Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [be] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I can be a bit awkward about things like this . ’
2 Now his club 's tighthead , he has gone out of this way to improve his scrummaging technique with specialist advice from among others , his boss , Sandy Carmichael , the 50-times capped Scottish and Lions tighthead Iain Milne ( ‘ immensely helpful ’ ) and Jim Telfer ( ‘ he is just the kind of coach I need because I can be a bit lazy and the fact that he just keeps at you all the time was very good for me ’ ) .
3 ‘ The less you respond to him the more he tries to get to you — I know I can be a bit intense so it 's really good that he taught me to have fun at work and loosen up . ’
4 ‘ I know I can be a bit assertive where business is concerned but you know where Fernando was concerned I suppose I just went all female .
5 ‘ It 's nice to know I can be a winner again .
6 I can be a cadet at the local hospital and later on I can do my training in London . ’
7 I can be a man
8 I can be a tartar , too , ca n't I ? "
9 • the possibility of setting up shared arrangements through personal contacts ( always worth giving me a call , I can be a communications link )
10 I can be a lot more crude if you want me to . ’
11 ‘ She appears as a symbol for art ’ , he explains , ‘ also she can be a feminist or a subordinate , then she can appear very positive and she 'll have the power to move .
12 she can be a bit vulgar , she does say some really stupid things sometimes .
13 She can be a priestess , counsellor , or wise grandmother .
14 You can be a success , ’ he chanted to himself , ‘ your mind is a chisel , your will is a hammer , and life is a rock . ’
15 Erm I like to think that erm you can be a missionary anywhere .
16 and erm sometimes that is very hard and I think you can be a missionary anywhere .
17 But yes I 'm sure you can be a missionary in Harlow and I 'd like to think that maybe I could erm increase that work and maybe have an afternoon a week where I could talk to people about God , but I think there 's not really time in a ten minute surgery slot .
18 YOU can be a member and not commit yourself any further if you prefer ’
19 ‘ It 's always amazing to me that you can be a man in charge of 100 or 200 people , then you get your pension book and suddenly you are regarded as deaf and daft .
20 So long as the old couple had not made over the farm , their middle-aged son remained a ‘ boy ’ : ‘ You can be a boy here forever as long as the old fellow is still alive ’ .
21 But you can be a bit sickened by the effect as you pass the new crop of boarded-up shops and closing down sales .
22 Where you can be a bit where you think you 've got a technical issue to sell ,
23 If you justified me coming on you know you can you can be a bit more you 're being a bit more erm what 's the word cerebral are n't you .
24 I think you can be a bit more rough let's be a bit more rough .
25 You can be a winner or a loser in all aspects of life , including work .
26 You can be a performer , or else you can be the hero of the story . ’
27 However , bear in mind that the secret information which I have imparted to you can be a defence against rapists .
28 You 've either got to be , earning money , and you have a Health Master to match your salary , or you can be a housewife ,
29 You can be a sex symbol when you 're sixty-five ; there are film stars like Paul Newman whom women still think are gorgeous .
30 You can be a traveller in your own garden ’ , she said .
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