Example sentences of "[that] i [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my writing this down now mean that I am a little bit reconciled to myself ? |
| 2 | It is , I decide , not my fault either that I am a human being who does not want to be eaten alive . |
| 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 | I wanted to cut my hair short , and they allowed it for a while , until they discovered from a ‘ friend ’ that I am a lesbian , and then they tried everything they could to stop me dressing as I used to . |
| 5 | Modigliani dedicated a drawing to Jacob ‘ très tendrement , comme un frère ’ , and Jacob wrote a poem : ‘ To M. Modigliani , to prove that I am a poet ’ , on the subject of embracing religion rather than woman . |
| 6 | ‘ First and foremost , possum , let me say that I am a housewife and do n't pretend to be anything else [ some mistake surely — Ed ] . |
| 7 | These days , of course , now that I am a grown woman , I would have little problem with saying I was feeling ill and suggesting we take a break for a few minutes . |
| 8 | PS After reading this through , I have come to the conclusion that I am a racehorse . |
| 9 | When I listen to the sound of this sea , I sense that I am a voyager and this sound is a wind in the sails of a ship . |
| 10 | ‘ As to that , ’ said Fedorov firmly , ‘ I must remind you that I am a Russian , and both my native and adopted countries are at war with yours . |
| 11 | ‘ You must not imagine that I am a pure woman . |
| 12 | The lessons on the causes and remedies of worry were most beneficial and the psychology of using your mind in order to create a change in the body , which came through in most of the classes , helped to reduce the constant tensions in my mind , with the result that I am a much less tense person and a lot of my worries have just vanished . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | From this you can see that I am a very emotional person . |
| 15 | I will admit that I am a total tube head when it comes to guitar amps , but at the same time sufficiently open-minded to have previously applauded other companies ' efforts in solid state technology . |
| 16 | It is well known that I am a prize fighter by profession … |
| 17 | Suppose for example that I am a smoker who has just heard about the dangers of lung cancer . |
| 18 | ‘ Am I to walk on to the stage at the Shield with it on my finger , and the whole audience thinking that I am a wife when I am none ? |
| 19 | That he has evidence that I am a pro-monarchy subversive . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | I know that I am a thing made of metal and plastic , but also that I am something which lives inside that metal and plastic . |
| 22 | Today I would say that I am a Black Gujarati lesbian which sums up my politics and my identity . |
| 23 | Speaking as one of them , I can tell this person that I am a single mother , not from choice , but because my baby 's father scarpered as soon as I told him I was pregnant . |
| 24 | The only trouble is , it 's well known around this office that I am a Chelsea fan . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's been said that I am a much improved player this season ’ , Hamilton says , ‘ but I believe that the difference is merely that I am that much more confident . |
| 26 | ‘ The fact that I am a foreigner almost certainly worked in my favour , ’ suggests Hulten . |
| 27 | ‘ But what you have to understand is that I am a racer and I feel I still have an opportunity of winning the World Championship . |
| 28 | The point I am making here is based on an observation by Stanley Cavell ( 1979 , p. 460 ) and repeated by him in many contexts : ‘ a human being could not fail to know , confronting me , that I am a human being ’ . |
| 29 | She was thus neither from a printing family , nor from a middle-class background , and felt obliged to counter rumours about her financial status : " It has been rumoured that I am a suffragette and a paid official : as a matter of fact , I an neither . |
| 30 | It is a good thing that I am a reasonable man . |