Example sentences of "[pron] be a [noun sg] [prep] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was a beauty in me day . |
| 2 | But we ca n't haunt places we 'd never been to , which is a bore for me , because I was so young when I died I 'd hardly been anywhere . |
| 3 | There is the dispositional fact that I believe my name is what it is , which is a fact about me when I am not thinking of my name . |
| 4 | Nor had his optimism , which was a relief to me as , being a Slav , I am by nature distinctly pessimistic . |
| 5 | But if you are a farmer like me you can not avoid winter , whatever your age or physical condition . |
| 6 | ‘ You are a stranger to me , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Whe whereas the building trade would say oh I 'll take you , you 're a friend of mine , I 'll take you you 're a friend of I can take you , you 're a friend . |
| 8 | I 'm a layman to you and you 're a layman to me in many senses , and therefore erm the , the , the fact that our students are in effect very often laymen is not something that detracts from their motivation to study , in many instances it 's something that gives it stimulus and underlines it . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're a mystery to me , Miss Glover , you really are . ’ |
| 10 | I was thirteen then , and you were a hero to me in those days . |
| 11 | ‘ I just feel she 's a part of me . ’ |
| 12 | and we were well it was somebody who was a stranger to me but allegedly she was related to the family or something |
| 13 | ‘ They picked me up from a Sunday team near White Hart Lane when I was 11 and there are a lot like me , ’ Watson said . |
| 14 | One two three now this is a bit silly , oh there 's a pen for me , thank you very much . |
| 15 | At the time I was of the same colouring ( there 's a portrait of me hanging at Burpham ) . |
| 16 | There 's a part of me that says ‘ Its OK to eat ’ , but another part tugs me back and stops me eating . |
| 17 | On the other hand there 's a part of me that rejoices , that is glad he paid the way he did , that for once the world worked the way it 's supposed to , punishing the wrongdoer … and that saddens and sickens me too , because I think that this must be the way Andy feels all the time . |
| 18 | There 's a part of me that would like to be very cocky and self-assured . |
| 19 | He thinks there 's a part for me in the new play at the Queen 's . ’ |
| 20 | If there 's a part for me , let it be left until tomorrow . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ There 's a demon inside me that says , ‘ Go on , go on ’ , ’ reveals Shirley Bassey , who 's playing the Albert Hall this week at the end of another British tour . |
| 22 | There 's a hole in me . |
| 23 | There 's a bloke behind me with a big suitcase , reading a newspaper . |
| 24 | Well , I must admit there 's a bit of me that thrives slightly on the exam syndrome — something that gets the adrenalin flowing rather like ‘ first nights ’ . |
| 25 | There 's a lot of I mean it 's like |
| 26 | There 's a bug on me ? ’ |
| 27 | I 'll ask Sonja tomorrow to see if there 's a letter for me . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I 'm not at my home address , as you see , so if there 's a letter for me , I have n't got it . |
| 29 | Oh , there 's a piece of I should imagine there 's bits of puzzles under the chairs anyway . |
| 30 | There 's a photograph of me sitting cross-legged in the drive proudly displaying my first bumper crop of onions which Nigel learned to string à la français . |