Example sentences of "to be [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Goodness me , do n't start taking that as a compliment , she cares about everyone 's feelings , she 's an archetypal victim , she 's an absolute fool about other people 's feelings , and let me warn you , I may as well warn you , the more she dislikes somebody , the more somebody annoys her , the more careful she is not to hurt their feelings , in fact the only people she is ever rude to are people like me and Gabriel and Papa , I mean people she cares for enough not to worry about being fair to . |
| 2 | It would be based on a variety of forms of public ownership which would enable people to be masters of their own lives and to give full play to their energy and abilities . |
| 3 | Indeed , the authorities upon which Mr. Collins relied in support of his submission proved on examination to be cases in which the possibility of a defence had been disposed of in that way . |
| 4 | For this reason , most questions about the importance of media turn out to be questions about something else : the interest in media will typically be in its possible role as a cause of some particular effect . |
| 5 | I realised that men in politics had dominated world attitudes for long enough and although they claimed to be experts on everything , my experience showed that they understood very little . |
| 6 | To me , it seemed that those teachers were more likely to be experts in their own system than I would be . |
| 7 | There have to be limitations on what the state can afford to assist . ’ |
| 8 | The life companies had to learn to be distributors of their own products . |
| 9 | In September Richard wrote to the tenants of the archbishopric ordering them not to withhold their duties from Rotherham : ‘ We not willing any of his said rents and duties so to be withholden from him for any thing displeasing us . ’ |
| 10 | In September Richard wrote to the tenants of the archbishopric ordering them not to withhold their duties from Rotherham : ‘ We not willing any of his said rents and duties so to be withholden from him for any thing displeasing us . ’ |
| 11 | It 's going to be G of What 's F of X ? |
| 12 | There seemed to be space for everyone . |
| 13 | For a word to have a meaning is for there to be rules for its use : rules in virtue of which the application of the word can count as correct in some cases and incorrect in others . |
| 14 | We consider these properties to be advantages of our vaccine rather than disadvantages , as it is just these properties that distinguish the MicroGeneSys vaccine from the other candidates . |
| 15 | I had never taught in a classroom before but , although daunting at first , it turned out to be education for me as well as the students . |
| 16 | Did n't she get you to be go-between between her and Hilda ? ’ |
| 17 | No , he would not hurt her , and now she wanted to be him , to be part of him . |
| 18 | This one had a .44 Colt on his hip and his hat tipped forward with the brim curled almost to a point , the hat loose on his head but seeming to be part of him . |
| 19 | If they did , did she want to be part of one ? |
| 20 | But their attitude that you had to be part of their camp used to get to me . |
| 21 | Take-up has stemmed partly from the wish of those companies trading internationally and particularly in the highly litigious US to protect their directors and partly because , as Willis Corroon 's Drew Hardie said , ‘ when directors who had had this cover then moved to other companies they asked for it to be part of their new contract ’ . |
| 22 | She wanted to fit in here more than anything , to be part of their household . |
| 23 | It is undeniable that most readers find amusement to be part of their experience of these texts . |
| 24 | It was the last days of the old tradition , I suppose and I 'm glad I was lucky enough to be part of them . |
| 25 | Jane 's managing director Andy Janes ( crt ) said last night : ‘ We are delighted with Liverpool 's future plans and keen to be part of them . ’ |
| 26 | Many people do not realise that the ancient bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey are not actually part of the United Kingdom , though they have chosen to be part of its air traffic control and aviation legislation systems . |
| 27 | Mr Byers , MP for Tyneside constituency Wallsend , wants the inquiry by the National Audit Office to be part of its investigation into VSEL 's successful tender for the Royal Navy 's new helicopter carrier . |
| 28 | Back in the good old days Turkey used to be part of what was know as ‘ Asia Minor ’ , or the ‘ Near East ’ , to distinguish its differences from Europe . |
| 29 | So impressive are these abstract figures that their creators have travelled the world to be part of what almost amounts to an International Circus of skilled performers , all by invitation and with expenses paid ! |
| 30 | When the Manchester thing was happening we did ‘ The Beast Inside ’ because we did n't want to be part of what was going on . |