Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These conflicts have , of course , had diverse and individual causes , but common to them has been a change in the political environment in which public enterprises operate . |
| 2 | Key among them has been a failure in the UK to build appropriate or adequate bridges between business , the universities , and other sources of innovation like the national laboratories . |
| 3 | Alas , they were not safe , and what happened to them has been a matter of considerable argument . |
| 4 | I mean is a carbonate erm an alkali ? |
| 5 | She was er I mean was a pop s ex pop singer , I 'd only just stopped singing a few weeks before I started to work with Sybil and she could not have been more gracious and generous in helping me get through it . |
| 6 | and I said who 's that ? and he went oh god , shit we 're in the wrong tent and they went out and you can hear 'em I mean being a tent they 're laughing their head off for about half an hour |
| 7 | I said no you see she 's she 's a perfectionist , I mean being a perfectionist being halfhearted erm , you ca n't help it sort of thing , I suppose that , you know |
| 8 | The basic situation which I contemplate is a patient in hospital refusing all but nursing attendance , or the patient at home refusing all care , even if it means that he will be left alone . |
| 9 | All I got is a ball of string and some bits of paper . |
| 10 | The manual actually fails to mention quite a lot and I only hope that the one I got is a prototype and not what the paying public will receive ! |
| 11 | ‘ What I got is an inarck … an inar … culate … |
| 12 | Mind yer , all I got was a load o' lip . |
| 13 | What I got was a group of men who ranged from those with a more developed line on women 's issues than mine to those who were frankly misogynistic , and a woman who went on record as saying that , in her opinion , feminism put women off being lesbians . |
| 14 | The next thing I got was an order for twenty of them . |
| 15 | All I want 's a bit of cooperation . |
| 16 | ‘ But what I want is a bit of time to myself . |
| 17 | All I want is a chance to prove myself . |
| 18 | He added : ‘ What I want is a country of real opportunity where everyone is free to choose . |
| 19 | ‘ All I want is a bed for a few days . ’ |
| 20 | But all I want is a knob to say right film tonight |
| 21 | After reading your All I want is a room somewhere , I decided to write in case any of your readers were considering a home to Carla . |
| 22 | The Arts : All I want is a room in Soho |
| 23 | She is always turning from what has been offered her to say with a demure little sigh and smile , ‘ Oh , please , please … all I want is a cup of tea , weak but not too weak , and the teeniest weeniest bit of really crisp toast . ’ |
| 24 | All I , all I want is a carrier bag . |
| 25 | Just now , all I want is a glass of this rather splendid champagne . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ The first thing I want is a bath , ’ said Kenichi Horie after coming ashore on the southern island of Okinawa . |
| 27 | ‘ The only reward I want is a baby of my own . |
| 28 | What I want is an institute which is a centre for architects : a very different concept and one which puts the emphasis on the human capacity for individual creativity rather than the resulting artefact . |
| 29 | to which I referred was an overestimate compared to the figure that I suggested , which was based on the same information . |
| 30 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |