Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I am an orphan , and live with my maid . ’ |
| 2 | " I am an idiot . |
| 3 | Then he fell silent , as if he was thinking of some way to turn this promise into a purpose , and he added , in the barest of trembled whispers , ‘ As I am an eagle of Wrath do I promise it . |
| 4 | ‘ I am an officer of the king , and the crown is involved . |
| 5 | His attitude ; I am an officer , cons do n't talk to me like that ) |
| 6 | ‘ But you must remember that I am an industrialist and , really , factories are as interesting to me as museums , ha ! ha ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I am an interpreter . |
| 8 | ‘ I hear that you are a canon 's daughter — and I am an archdeacon 's son , ’ said Rupert lightly , trying to make conversation . |
| 9 | The simplest and most fundamental aspect of cognisance ( fundamental philosophically and developmentally ) is what is usually referred to as ‘ self-world dualism ’ : the knowledge that there is a physical world out there of which I am an experiencer and that is distinct from me . |
| 10 | ‘ I AM an angel , ’ he sobbed out loud . |
| 11 | I am vulnerable to the inference here that my inquiry has vested interests ; that because I am an African-American and a writer I stand to benefit in ways not limited to intellectual fulfilment from this line of questioning . |
| 12 | TELEVISION presenter Keith Chegwin opened his heart in front of the cameras yesterday and admitted ‘ I am an alcoholic ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ I am an alcoholic , ’ said Lydia . |
| 14 | The 34-year-old Liverpool-born presenter , who had two four-week spells in a drying out clinic , said : ‘ I am an alcoholic . |
| 15 | ‘ But did you know I am an artist ? |
| 16 | I am an artist . |
| 17 | I am an artist on the verge of becoming professional and I am seriously considering investing in an airbrush kit . |
| 18 | His smile , as I recounted my terrifying encounter — I am an arachnophobe — implied that there were worse things in life than having a spider wandering over one 's hair . |
| 19 | I am an ex-pat living in the most unfriendly part of the most unfriendly state in the Union . |
| 20 | I am an American , this is my home , it does n't do me any good commercially to race in a formula the people back home do n't understand . |
| 21 | ‘ I am an internationalist not a supranationalist . |
| 22 | ‘ No , but I am an animal , ’ replied the bearded DJ , ‘ And I think you 'd have to agree that you are as well , in fact I 'm beginning to wonder what species you are . ’ |
| 23 | I AM an ex-miner , having been forced into redundancy at the healthy age of 53 due to the policies of the Thatcher Government towards the British coal industry . |
| 24 | And you are right , I am an Empereur . |
| 25 | I am an Indian in every way . |
| 26 | I am an expert on being nervous while broadcasting . |
| 27 | I am addressing this meeting , not because I am an expert in the field of training European teachers to teach their mother tongue , but because the Language Teaching Centre ( LTC ) of the University of York is running a project to bring over qualified language teachers from Germany and France and retrain them to teach their mother tongue as a foreign language in British schools . |
| 28 | ‘ I am an expert on women 's hands . |
| 29 | I am an ex-employee of Sainsbury 's Westgate , Oxford , and I am organising a reunion for former employees . |
| 30 | ‘ Sir , I am an apothecary . |