Example sentences of "[pers pn] can be [art] [noun sg] " 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 | I can be a lot more crude if you want me to . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If I am the target , though , I can be the shield so that others can carry on with their jobs . |
| 11 | You should make it into a film , and I can star , I can be the girl . |
| 12 | There is no doubt in my mind that I can be the player I was before I got injured . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | she can be a bit vulgar , she does say some really stupid things sometimes . |
| 15 | She can be a priestess , counsellor , or wise grandmother . |
| 16 | CATCH it while you can is the message for holidaymakers who have not experienced the alluring magic of Hong Kong . |
| 17 | ‘ You can be a success , ’ he chanted to himself , ‘ your mind is a chisel , your will is a hammer , and life is a rock . ’ |
| 18 | Erm I like to think that erm you can be a missionary anywhere . |
| 19 | and erm sometimes that is very hard and I think you can be a missionary anywhere . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ YOU can be a member and not commit yourself any further if you prefer ’ |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | But you can be a bit sickened by the effect as you pass the new crop of boarded-up shops and closing down sales . |
| 25 | Where you can be a bit where you think you 've got a technical issue to sell , |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I think you can be a bit more rough let's be a bit more rough . |
| 28 | You can be a winner or a loser in all aspects of life , including work . |
| 29 | You can be a performer , or else you can be the hero of the story . ’ |
| 30 | However , bear in mind that the secret information which I have imparted to you can be a defence against rapists . |