Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] both a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By profession I am both a Christian and an economist . |
| 2 | ( I never cease to marvel at the continued confusion in the public mind between nuclear power and weapons : too many people stare at me as if I were some unnaturally hybrid creature when I mention to them that I am both a member of CND and a strident advocate of nuclear power stations to produce electricity . |
| 3 | I may well have had holistic tendencies for I am both an artist and a writer , but all that was subconscious . |
| 4 | Being a writer is in itself a type of contradiction because it means that you are both an actor , a participant in the world and also an observer , an interpreter , a maker of meaning . |
| 5 | ‘ I know you 're both a bit sceptical . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 're both a delight to watch at that , ’ Julia went on . |
| 7 | ‘ We are both a bit deaf so you 'll have to talk up . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I think we 're both a bit stunned that you 're so beautiful . |
| 9 | The common ground between games and group drama can be expressed either anthropologically ( they are both a form of group celebration ) or structurally . |
| 10 | And , but i i he , next year when they 're both a year older , you know |