Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] be a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I am a motorist myself I use the car as little as possible , prefering to cycle for all urban journeys . |
| 2 | ‘ Although I am a teacher I enjoy learning , ’ said Mrs Plews , who studied alongside her two daughters Jennifer and Hannah . |
| 3 | Emecheta insisted that although she was a girl she wanted an education and managed to get a scholarship to the Methodist Girls ' High School . |
| 4 | Once you are a Catholic you remain a Catholic , whether you become a Buddhist or an atheist . |
| 5 | The New Right in choosing to focus on , and criticise , pressure groups , parties , and elected governments as the very stuff of British politics , chooses to ignore other phenomena that are of political significance , such as the power of the secret state that we will be considering in Chapter S. Moreover , although it is a perspective which is critical of things , criticism is restricted to politics , and to democratic politics at that , and there is no attempt to direct critical attention to the functioning of the economic system and to the power which lurks hidden within it . |
| 6 | Although it 's a problem which has existed for a long , long time , do you do any work in connection with refugees ? |
| 7 | There 's a lot to be said for the modern falconry centres — anything that helps people to appreciate birds of prey is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned — although it 's a shame they have to be turned into tourist attractions . |
| 8 | She went on without prompting : ‘ Although he was a painter he was a very literary man so we had plenty in common . |
| 9 | Our childhood shapes the kind of people we become , and influences our choice of career , so it 's a subject we often turn to on the show . |
| 10 | ‘ So it was a man who made the call ? |
| 11 | I 'm sick of the way you 've treated me , as if I were a child who 's misbehaved . ’ |
| 12 | If I were a girl I would n't let a man go near me ! |
| 13 | If I were a man I 'd tell me to get lost — and fast ! |
| 14 | If I were a man you would n't dare do this ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But why would I agree to help you investigate the club if I were a user myself ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If I were a thief I could have forced my way in , or crept secretly in , ’ said the little tailor . |
| 17 | My palace if I were a king it 's more than a palace it 's my everything . |
| 18 | If I were a teacher I would cook up some real scorchers for the children of doting parents . |
| 19 | They looked about ten , with long hair , both so brown and handsome I could have hugged them ; if I were a woman I would have made a date with them for ten years ' time . |
| 20 | If I were a woman I would n't have the slightest interest in it either . |
| 21 | If I were a fox I would prefer to take the chance of a twenty second chop by hounds . |
| 22 | If I were a doctor I would have been happy to stay in Calcutta and work alongside British doctor , Jack Pregar , and his clinic in Middleton Row . |
| 23 | ‘ If I was a person who believed in such things … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If I was a Romany I 'd have ended up fighting Nahum , ’ said Seb , trying not to allow the emotion he felt to show . |
| 25 | If I was a scientist it would be like finding a cure for for a disease or a technological breakthrough . |
| 26 | ‘ If I was a toff I 'd have a watch , ’ said Sadie glancing at a wrist that needed no additions . |
| 27 | He looked half determined , half afraid , as if I was a lion which he as assistant keeper was helping to escort from one zoo to another . |
| 28 | ‘ Put it this way , if I was a woman I would like to bear his children , ’ said Depressed Milkman supremo Ged Backland , who has stayed on the right side of the copyright laws by using a pencil drawing of the Bettabuys boss . |
| 29 | ‘ Are you saying if I was a Catholic I could n't suit myself ? |
| 30 | I thought : ‘ If I was a plant I 'd feel like growing . ’ |