Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plato makes Protagoras a proponent of democracy , and Socrates is his antagonist : Now when we meet in the Assembly , then if the State is faced with some building project , I observe that the architects are sent for and consulted about the proposed structures , and when it is a matter of shipbuilding , the naval designers , and so on with everything which the Assembly regards as a subject for learning and teaching But when it is something to do with the government of the country that is to be debated , the man who gets up to advise them may be a builder or equally well a blacksmith or a shoemaker , merchant or ship-owner , rich or poor , of good family or none . |
| 2 | ‘ That may be pure coincidence , of course , and I may be a sceptic . ’ |
| 3 | I may be a dish , but I am also a don , and not prone to see emergencies where none exist . |
| 4 | ‘ I may be a bastard , Zack , but I 'm the only bastard in this whole damn mess you can trust and you 're going to have to trust me . |
| 5 | Start dinner without me — I may be a while . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I may be a villain , but I am not going to sit by and let an innocent man do a ten-year stretch for something I 've done . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I may be a bit rusty , ’ he said , and they both laughed . |
| 8 | Dear Horace , I think I may be a bit late with this as here in the antipodes , and especially being some way down a circulation list , your column takes some weeks to reach me . |
| 9 | But Pete , I may be a bit of a shit mysel' and not exactly a paragon of virtues , and mebbee I 'm not what I made people think I was , but that does n't mean that it is n't true — ; the greed of the bourgeoisie , the oppression , the need to show it up for what it is . |
| 10 | I may be a layman in terms of aero-space , but I know my own country and I know military thinking . |
| 11 | I may be a Catholic . ’ |
| 12 | I may be a doctor , but I 'm also a man with the usual vanity . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll just send you a little champagne to prove that though I may be a prude I 'm not a puritan . |
| 14 | I may be an exception but , two years later and pregnant again , I am not looking forward to another birth . |
| 15 | The organisers saw Morse drinking beer all the time on television and thought even if I did n't know anything about the quality of beer I must be a quantity man . |
| 16 | I must be a fool to have needed to see him and Marise together like that before I knew . ’ |
| 17 | I think I must be a bungalow person . |
| 18 | I must be a virgin when I get married ! ’ she said shakily , begging him with a terrified desperation . |
| 19 | and I must be a winter tree |
| 20 | From the stereo , Michelle Shocked complains , ‘ I think I 'm a housewife , I must be a housewife . ’ |
| 21 | I suppose I have told myself I must be a lunatic . |
| 22 | I must be a boy . |
| 23 | I must be a sight ! ’ she decided , suddenly horrified . |
| 24 | Many girls were saying to me , ‘ I ca n't cope with having breasts , the hassle it brings , the fear of rape or the jokes and remarks from boys , the idea that I must be a slag or a ‘ goer ’ , so rather than try to deal with the whole world ( which I ca n't ) , I 'll just turn all my anger inwards against myself , against the thing I can control : my body . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , I must be a madman ! ’ he declared . |
| 26 | ‘ When I hear what Cadalora and his colleagues earn , I think I must be an idiot . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I have never been physically assaulted by a client but there have been circumstances when I 've thought I should be a bit careful . |
| 28 | After today 's discussion I should be a bit better at understanding what you 're driving at ! |
| 29 | He was quite impressed , but said I should be a comic . |
| 30 | ‘ I should be a deal happier , ’ Mrs Tillotson protested , ‘ if the master were consulted first . ’ |