Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 've said all along if I 'd been a white man with my ability , I feel I 'd be a wealthy man . |
| 32 | I 'd been a naughty boy , |
| 33 | It 's quite funny really because er I used to go off I had an agreement with the headmaster at that particular time and he 'd h I 'd been a full time teacher with him , and he needed somebody desperately , that was the only reason obviously he wanted me back , and er I said Well look I can come back but I ca n't get back in order to go to the assembly at first . |
| 34 | It was erm it 's the first time that I 'd come across , I mean I 'd been a little bit of experience on , on inland waterways in Windsor er which I 'd lost when I went to Leicester and Lincoln I came back here of course and now we had the North Sea and the docks and erm that was a new area and a , and a really good challenge erm I particularly got involved with , with things like erm the movement of chemicals which was beginning to increase and coming into Felixstowe and , and er and , and er Ipswich erm and when I think back Felixstowe Dock , looking back , ended where the big jumbo tank , the Calor Gas tank is , that , that was the sort of range of Felixstowe Dock in those days . |
| 35 | ‘ I 'd been an assistant stage manager and a deputy stage manager at the Northcott Theatre , Exeter , before I went to drama school . |
| 36 | One area I photographed was a huge field of sugar beet . |
| 37 | On arrival in Johannesburg , the first thing I noticed was a young , fresh , smiling face , who turned out to be the Second Secretary at the Consulate . |
| 38 | In what I hope was a rare lapse into intolerance , I asked the reporter next to me : ‘ Does that little sod always talk like that ? ’ |
| 39 | I knew that the Falkland Islands were similar to Shetland in that both were a group of treeless islands in the middle of an ocean , and I wanted to see just how wild creatures — and birds in particular — had adapted as different species in what I imagined was a similar environment . |
| 40 | All I received was a dry little bow in return . |
| 41 | He said : ‘ Special Branch should now be called in to flush out what I suspect is a politically-motivated mole operating within the palace . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ I 'm going to waste my time visiting two dealers , both of whom will try to sell me items I do n't want — and one of which I know is a nineteenth-century fake . |
| 43 | But none as far as I know is a homicidal maniac . |
| 44 | Others include Councillor Brian Meek , Mr. Struan Stevenson , Councillor Christine Richards and Mr. Arthur Bell , who I know is a particular favourite of the Under-Secretary of State . |
| 45 | And there are other references throughout to , what I reply is a clear direction that most developments should be in erm in or closely related to settlements and , of course , that will be a matter addressed through through local plans . |
| 46 | For years the Government I served was a popular one with the people — but not with the British Government . |
| 47 | The first thing I remember was a slight buzzing in my ears . |
| 48 | ‘ All I remember was a huge bang and it careering into us . |
| 49 | The first egglayer I bred was a Siamese Fighter . |
| 50 | The cases reported to Hoffman-La Roche I believe are a tiny fraction of all reactions . |
| 51 | The hon. Member for Dunfermline , West ( Mr. Douglas ) , who I believe is a prospective candidate in Garscadden , need have no worries about a statutory register in respect of the council tax . |
| 52 | Now , we did what I believe is a British first . |
| 53 | But who Actually he was n't given what he wanted , which I believe was an armed conflict between law enforcement and his group in which he expected to die , in which he expected his membership to die . |
| 54 | I must confess I find being a complete freelance is a strain and I love the family feeling of a company . |
| 55 | I can see I have been a great burden to you . |
| 56 | Then somehow we did get romantically linked up and some people , right near the end of the situation with that band , singled us out as potentially more interesting than the band , which I suppose was a cruel situation really . |
| 57 | What I needed was a solid holder that would n't let pencils bend or break , and a retainer that would expand and contract a million times . |
| 58 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 59 | After winning ‘ New Faces ’ , the first thing I needed was a musical director . |
| 60 | Of course all I needed was a two-minute sit-down and in two and a half minutes I was not only fully recovered and ready to carry on , I had adrenalin pumping out the top of my hat in anger that my man had left me to die . |