather than their similarities ) which are of value to society . |
| 7 | During the small group discussions , most men confirmed that they would like to make love more often and that it is their partners who restrict how often it occurs . |
| 8 | Juniors come to recognize that the local , situation-specific knowledge they are expected to acquire is important , that it will be called upon , and that it is their responsibility to develop and communicate it , to be sure it gets into the decision process . |
| 9 | In this country , it is often assumed that teachers are a law unto themselves once they are inside the classroom and that it is their professional training and sense of professional responsibility that are the chief influences on their practice . |
| 10 | He feels that he is trusted , respected as an individual , treated as one and rewarded as one , and that it is his individuality that is needed : his individual contribution , rather than conformity to some sort of ideal ‘ company man ’ . |
| 11 | In view of that , we can recognize the possibility that as rational beings we fall under a system of law which we have somehow ourselves brought into being , and that it is our task while appearing to exist in the sensory world to live according to that law , in spite of the fact that what we appear to be is simply animals driven by sensory desire . |
| 12 | So why was it and how come that Madame was claiming that the opposite was true and that it was her father who was the person out of favour ? |
| 13 | In Coventry , Salmon is reported to have committed ‘ wicked Swearing , and uncleaness , which he justified and others of his way , That it was God which did swear in them , and that it was their liberty to keep company with Women , for their Lust ’ . |
| 14 | There was no question but that Jean-Claude wanted to be a success and that it was my job to bring this about . |
| 15 | He told them that he was answerable to Parliament alone when he made decisions and that it was his duty to take into account the wider interests of the public . |
| 16 | He had informed his silent audience of the death — just ‘ death ’ — of Dr Kemp ; explained that in order to establish the , er , totality of events , it would be necessary for everyone to complete a little questionnaire ( duly distributed ) , sign and date it , and hand it in to Sergeant Lewis ; that the departure of the coach would have to be postponed until late afternoon , perhaps , with lunch by courtesy of The Randolph ; that Mr Cedric Downes had volunteered to fix something up for that morning , from about 10.45 to 12.15 ; that ( in Morse 's opinion ) activity was a splendid antidote to adversity , and that it was his hope that all the group would avail themselves of Mr Downes 's kind offer ; that if they could all think back to the previous day 's events and try to recall anything , however seemingly insignificant , that might have appeared unusual , surprising , out-of-character — well , that was often just the sort of thing that got criminal cases solved . |
| 17 | Henry III died in November 1272 , when Edward was campaigning in Sicily but he returned and , at the age of 33 , became King Edward I , and although it was his wish to finally liberate Jerusalem from the Moslem Saracens , he became involved in England , Wales and Scotland . |
| 18 | And if it 's my brother , do n't shoot him . ’ |
| 19 | And if it is your , your view that y y your , your organs may be used in , in advance , and if that 's known to your relatives it 'll make a very very difficult time for them a great deal less difficult than it might have been otherwise . |
| 20 | And if it was her he was lashing out at , so be it . |
| 21 | So for a while , the President of the United States effectively had world power , there was no other power in the world who could stand up to the U S , er , after , after , World War One for one argument anyway , and I think Freud 's er , defence disposition would be , Woodrow Wilson was the man who came to Europe , saying he would bring a just peace for all , and went away leaving a total mess , and , and , Freud 's er argument in his book is , told us was , well , the mess er , was really Wilson 's own doing , and if it was his doing , what was it in his character that allowed him to er , si to on some Lloyd George , who bullied him into getting most of what they wanted . |
| 22 | After all , a guitar tech 's job has to depend on such accuracy , and if it were my job then I 'd rather put my faith in the R450 than a box-load of pocket tuners . |
| 23 | It fails to put forward any options for accept for erm , equal rights , for disability or race , and we think this is an omission , and if it were your intention to write a response , we would want to include that point in the response we make . |
| 24 | They told me Mrs Asmoyah was ‘ critical ’ — hospitals are only generous with the truth when it 's bad — and if I was her husband , father , mother or sole blood relative , I could visit her any time , but preferably after 7.0 a.m . |
| 25 | And if you 're my doctor , you ca n't tell anybody what I say . ’ |
| 26 | And because it was his territory , Trent retained hope , despite his fear of Louis ; as he had retained hope back in Ireland under the inspection of the leader of the terrorist unit that he had infiltrated . |
| 27 | And since I 'm my own boss , my hours are flexible . |
| 28 | People will puke up all over the place and since it 's your fault , you 'll have to clear up the mess . |
| 29 | It was conceived within wedlock and while she was his wife any child of her body was legally his property . ‘ |
| 30 | Most transactions involve substantial numbers of tens of thousands of pounds and whether it is your firm or your employer 's firm , you must respect the large sums of money which any conveyancer is called upon to handle in every week of his working life . |