Example sentences of "admits to [being] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And none of us admits to being alive when all this happened , we , that goes without saying . |
| 2 | He admits to being nervous because it was the first time this kind of operation was carried out . |
| 3 | A software engineer who freely admits to being plump and has tried every diet in the book claims to have invented a programme that 's guaranteed to keep those extra pounds off . |
| 4 | In a previous book , King of the Confessors , Hoving admits to being able to ‘ lie convincingly without any hesitation ’ . |
| 5 | Now he freely admits to being gay and to having had a stable , loving relationship with another man . |