Example sentences of "that i [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would say that I am a realist in the sense that I think there is a universe out there waiting to be investigated and understood . |
| 2 | She was thus neither from a printing family , nor from a middle-class background , and felt obliged to counter rumours about her financial status : " It has been rumoured that I am a suffragette and a paid official : as a matter of fact , I an neither . |
| 3 | ‘ You know that I am a prince of a very high order , and you know I obey the Ancient Code of Honour . |
| 4 | PS After reading this through , I have come to the conclusion that I am a racehorse . |
| 5 | ‘ The fact that I am a foreigner almost certainly worked in my favour , ’ suggests Hulten . |
| 6 | ‘ Let me remind you , Sir John , ’ Athelstan retorted , leaning back in his saddle , ‘ that I am a clerk , a priest , and not your messenger boy , your little lap dog ! |
| 7 | Yet I must still think it my duty , without reconsidering whether or not it be worthwhile , to continue this plain record of what ( I know ) need not have been plain but for the accident that I am a niggler without impulse , not an imaginative artist . |
| 8 | The only trouble is , it 's well known around this office that I am a Chelsea fan . |
| 9 | ‘ Am I to walk on to the stage at the Shield with it on my finger , and the whole audience thinking that I am a wife when I am none ? |
| 10 | Under the section that I am a member of , is the public sector , the largest section of the union . |
| 11 | ‘ First and foremost , possum , let me say that I am a housewife and do n't pretend to be anything else [ some mistake surely — Ed ] . |
| 12 | I wanted to cut my hair short , and they allowed it for a while , until they discovered from a ‘ friend ’ that I am a lesbian , and then they tried everything they could to stop me dressing as I used to . |
| 13 | Here I am not trying to give the impression that I am a Test Pilot as such , not in the way of Roly Beamont , or a host of other of my friends in this particular field ; this was just a question of an air test rather than a flight test . |
| 14 | When I listen to the sound of this sea , I sense that I am a voyager and this sound is a wind in the sails of a ship . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | This and similar instances stayed in my mind , because I believe that I am a competitor in every sense of the word , always ready to take up a challenge . |
| 17 | So it was when my life began so it is now that I am a man . |
| 18 | Before being offered my current job in a family centre , I applied for dozens , and I know at least two rejections were based on the fact that I am a man . |
| 19 | How do you know , how do I that I am a Christian ? |
| 20 | Modigliani dedicated a drawing to Jacob ‘ très tendrement , comme un frère ’ , and Jacob wrote a poem : ‘ To M. Modigliani , to prove that I am a poet ’ , on the subject of embracing religion rather than woman . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not sure , ’ said Robert , deciding to get to the point , ‘ that I am a Muslim . |
| 22 | ‘ Now 's the time to prove that I am a singer and not a singing soap star . ’ |
| 23 | The hon. Gentleman must know that I am a liar . |
| 24 | I know that I am a thing made of metal and plastic , but also that I am something which lives inside that metal and plastic . |
| 25 | ‘ But what you have to understand is that I am a racer and I feel I still have an opportunity of winning the World Championship . |
| 26 | It is well known that I am a prize fighter by profession … |
| 27 | Suppose for example that I am a smoker who has just heard about the dangers of lung cancer . |
| 28 | ‘ It might be a good idea if I just wander into the shop when it opens , let drop the fact that I 'm a vet , and see if the owner is interested . ’ |
| 29 | Probably that I 'm a genius and that I look like a donkey — or something like that |
| 30 | ‘ Er … that I 'm a casualty ? ’ |