Example sentences of "a [noun] [coord] i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ahmed liked to be laughed at , but he was a peasant and Nour was , in his own estimation , a prince and I was of an English generation which would have felt free to laugh at the Grand Turk if it had been so inclined . |
| 2 | You were heir to a throne and I was a minor officer from a village you had never heard of . " |
| 3 | Porterfield added : ‘ We started well but lost it a bit and I was happy to be level at half-time . |
| 4 | J.B. You know it 's positive discrimination in that and boys will not be allowed in so they can have , you know , an enjoyable night , being girls but not with boys there to say , ‘ oh , yea , you 've got nice legs ’ and all this , so that salves my conscience a bit and I was n't very worried about it , but I wo n't have beauty demonstrations and things in the club 'cause I 'm not going to reinforce the image that boys already have of the girls . |
| 5 | ‘ In the beginning things were a struggle and I was a bit lonely , ’ said Gabrielle . |
| 6 | There are means to get a response and I 'm grateful to take the temperature of the water . |
| 7 | So before you 're about to criticise the Spectrum , ask yourself this question : if I did n't have a computer and I was trying to look for one and I only had enough money for the Spectrum , what would I do ? |
| 8 | I gave my name to a clerk and I was taken to the manager 's room at once . |
| 9 | I 've agreed a settlement and I 'm happy enough with it , because I had no contract . |
| 10 | I really can not come to terms with the fact that I am … there 's lots of interesting work to do — there was in the job I did — and I want so much to identify with that rather than just sit back here and say ‘ I 'm a housewife and I 'm happy ’ … because I could n't be . |
| 11 | ‘ That makes a change and I 'm looking forward to it ! ’ |
| 12 | I 'm writing a dictionary and I 'm stuck on a word , I want the definition of blessing . |
| 13 | My sleep/wake clock had bust a spring and I was worried about the fact that it had been Billy Tuckett who had dropped through the skylight . |
| 14 | I did n't have a sweater and I was cold . |
| 15 | a huge island in the middle , and erm went all the way round , and anyway I , I made a path out of flints from , taken from all the mud , and worked my way round , and then started to plant things , and a hawthorn hedge , bushes and shrubs , and erm my son gave me a boat and I was able to go across to the island . |
| 16 | I 'm sorry I 've actually asked that question and while we 're discussing it , unfortunately we can not do so , as soon as I actually get a figure and I 'm quite prepared to release it to you . |
| 17 | I went to erm the guy I work with is a Belgian and I was invited to his birthday party . |
| 18 | I got out of Bullwood Hall on a Tuesday and I was picked up on the Thursday , two days later , for robbery . |
| 19 | ‘ It is a matter for the members of the Orange Order if they wish to build a monument but I am not so sure if the ratepayers of Belfast should be asked to foot the bill , ’ she said . |
| 20 | Either my stethoscope has a fault or I 'm going deaf . |
| 21 | Music was a sideline and I was sort of the loner of the family , sitting for hours in my brother 's room listening to records . |
| 22 | Well I 'm not wearing a swimsuit but I 'm wearing the other things . |
| 23 | ‘ I did what anyone would have done to prevent a theft and I am glad no one was hurt , ’ he said . |
| 24 | I certainly wanted it to be true because I was the only boy ( well , nearly the only boy ) in our class never to have had a girlfriend and I was beginning to feel a bit left out . |
| 25 | The miming aspect of it was a drag but I was really glad to be on there to dispense with all those horrid people . |
| 26 | And if want to check quickly in a car and I 'm driving I automatically put the hand |
| 27 | I can remember being in the back of a car and I was screaming . |
| 28 | ‘ Pretend you are a princess and I 'm a prince in disguise . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I asked you a question and I 'm still waiting for your answer . |
| 30 | That was n't a question and I was getting an awful bad feeling about this . |