Example sentences of "be a [noun] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well we ca n't go into the reasons for that but I said let's respect the reasons I said if that 's how you feel I said , you 're a man you you must make your own decisions I said probably in a few months time you 'll come |
| 2 | Although I am a motorist myself I use the car as little as possible , prefering to cycle for all urban journeys . |
| 3 | In the olden days , with no contraception to speak of , there were probably masses of women , especially the poor ones , to whom child-bearing must have been a penance which they were forced to endure because there was no way out . |
| 4 | Droning Dot and nurdish Nigel do have the odd laugh , but there 's never been a character who you could call easy going and game for a laugh . |
| 5 | Droning Dot and nurdish Nigel do have the odd laugh , but there 's never been a character who you could call easy going and game for a laugh . |
| 6 | My words are a guide which you can follow … follow … , |
| 7 | It has been an experience which I have enjoyed . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , the doctor continued to be a friend whom he enjoyed meeting in the evenings . |
| 9 | But she did not wish to lose her place , hard though her life as a servant was ; such an outcome would be a failure which she could not endure . |
| 10 | An association copy can be a book which its author has inscribed to a relative or friend . |
| 11 | The assignment would be a challenge which she would enjoy and , if it turned out successfully , maybe interior decorating could become a second string to her tiles ? |
| 12 | Right , it 's clear i n't it under four rule twenty eight , four , it 's not essential for the disallowance of any cost or interest that er the taxing officer should be satisfied that erm the other party has been prejudiced , in fact that is not a condition precedent to the exercise of his part and disallow interest in this here item , er any prejudice there maybe is merely one factor to be taken into account in other matters and it does seem to me that the fact the court can , can properly and should properly take into account , is , is that erm , it is desirable that to litigation should erm comply with there obligations , either expressly , express or explicit under the rules of the court to comply with matter such as it should have orders part drawn up and served as appropriate , as I say it seems to me that er the plaintiffs 's can be criticized in not erm having perfected the order of Mr Justice er before they did so but er , I have , it seems to me to look at all the relevant pictures in the case , er if it were the case that the plaintiff suffered any prejudice as the result of that claim , clearly that would be a matter which I would have to take into account , but I 'm bound to say it does n't seem to me that the fender of the plaintiffs to perfect the order did in fact cause any prejudice to the plaintiff and indeed if they , the plaintiffs had perfected the order , it seems to me exactly the same course of events as in fact transpired in this case , would actually have occurred and would n't make any difference at all , so unless it 's a matter of simply of er seeking to punish the plaintiff as a matter of discipline , it seems to me there is a , not really anything in the point that the order was not perfected er when it seems to me it should of been , and I , there stood to see the other er circumstances , now it 's quite clear to me having been referred to correspondence , passing between the solicitors that erm although really from a very early stage er the plaintiffs solicitors referring to Mr a letter of early nineteen ninety one indicating that erm the view was being taken that the likelihood was that erm the plaintiffs would have to get their costs out of the defendants share and interest in the premises and er that would be a matter which could only be dealt with when the enquiries director by Mr Justice had been dealt with . |
| 13 | This is because economic loss can be of unforeseen proportions , can far exceed , in many cases the total contract value , and thus be a risk which it is for all practical purposes beyond the financial strength of most businessmen to assume , particularly if they were to accept such risks routinely in all their business dealings . |
| 14 | it might be an idea what he actually said about this . |
| 15 | However , to lose that ingredient from the richness of their diversity would be an outcome which none of the colleges would wish to contemplate . |
| 16 | As a recruiting exercise the meetings were a success one who joined then , now a nurse , was Janet . |
| 17 | ‘ The game we play with the word ‘ toothache ’ entirely depends upon there being a behaviour which we call the expression of toothache . ’ |
| 18 | Now , if one parent has a mutant , has a mutation , supposing I , let's go back to me being a mutant which I was rather enjoying , erm , I 'm the mutant with a gene which increases my reproductive success by one hundred percent . |
| 19 | There 's a sense in which editors are very good at deciding what headlines are , and there 's , there 's a sense which you ca n't do a great deal about it . |
| 20 | but I 'm not sure what colour to do yet , and I had a bit of spare , there 's a girl who I work with who 's pregnant , so I thought I 'd just knit what wool I got |
| 21 | Now , I 'm a pensioner , and I think it 's a scandal what we get for a pension after all the years that you , you fight for you , you put away for your old age , and before you know it you 've nothing ! |
| 22 | Yes it 's it 's a natural you you get an urge to make notes . |
| 23 | It 's a plea which we suggest should make the timetable serve the child and not the reverse , and so what we 're doing is we 're saying to children erm ‘ Yes , you are of the same worth , you are of equal value , you should have the same care , love attention and the same resources ’ . |
| 24 | Basically , it 's a CD which you insert in your IBM player on an Apple Mac , and you have eighty tracks plus all the videos . |
| 25 | It 's a public what they call er Mr here used to say . |
| 26 | and it 's , it 's a subject which I 've enjoyed doing a lot , English , |
| 27 | Sh she rang up , she said erm thanks all the same but she said erm erm , I do n't know who it is mind Bet , it 's a man whoever it is . |
| 28 | It 's going to offend a lot of people , and it 's a problem which I 'm sure exercises a lot of minds . |
| 29 | W R I J , there 's a J there there 's a J there okay . |
| 30 | my Lord there 's a case which I want to bring your Lordships attention to in relate in relation to article five and this is the my Lord there is a further case that I want to bring to your Lordships attention |