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

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1 Although they are characters they can not move or fight on their own , because they are part of their Mob .
2 They have to explain that although they 're priests they 're really not credulous nitwits , and then they feel they have to go further and they end up writing books about it and yapping away on the television . ’
3 The mechanism whereby they move depends on a process of recombination , so they are parasites whose success depends on the devices that have evolved in cells to replicate and recombine DNA .
4 Although it was midday everything was pitch dark .
5 Although it was Dorothy who had come to interview the officials at PopCon ( ’ an Intergovernmental Agency for Fundamental Research into the Worldwide Problems of Population Stabilisation' ) , she kept getting the impression that it was they who were interrogating her .
6 Although it was Church who originally proposed the use of ‘ pinches ’ and ‘ scoops ’ for measuring out the components of salt-sugar solutions for the purpose of oral rehydration , it was BRAC which adapted this method for use by the people of Bangladesh .
7 Their total of thirty-six questions was less than 2 per cent of all the questions put , although it was Stirling who revealed the attitude of the lay judges towards the assessors .
8 Although it was Aladdin we were watching , Wishy Washy ( Michael Barrymore ) took over the show with his never-ending wisecracks .
9 These are pretty hot stuff so it is £80 I am afraid .
10 ‘ OK , so it 's honesty you want .
11 ‘ So it 's my brothers really I 'm bothered about — not so much Scarlet , though she is being a bit limp — so it 's Barbs I 'm really worried about . ’
12 ‘ Women have babies , ’ I said firmly to my redeeming friend , ‘ so it 's men who have to decide about spending money , such as money on restaurant bills . ’
13 I was still obeying my father when the war came , so it was Hitler who really promoted my release .
14 Now if I were Alwyn I would not be too proud of winning a competition to see who could use more cliches than anyone else .
15 If I were manager I would … ’
16 If I were Souness I 'd go for the Charles Bronson option .
17 If I was Madonna I would probably have shown it to you .
18 If I was Madonna I would probably have shown it to you .
19 If I was Empress I would be a constitutional Empress only , ’ said Pakeezah , drawing herself up .
20 Too fockin' cute , if you 're askin' me . ’
21 Her body 's intact but her mind 's amok , though if you 're askin' me , I 'd say that was nothin' new .
22 If you 're DHSS it 's almost impossible .
23 A number of these things that I have already raised this morning are perhaps are , er primary phase issues rather than secondary but we must remember that the pressures on secondary schools continue as in the primary phase and finally another concern which you are all very well aware of and which particularly if you 're governors you will have drawn to your attention constantly is erm the continuing concern about our educational building stock both in terms of its adequacy as regards the size and the capacity of the accommodation at , where some schools are concerned its need for repair and maintenance work and its need for adaptation to meet the new demands of the curriculum .
24 Er recordwise it never happened and does never seem to happen but we can go to America and work in the Irish centres and the Irish clubs and be an Irish band but er the way we could come over here and do a concert to people in general , it does n't I think the radio situation in America for years was al always very if you were folk you played in folk programme , if you were country you 'll play in the country prog whereas here in Britain there 's one great thing with the radio system , people tend to play whatever you know if it 's easy listening programme they play whatever is is nice and easy listening you know .
25 ‘ To be absolutely honest , even if you were Aphrodite herself , I would n't let you come near me . ’
26 Er recordwise it never happened and does never seem to happen but we can go to America and work in the Irish centres and the Irish clubs and be an Irish band but er the way we could come over here and do a concert to people in general , it does n't I think the radio situation in America for years was al always very if you were folk you played in folk programme , if you were country you 'll play in the country prog whereas here in Britain there 's one great thing with the radio system , people tend to play whatever you know if it 's easy listening programme they play whatever is is nice and easy listening you know .
27 And maybe if you were Mandy you could .
28 And if they 're professionals they 'll know it , too .
29 If they 're minors they wo n't even get their name in the paper .
30 On the one hand , if they are mothers they are more likely to delay seeking help from their GP for fear that their children will be taken into care .
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