Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [art] [noun] who " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among them are a Duchess who inspired ‘ awe ; ’ an engineer 's ‘ stern looking ’ mother ; and the ‘ tall and stately ’ wife of a farm labourer sitting at the fire ‘ enjoying her ‘ bit of bacca . ’ |
| 2 | And when they were all assembled , he went out unto them , to a place which was made ready with carpets and with mats , and he made them take their seats before him full honourably , and began to speak unto them , saying , I am a man who have never possessed a kingdom , neither I nor any man of my lineage . |
| 3 | I am a man who should have children . |
| 4 | I am a man who needs his sleep . |
| 5 | I am a man who destroys the women he lives with . |
| 6 | ‘ I am a man who is six foot one inch tall . |
| 7 | ‘ I am a girl who was assaulted , ’ etc . |
| 8 | On the other hand , I am a girl who likes a bit of old-fashioned interest taken in her , and I do get cheesed when I have to take second place , especially when it 's to a dead widow of seventy-odd … ’ |
| 9 | I am a person who loves going out |
| 10 | Er , yes I am a person who uses public transport and I believe in it very much , but I must say that erm its very , very inconvenient , I have to rely on three different forms of public transport to get to my work and it takes twice as long as it would as if I , if I could go by car and so I can see the , the attraction of , of going by car and there are many improvements that could be made where I live for instance in , in Glasgow so that you would only have one change and not constantly shuttling to and fro between stations and buses and so forth . |
| 11 | I am a friend who is visiting him , and my name is Dr Watson . ’ |
| 12 | I am a Treasurer who likes to keep hold of the money , I like to receive it , I do n't like to give it out . |
| 13 | As you know , I am a manager who has never shirked from putting a player 's welfare before football and , unlike many less tolerant managers , I was quite happy for Steve Gillery to hold his stag ‘ night ’ at 10 a.m. on the morning of the match , albeit a game crucial to our survival . |
| 14 | Suppose for example that I am a smoker who has just heard about the dangers of lung cancer . |
| 15 | I am a collector who lives in a flat , and boxed sets take up much more space than separate discs . |
| 16 | My er , circumstances are entirely different , I am the person who 's being cared for and my husband died in nineteen eighty seven , and my son in nineteen eighty eight and I was left with my young son , and he looked after me on his own , and then my daughter who li , I was living in Ireland , my daughter lived in England , and she decided it was n't good enough that it should all be left to him , so we had a long talk and we discussed it at length for two weeks at Christmas , and then they all moved Sou , over here , we got a house in Scotland , and I 'm looked after by my young son and my daughter , and since then a year ago my daughter got married , her husband moved in and he looks after me as well , so I 'm looked after by three young adults . |
| 17 | His letter was hearty , breezy , man-to-man : let it never be thought , it seemed to say , that I am the man who can put your academic career on the chopping block by a couple of words in the right places . |
| 18 | I was terrified she might see the guilty look in my eyes for I am the man who lost the English Calais . |
| 19 | He thinks that I am the man who killed the others on the wasteland , yet he keeps coming . |
| 20 | " I am the sentry who is never relieved " , he said at the opening of new rooms at the Military Museum in Madrid on 7 March 1946 , conveniently overlooking the fact that several unavailing attempts had been made to relieve him since 1939 . |
| 21 | ‘ I am the type who likes to be to be on the training ground every day . ’ |
| 22 | He has denied he is on the verge of quitting — ‘ Im suprised if people thought I am the sort who takes my bat and ball home if I do nt get my way ’ . |
| 23 | The status sub-text here is ‘ I have little time to talk to you ’ or ‘ I 'm a person who is very much in demand . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm a three-year-old who hates shots and squeezes her eyes tight at the sight of a needle . |
| 25 | There 's never anyone there within 20 years of 50 and when people stare at me they 're either thinking I 'm a pervert who 's going to come over and feel their bottom when the band are on or I 'm ‘ that bloke ’ from the radio . ’ |
| 26 | There 's never anyone there within 20 years of 50 and when people stare at me they 're either thinking I 'm a pervert who 's going to come over and feel their bottom when the band are on or I 'm ‘ that bloke ’ from the radio . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm a woman who completely supports herself and lives out her life , her ideals and philosophy ’ |
| 28 | I 'm a woman who completely supports herself and lives out her life , her ideals and philosophy . ’ |
| 29 | ’ I 'm a loner who likes to curl up on a sofa with a good book , ’ she says . |
| 30 | I 'm the friend who shares a mutual interest . |