Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] be [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm what she were arguing with me about is her age . |
| 2 | The essential driving force is always difficult to define but the one thing that has struck me about is his intolerance of injustice wherever it presents itself . |
| 3 | PAMELA : And pray , how came I to be his property ? |
| 4 | If you wish , you may authorise someone to be your agent to draw your pension or allowance and pay your charge for you . |
| 5 | But if they had n't been there , if they had been different kinds of men erm , I do n't think I would have been able to pick someone to be my husband or my partner who could be a decent father to my kids . |
| 6 | If this was a kingdom , did Vic imagine himself to be its ruler , Mungo wondered ? |
| 7 | Thank you for being my guide and my inspiration , for being a wonderful father to my little girl and , above all , thank you for being the best husband in the world . |
| 8 | ‘ No , but if you refuse I 'll reveal to the Press just how he blackmailed you into being his mistress . |
| 9 | Going to ask you to be her bridesmaid , only do n't tell her I told you . |
| 10 | But Mrs. Jewkes , to assure you that my good girl here has no malice , she chooses you to be her attendant at the ceremony tomorrow . |
| 11 | I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess . |
| 12 | ‘ I told you , I am asking you to be my grandmother 's companion . ’ |
| 13 | She shouted inside herself to Thérèse : I do n't want you to be my sister either so there , see if I care . |
| 14 | Dear love , I get plenty of time to think about us these days , and I 'm more than ever grateful that I have been given such a wonderful person as you to be my wife . |
| 15 | The guys would chat me up , y'know , like — [ imitating an African accent ] ‘ I want you to be my wife ’ — and I found it all really flattering . |
| 16 | I am asking you to be my wife . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Jane , ’ he said , ‘ I ask you to be my wife . |
| 18 | Not that I wanted you to be my lover . |
| 19 | That 's why we 're going to ask you to be our testers . |
| 20 | He has n't seen her before , and perhaps the only woman he 's seen me with is his mother . |
| 21 | In addition the greatest single cause of a landless peasantry was missing : Carew contended that ‘ In times past , and that not long ago , holdings were so plentiful and holders scarce , as well was the landlord who could get one to be his tenant ’ . |
| 22 | I met the guys , loved the songs and they asked me to be their agent . |
| 23 | From the time that my colleagues in the House of Commons did me the honour of electing me to be their leader I have felt that I was in the position of a trustee ; and even throughout the war the one thing that I have aimed at constantly has been to preserve . |
| 24 | There 's a metallist girl who was interested in it , she wanted me to be her partner mm , went along once or twice but |
| 25 | Round the Caribbean islands and South America , until the end of February … and she wants me to be her guest ! ’ |
| 26 | You 'd hurt me so badly — there I was , head over heels in love with you , and you were asking me to be your mistress . ’ |
| 27 | Now — because you know Philippe is alive — you ask me to be your wife . ’ |
| 28 | Do you honestly want me to be your wife ? ’ |
| 29 | I 'm bitterly sorry I behaved so stupidly towards you , but — I can promise I 'll never marry another man while you want me to be your wife , but — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You want me to be your mentor , Rohmer ? |