Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The half-back pairing looks like being Andy Hunter and Paul Campbell . |
| 2 | The biggest danger to New Level looks like being Tom Robinson 's Just Right Kyle , which races from trap two . |
| 3 | For my money , the worst team in the world has to be Birmingham City — they 're crap ! |
| 4 | fjortoft has not scored a single goal in the premiership yet ( he kept them coming at a very steady rate at rapid vienna ( under manager Hans Krankl — one of my favorite strikers — favorite striker of all times has to be Der Bomber , Gerd Muller , who scored something like 60 goals in 50 internationals ! did he in fact score against us in our 2–0 defeat vs Bayern Munich ? ) ) — i guess Fjortoft has problems adjusting to the english play and swindon is not the best of teams anyway . |
| 5 | ‘ As for the new series , it has to be Captain Picard . |
| 6 | ‘ I feel this has to be Ben Needham . ’ |
| 7 | First among them has to be Hugh Laurie 's facial interpretation of Bertie , now brought to a fine pitch of eye-popping , open-mouthed imbecility . |
| 8 | The foundation of all political campaigning has to be opinion research . |
| 9 | Erm that the time has now come to accept that we do have to do the same things and it has to be in black and white and it has to be E E C wide . |
| 10 | ‘ There has to be quality leadership by example . |
| 11 | ‘ It has to be George Orwell , does n't it ? |
| 12 | Tim , My favourite ex player has to be John Sheridan . |
| 13 | Well , chaps it has to be Tony Currie. remember that goal … yes that one that he curled into the corner … who was that against again ? |
| 14 | I guess my fave team has to be Nottingham Forest ( such attractive shirts , do n't you think ? ) . |
| 15 | Just one ground in the entire country does not pay for its police service , and of course that has to be Derby County football club , yet it is the Derbyshire police force that so desperately needs the money . |
| 16 | Ken replied without hesitation : ‘ It has to be Princess Diana . ’ |
| 17 | So it has to be Thursday morning . |
| 18 | But Phillip Chubb is in our group And he wants to be Robin Hood And Ann Boot is sulking because she 's not with her friend And I do n't see why I should be wood . |
| 19 | Offer him the choice of any face and he wants to be Paul Newman , not Broderick Crawford : ‘ Would n't everybody choose someone better looking ? ’ |
| 20 | She wants to be Violet Elizabeth Bott ; the screeching , lithping , secretly smart brat who hung around with the nice-but-dim lads until she annoyed them into letting her join the band . |
| 21 | Fred finds out why Garry Schofield wants to be Leeds captain again |
| 22 | Jeff Coons , one of the young bad boys of current art , wants to be porno star next . |
| 23 | He wants to be Northern Ireland secretary . |
| 24 | Okay , and that one happens to be Ethel Bethel . |
| 25 | McInally 's agent just happens to be Denis Roache . |
| 26 | Do you it 's amazing when he stops at a Happy Eater to have a fry-up , that there happens to be television cameras and the world 's press there . |
| 27 | If that happens to be investment advice well then so be it . |
| 28 | 19 Lord The Lord Ordinary having considered the Petition and proceedings , no Answers having been lodged , Nominates and Appoints to be curator bonis to designed in the Petition with the usual powers and decerns ; authorises the said after finding caution to enter on the duties of his office upon a certified copy of this interlocutor with a schedule of the curatory estate annexed thereto ; ( * Finds the expenses of this application and procedure following thereon to form a proper charge upon the curatory estate , and remits the account thereof , when lodged , to the Auditor of Court for taxation ) . |
| 29 | 19 Lord The Lord Ordinary having considered the Petition and proceedings , no Answers having been lodged , Nominates and Appoints to be curator bonis to designed in the Petition with the usual powers and decerns ; authorises the said after finding caution to enter on the duties of his office upon a certified copy of this interlocutor with a schedule of the curatory estate annexed thereto ; and that upon condition that before issue of a certified copy interlocutor of his appointment he shall lodge in the hands of the Accountant of Court a bond binding himself to lodge Accounts annually with the Accountant of Court and otherwise to conduct the affairs of the curatory estate in all respects in conformity with the laws and practice of Scotland ; to appear before the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland to answer for his conduct as curator aforesaid or in connection with any matter arising out of said curatory ; to submit himself to and prorogate the jurisdiction of the Court of Session for said purposes and to assign an address in Scotland where he may be cited , and decerns ( * Finds the expenses of this application and procedure following thereon to form a proper charge upon the curatory estate , and remits the account thereof , when lodged , to the Auditor of Court for taxation ) . |
| 30 | Their destination tends to be New York , to join an already established colony of Fujianese . |