Example sentences of "that [pron] [be] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would say that I am a realist in the sense that I think there is a universe out there waiting to be investigated and understood . |
| 2 | ‘ You know that I am a prince of a very high order , and you know I obey the Ancient Code of Honour . |
| 3 | Yet I must still think it my duty , without reconsidering whether or not it be worthwhile , to continue this plain record of what ( I know ) need not have been plain but for the accident that I am a niggler without impulse , not an imaginative artist . |
| 4 | Under the section that I am a member of , is the public sector , the largest section of the union . |
| 5 | ‘ One of the reasons for my downfall is that I am a rep for Taunton Cider , and one of the first things Yvonne told me was to keep off alcohol . ’ |
| 6 | This and similar instances stayed in my mind , because I believe that I am a competitor in every sense of the word , always ready to take up a challenge . |
| 7 | I should point out that nothing in this book should be construed as implying that I am an authority on the caves and potholes I mention . |
| 8 | ‘ If it helps you make up your mind , Mrs Diamond , I should tell you that I 'm a friend of Heather 's rather than a friend of her family … if you see what I mean . ’ |
| 9 | I suppose you could say that I 'm a kind of manageress . |
| 10 | But at the same time I 'm proud to say that I 'm a member of the T an er of the G M B |
| 11 | I like to think that I 'm a sort of poet |
| 12 | erm I 'll just give you this buyer 's guide erm this tells you erm that I 'm a representative of Friends Provident and can therefore only recommend the Friends Provident products which er suit your needs . |
| 13 | I told the man that I was a friend of hers before she married Nigel Hughes . |
| 14 | Following these up , I went into a chemist 's shop , introduced myself to the tall lady assistant and said that I was a friend of her future husband 's brother . |
| 15 | They conveniently forgot that I was a member of the Kingman Committee . |
| 16 | My best memory when I was at Primary School was that I was a member of a Gymnastics club and for many weeks we rehearsed our routine to do in front of the school and parents . |
| 17 | My usual reluctance was reinforced on that occasion because I should have been doubly embarrassed to admit to the Dutch travellers that I was a Member of Parliament . |
| 18 | I was beginning to think that I was a person with whom no one could live . |
| 19 | There was also one piece of the jigsaw that now slotted into place : before June died , he took LSD in controlled circumstances with a therapist : ‘ I became conscious of very early emotions about not being wanted — feeling that I was a problem to my family as an infant . ’ |
| 20 | I had a sense , sometimes enormously vivid , that I was a stranger in a strange land ; a visitor , not a native , a displaced person . |
| 21 | I remember that my chest swelled with pride the day Mrs Smelley , who owned a boarding house in the Commercial Road , told me that I was a chip off the old block and that in her opinion one day I might even be as good as my Granpa . |
| 22 | Knowing full well that I was a wimp at heart , it was refreshing to be treated as something else . |
| 23 | Well they knew that I was a graduate in erm , they had two , they had a , a lab manager and an assistant , and they both went sick at the same time , and er , they asked me if I 'd do it . |
| 24 | There were other lords who also disliked me , and together they managed to persuade the King that I was a danger to Lilliput . |
| 25 | To my personal embarrassment to the extent that I was a party to the majority of the decisions to which I have referred , I have to say that I think that this court again finds itself in the same position . |
| 26 | In my case I almost felt that I was a participant in some workshops which had been filmed ten years earlier . |
| 27 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |
| 28 | He used to tell me I was less of a woman than most women ; that I was a woman in flesh but a man in spirit ; that I was an hermaphrodite nouveau , a third sex . |
| 29 | After looking at me carefully , they decided that I was a creature outside the laws of nature . |
| 30 | Suppose that I was an infant in arms . |