Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a few years ago when my sons were teenagers I had some nice dripping and I said , you 've never had bread and dripping and I gave them some , I put a bit of salt on , I said , try this , I loved a bit of med bread and dripping when I was your age . |
| 2 | ‘ My parents were Italians who came to England as children . |
| 3 | By the nineteenth century England had become the nation of landscape painters although a large proportion of her artists were Scots who , tempted like their lairds a century before , had moved to London for prestige and remuneration . |
| 4 | The PAC uncovered many scandals , but as its investigations were post-mortems it was accused of ‘ only shutting the stable door after the horse had bolted ’ ( see Pollitt 1977 ) . |
| 5 | Although it was called the ‘ Foreign Legion ’ , many of its recruits were Frenchmen who had changed their nationalities . |
| 6 | The extent and quality of briefing possibly accounts for the overwhelming view of the assistants that their duties were ones which they had expected to be doing when appointed . |
| 7 | What many of them use now to get their highs are solvents which , as you can read on page 28 , can and do kill . |
| 8 | Her parents were academics who valued educational success . |
| 9 | Darlington sex therapist Julia Loudon reports that majority of her patients are men who can not get an erection . |
| 10 | This gripping novels opens our eyes to another world , yet its themes are ones we all know . |
| 11 | Her hands are claws she keeps concealed within her rags and tatters . |
| 12 | A lot of their boyfriends were skinheads who go ‘ paki bashing ’ . |
| 13 | Most of their victims are stragglers who , for one reason or another , fail to gain the safety of the wheel . |
| 14 | His obsessions are wounds he deliberately keeps open . |
| 15 | Mr Szuluc says his parents are pensioners who ca n't afford to clothe him , so in frustration he decided to stage a protest at his local DSS office in Stroud , stripping off in front of the other bemused claimants , and handing his borrowed clothes back to his brother . |
| 16 | His grandparents were immigrants themselves , from Frankfurt . |
| 17 | His friends were bikers who roared around the freeways of California . |
| 18 | Your essays are answers which try to satisfy these requirements . |
| 19 | As many of our readers are non-members we have included a page ‘ What is the NCT ’ . |
| 20 | It occurred to me that so many of the people who influence our lives are people who have been unjustly treated . |
| 21 | Our partners are Vernons who are experts in such matters . |
| 22 | Our partners are Vernons who are experts in such matters . |
| 23 | Therefore , the one is a destination which you 'll probably find you 'd prefer to go to for a long weekend or perhaps a , part of your annual holiday etcetera , our parks are places you go to for a day out and I think therefore there is a very er , strong difference between the sort of visit and because I feel that EuroDisney which will undoubtedly will be good , it 's a proven formula er , it 's run well er , it appeals to a lot of people and therefore it will be I think er , successful , exactly how successful I obviously ca n't say , but it will be successful , it will certainly attract British visitors , but they 'll come back , looking er , with certain higher expectation , a value for money , quality etcetera , etcetera . |
| 24 | Our ancestors were apes who left the forests , because there were too many apes and not enough food . ’ |