Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the easiest to get along with was Rosie Michelle , a small cheerful Cockney girl who was definitely in awe of no-one . |
| 2 | FED UP with being Beatles copyists , the Stones invented the riff that would sustain them forever , flipped the finger to the authorities that wanted them jailed , punched hippies in the throat and threw the blues into a seething vat of hydrochloric sex acid . |
| 3 | Ill be sending my comments on the Sunderland Match later — but a revolutionary idea we came up with was velcro shirts … with stick on everything … |
| 4 | I had been trying to get a membership list for the Cicero Club , but the only other name I could come up with was George Macready , a scarfaced iceman who had a profitable share of the City 's gambling and was best known for his sword-extruding walking stick . |
| 5 | The second factor is less obviously helpful at first glance but what it adds up to is calorie saving ! |
| 6 | It would have been hard for the toughest , most stable and secure character to stand up to being dream symbol to the world . |
| 7 | He faxes me , not to own up to being Clark Kent , but to draw attention to the fact that he is giving his surplus Y-fronts to Mary Loudon ( author of Nuns Unveiled , Chatto it says here ) for onward transmission to the homeless . |
| 8 | WHY FAMOUS NAMES QUEUE UP TO BE AMBULANCE CASES |
| 9 | One pairing to watch out for is David Hudd and Nick Irens and their new quoted vehicle , Vardon . |
| 10 | Brands to look out for are Jim Beam ( £15.49 , Oddbins ) , George Dickell ( £15.99 , Oddbins ) , Maker 's Mark ( £19.89 , Oddbins ) and Rebel Yell ( £16.60 , Milroy 's ) . |
| 11 | Do n't miss this great opportunity to look out for are swallowtail butterflies , hawker dragonflies and spectacular orchids on a natural history ramble around Blue Marshes National Nature Reserve in the Broads . |
| 12 | Next , choose a soft , strong colour — good collections to look out for are Max Factor 's High Definition , Colorissimo from Bourjois , Helena Rubinstein 's Rouge Forever and Intensités by Chanel . |
| 13 | Their contents had usually turned out to be machine parts but there had been a couple of times when he had found something a little more palatable — once a case of French Burgundy , on another occasion a case of German hock . |
| 14 | It turned out to be Terry Wade who had just heard that Trev Proby had been arrested on a number of theft and extortion charges , and had been refused bail . |
| 15 | It turned out to be Manning Jackson 's home . ’ |
| 16 | The man turned out to be Alan Stewart , the comedian , who managed to force a smile as Roy apologised . |
| 17 | The 1991 season may turn out to be Jon Solly 's last serious crack at the 10,000m , but he is confident that he can get as far as Tokyo for the World Championships . |
| 18 | The woman turned out to be Lady Claire Rendlesham , director of Yves Saint Laurent in London . |
| 19 | Finchingfield had turned out to be Lady Danby 's nephew , which , Theda decided cynically , explained that lady 's change of face . |
| 20 | Just as the record was going to be released , Dave came round and told us he 'd got another manager for us and it turned out to be Ralph Horton who we 'd auditioned for at The Roebuck Pub in Tottenham Court Road . |
| 21 | The book turns out to be Mrs Whitehouse 's newly published volume , Cleaning-up TV . |
| 22 | It turned out to be Mrs Taylor . |
| 23 | And one more coming up , let's take it from the bottom of the pile , literally , and it turns out to be Mrs Diane , Street , Market Harborough . |
| 24 | Sir Eric and Lady Paignton were there , a kindly , elderly couple , who lived on the other side of the village , and one or two people from Clyst St George ; and a fat , over-dressed little woman who turned out to be Mrs Blessington-Dalrymple . |
| 25 | That left the third , who turned out to be Mrs Totteridge 's Father Topstock . |
| 26 | The claim that his fiscal precautions netted the Birt household just £810 in 1990-91 , for example , might be opened to question if the mystery secretary turned out to be Mrs Birt . |
| 27 | He accepted a glass from a black waiter and a kiss from a white puff-ball who turned out to be Camilla Welmsley . |
| 28 | He emerged amongst the Egyptian heavyweights and saw , between two huge stone legs , something rapid and white and golden that turned out to be Fergus Wolff , also heading for coffee . |
| 29 | It turned out to be surface water drainage . |
| 30 | A Vietnamese family , naively befriended by an American , turn out to be Viet Cong sympathisers , and a South Vietnamese general has to be bribed to release artillery support . |