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 . |