Example sentences of "be [art] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the night before Sports Day I am the school 's champion athlete . |
| 2 | " I am the shoemaker 's father . " |
| 3 | " Oh , " she said suavely , " I am the Czar 's governess . " |
| 4 | ‘ I am the king 's coroner . |
| 5 | ‘ Brother Athelstan , ’ he said testily , ‘ I would remind you that I am the king 's coroner and those two , ’ he gestured in the direction of the Springall house , ‘ Sir Richard and that expensive paramour of his , are guilty of murder ! ’ |
| 6 | I am the King 's Coroner . |
| 7 | I am the Lord 's servant ; as you have spoken , so be it ( Luke 1:38 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I am the Teller 's bodyguard . |
| 9 | I am the TCCB 's lackey , and I act only when they order me . ’ |
| 10 | Boycott ( fixes wan , wonky , ever-righteous grin in place ) : I am the People 's Champ . |
| 11 | ‘ Roger , Roger , ’ he whispered , ‘ I am the Cardinal 's man in peace and war , at least for the next ten years . |
| 12 | ‘ Whether the council likes it or not I am the town 's MP and I am a minister . |
| 13 | When Kylie first got involved in the film , rock megastar David Bowie was to have been the film 's executive producer . |
| 14 | In addition , I am delighted to announce that our Director General will be Peter Rowe , who has been the Institute 's Head of External Affairs since 1986 . |
| 15 | One source of controversy had been the plan 's provision for a total of $27,000 million in foreign investment , especially in the oil and petrochemicals sector , which hardliners saw as compromising the country 's independence . |
| 16 | The example from Bartók 's Fourth Quartet illustrates this method , which must have been the composer 's way of working in many parts of the work . |
| 17 | Rumours abounded that the reason was that Magdalene ( a pupil of Mozart 's ) had also been the composer 's mistress , and that her unborn child was Mozart 's . |
| 18 | Laidlaw had always been the unit 's fitness fanatic , pushing himself to the limit to keep his lean , muscular body in shape . |
| 19 | John Stratford , the Bishop of Winchester , had not been the king 's candidate for the see and had had to buy the king 's good will for £1,000 , which was then paid over to the younger Despenser ; and the Bishop of Norwich had been the victim of the king 's annoyance about the treaty with Charles IV in 1325 , which the bishop had helped to negotiate . |
| 20 | In the north midlands , the dominant figure in the 1460s had been the king 's brother Clarence , who had been granted the important duchy of Lancaster estates in the region centred on the honour of Tutbury ( Staffs . ) . |
| 21 | In the north midlands , the dominant figure in the 1460s had been the king 's brother Clarence , who had been granted the important duchy of Lancaster estates in the region centred on the honour of Tutbury ( Staffs . ) . |
| 22 | Richard Stratford of Farmcote , in Guiting Power parish , Gloucestershire , having been the king 's painter , was granted arms in 1484 . |
| 23 | Two years before , it had been the Giffens ' workroom . |
| 24 | It has been the IPC 's policy this year to try and raise the Bar 's profile abroad and enhance its influence . |
| 25 | For 371 years , it 's been the University 's teaching garden , providing plants for students to research . |
| 26 | She had two large rooms , and a kitchen and bathroom constructed from what had been a warren of smaller domestic offices ; her own front door had once been the tradesmen 's entrance . |
| 27 | Among the films I brought was that of the Scharnhorst and when its showing time was listed in the ship 's paper , I was informed that one of the passengers , a Captain Danckwerts , had been the Scharnhorst 's wartime assistant navigating officer . |
| 28 | It was accepted without question , even by the Copts , that Zoser had been the Zikr 's killer and the Moslems were pleased that the matter had ended in such a satisfactory and clean-cut way . |
| 29 | Well er to me it does n't quite ring true , it 's always been the boys ' ploughing match and it always will be as far as I 'm concerned but I think this happened at the time post war I ca n't say exactly which year , when the date was changed from easter time to August . |
| 30 | HRH the Princess of Wales has been the charity 's Patron since 1984 . |