Example sentences of "be [num] of [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this factory there are 1100 of us and yet we only have one Asian shop steward . |
| 2 | Rarely has a Merseyside derby — and there have now been 147 of them in the League — had such significance for one of the managers . |
| 3 | There had been eight of them , four girls and four boys , and only ten years between first and last . |
| 4 | Eldest daughter Carol , 18 , tells us : ‘ Even though there are 12 of us , he is always there for each of us when we need him or his shoulder to cry on . |
| 5 | Eldest daughter Carol , 18 , tells us : ‘ Even though there are 12 of us , he is always there for each of us when we need him or his shoulder to cry on . |
| 6 | He says the Hercules has had 30 years service , and there are 2,000 of them . |
| 7 | Be careful not to overlook any of these ( there are six of them ) . |
| 8 | But then again , we can only hear them at the moment , but there are six of them . |
| 9 | So there are six of us here it 's none for you , none for you , none for you , none for you , none for you and none for me how many altogether ? |
| 10 | That there are six people there are six of us could have a maybe |
| 11 | Okay now there are six of us how many twelfths will we get there are twelve of them . |
| 12 | ‘ There are hundreds of them hooting all night , ’ protested Betty . |
| 13 | Nobody 's going to know officially and it 's not as if there are hundreds of you or anything — I mean , so what if somebody does find you ? |
| 14 | Erm I lost interest in photography f er after a while because the er the photography at the centre , there 's always been ever since I joined , there 's been six of us who had er a l a lasting thing with photography . |
| 15 | Yeah well you you know I 've been in there on a Saturday morning when there 's been six of us there and one bloke serving , you know , I mean |
| 16 | Do n't miss out , make sure you 're one of them at least one . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're … you 're one of them things , ai n't you ? ’ |
| 18 | I promise you , the village wo n't think you 're one of them because you are n't in the proper rectory . |
| 19 | I would n't be smiling cos you 're one of them . |
| 20 | He goes , do you know what one of them is , he goes , it 's just sort of like evolutionary thing between the ape and man , and he goes , it 's sort of part way between , and it 's sort of like some sort of creature , and it 's half like an ape and half like a human , and he goes , and you 're one of them he goes , you 're one of them Gran , he goes , you 've got a brain like one of them , as well , and Gran just like went oh shut up Ryan . |
| 21 | He goes , do you know what one of them is , he goes , it 's just sort of like evolutionary thing between the ape and man , and he goes , it 's sort of part way between , and it 's sort of like some sort of creature , and it 's half like an ape and half like a human , and he goes , and you 're one of them he goes , you 're one of them Gran , he goes , you 've got a brain like one of them , as well , and Gran just like went oh shut up Ryan . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're one of us now ! |
| 23 | I see you 're One of Us . |
| 24 | You 're one of us . |
| 25 | You 're one of us . ’ |
| 26 | You 're one of us . |
| 27 | You 're one of us , are n't you ? ’ |
| 28 | Yes , now what I 'm saying is I mean there 's going to be , there 's four of us , they 're five of us here , taking part in the exercise , yes ? |
| 29 | In fact there 're two of them , there and one there . |
| 30 | She 'll give a pound coin to one of the tinkers ’ children when there 're dozens of them running round , and she 'll let them see she 's got lots more pound coins , and then she has to give them all one or they 'll bang her on the head and take them . ’ |