Example sentences of "i be a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People like me are a menace to the AA men , calling them out on Sunday afternoon to rebuild engines that we idly began to dismantle on Sunday morning . |
| 2 | Had I been a father in my early twenties I would have been dreadful because there were so many things I still wanted to do . ’ |
| 3 | I am a crocodile in the thick river of his feeling tone . |
| 4 | ‘ I am a servant of the Prime Minister . |
| 5 | Editor , — I am a patient in a London teaching hospital where medical staff have been told not to accept any extracontractual referrals until they have received confirmation that the patient 's local health authority will fund that patient . |
| 6 | Meanwhile I keep myself sober , chaste and fully fit : I am a credit to the service , Nevton , a credit to the sweet harsh disciplines of our beloved country . |
| 7 | ‘ One of the reasons for my downfall is that I am a rep for Taunton Cider , and one of the first things Yvonne told me was to keep off alcohol . ’ |
| 8 | As you know , I am a tutor for Admissions of an Oxford College and part of the task is to visit schools . |
| 9 | I am a prisoner of conscience , I am named by Amnesty . ’ |
| 10 | In you ; I am a part of you . |
| 11 | There was no escape : ‘ I am a part of all that I have met . ’ |
| 12 | And whatever I try to tell them , they seem convinced I am a part of it . |
| 13 | It was not surprising that , on his retirement in January 1936 , he was quoted as saying : ‘ A man can not serve two masters , I am a man without a hobby ’ . |
| 14 | Several times Paul Guillaume came back to the house to have his portrait painted in a discreet , dark suit , starched collar and tie , jaunty trilby hat , a gloved hand languidly holding a cigarette and thinly parted lips which seem to be saying ‘ I am a man of exquisite taste ’ . |
| 15 | But Tukaram said , ‘ I am a man of low degree ; I beg you will show me your kindness and favour . ’ |
| 16 | I am a man of peace . |
| 17 | He confessed his limitations , saying once : " I am a man of limited talent from a small town — I do n't seem to grasp that I am President . " |
| 18 | " I am a man of the world Auguste , mon ami . |
| 19 | ‘ I am a man of action , ’ he confessed drily . |
| 20 | ‘ I am a man of science , as you know . |
| 21 | ‘ I am a man of honour as well as a royal emissary . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I am a man of honour , Signor . |
| 23 | ‘ I am a man of my word . |
| 24 | ‘ As you know , I am a man of few words . |
| 25 | As well might I have risen and said , ‘ I will tell you what really happened , for this trial and the real issues involved will one day become the subject of a great novel , and I am a man from two centuries into your future who read that book as a lad … ’ |
| 26 | I am a bit of an oddity here and this has opened a few doors for me . |
| 27 | On the days when I am left to my own devices I am a bit of a disgrace really . |
| 28 | I am a bit in the dark when I try to look up something when the most recent season I have full stats from is over 7 years ago . |
| 29 | I can not agree with the hon. Gentleman 's choice of best cricketer in the world , because I am a Glamorgan supporter , or with his preference for league rather than union rugby , because I am a Welshman by background . |
| 30 | I am a Welshman from under the Berwyns , and distant kin to the Tudors of Anglesey . ’ |