Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All of them are given a warm Irish welcome to make them feel at home . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Perchance he desires not to receive me — and 't is by his wish I am denied a sight of him . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am become an object of universal abhorrence , ’ he is reported to have said , and in a letter to his sister Emma ( Lady St.John ) he wrote ‘ I am not ill but I am not well and I feel the sort of depression which you have often felt … . ’ |
| 4 | Mortal , my name is Miach , and I am accounted a healer . |
| 5 | From his digs at 113 Cowley Road , Thomas wrote his first letter to Harry Hooton : ‘ My dear Mr. Hooton , I matriculated today before the Vice-Chancellor of the University , and , in consequence , I am left a little freer of time and heart : for until then , I feared failure in what turned out to be the easy matric. exam. , and worked to the exclusion of almost all else : which is the explanation of time and heart . ’ |
| 6 | I am allowed a say on this question of standing up at football matches because I first planted my feet on the terraces at Barnsley when I was five and spent the next 15 years or more rooted to the spot . |
| 7 | I am allowed a Walkman actually . |
| 8 | LADY DAVERS : Must I be made a witness to your follies , by heavens ? |
| 9 | ‘ If I 'm given a challenge I have to have a go at it , ’ he admits , reflecting on the guiding principles that have taken him to the top of two major industries . |
| 10 | WHITE-HOT FURY OF SNOW QUEEN I 'm branded a liar , says ‘ no sex ’ [ name given ] . |
| 11 | Now some , somebody famous once said erm , I 'm called a feminist because I say things that is , to distinguish myself from a doormat . |
| 12 | It 's the same old thing I 'm , I 'm what , I 'm called a coordinator , it 's all good saying we 're gon na put a mezzanine floor in one of those , you 've got to line the building out . |
| 13 | tonight she said I 'm called a Bogey , so he said |
| 14 | Ninety five in time , one hundred pounds at one hundr and ten , twenty one thirty in front I 'm bid a hundred and thirty and I shall sell for one hundred and thirty pounds thank you , the lady 's offer , one thirty , front row and for that 's for number six one two . |
| 15 | That does n't mean I necessarily disagree either , but if I 'm asked a question I give an answer . |
| 16 | And I 'm told a lot of people contacted the agency . |
| 17 | I 'm left a little cold by sampling and sequencers in general — just as I would n't consider a romantic liaison with my fridge — but I did find myself interested by it all . |
| 18 | And sorry , while I 'm speaking I 'm I 'm left a little confused . |
| 19 | Lot number eight Lot eight there we are there it is showing to you , Lot number eight and I 'm offered a hundred pounds to start me on it , one hundred pounds and ten , twenty , one hundred and twenty pounds at a hundred and twenty pounds all s all done at one twenty , one thirty , forty a hundred and forty pounds selling for one hundred and forty pounds , any more at one hundred and forty pounds . |
| 20 | Seventy pounds , seventy five eighty , eighty five ninety five one hundred and ten one twenty I 'm offered a hundred and twenty pounds , I 'll sell , one thirty one forty fifty one sixty one seventy one eighty one ninety carrying on , sir ? |
| 21 | Lot number thirty three Lot number thirty three is the hanging basket there 's the hanging basket showing , a hundred pounds for this , at one hundred pounds and ten twenty , thirty , forty , fifty sixty , seventy one eighty I 'm offered a hundred and eighty pounds , one ninety two hundred two twenty , two forty , two sixty eighty three hundred three hundred 's bid on my left and selling for three hundred pounds second row , three hundred pounds . |
| 22 | Lot number thirty five Lot number thirty five there we are , there it is showing , Lot number thirty five , eighty pounds for this one , at eighty , eighty five , ninety , ninety five , one hundred is offered I 'm offered a hundred pounds and selling for one hundred , all done ? |
| 23 | Lot number fifty Lot fifty is a wood carving , a Japanese wood carving , eighty pounds for this , eighty five , ninety five , one hundred and ten I 'm offered a hundred and ten pounds , I shall sell , one twenty , one thirty , forty , fifty one sixty bid I 'm offered one sixty to my right , at one hundred and sixty pounds , have you all finished at one sixty ? |
| 24 | Lot number fifty four Lot fifty four copper bowl copper bowl showing for a hundred pounds , at one hundred and ten at a hundred and ten , twenty , thirty , forty , fifty sixty , seventy one eighty offered I 'm offered a hundred and eighty pounds , I shall sell for one eighty , one ninety going on sir ? |
| 25 | One seventy , one eighty one ninety offered I 'm offered a hundred and ninety pounds , have you all finished at one ninety ? |
| 26 | Er Lot number eighty one Lot number eighty one er the inkstone there it is , Lot number eighty one and I 'm offered a hundred and fifty in two places one hundred and fifty , one sixty , seventy , one eighty , one ninety two hundred , two twenty two hundred and twenty bid at two hundred and twenty pounds two twenty only , at two twenty . |
| 27 | Lot number eighty eight Lot number eighty eight the bronze model there 's the bronze model showing and I 'm offered a hundred and fifty for it , one fifty , one sixty , one seventy any more ? |
| 28 | And Lot number one O seven , Lot number one O seven , the one-case inro there 's the inro and I 'm offered a hundred and fifty to start me , at one fifty , sixty , seventy , one eighty , one ninety two hundred and twenty is bid , at two hundred and twenty is offered , selling at two hundred and twenty , two forty , two sixty two eighty , three hundred and twenty , three fifty three eighty do you want to come in , sir ? |
| 29 | Lot number one three four , one three four is the pipe there 's Lot number one three four at eighty pounds , at eighty , eighty five , ninety five at a hundred pounds and ten one ten one twenty , thirty one thirty , forty , fifty one fifty , one sixty offered I 'm offered a |
| 30 | I 'm promised a nice piece of rump steak with saute potatoes . |