Example sentences of "that [pers pn] be [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( I never cease to marvel at the continued confusion in the public mind between nuclear power and weapons : too many people stare at me as if I were some unnaturally hybrid creature when I mention to them that I am both a member of CND and a strident advocate of nuclear power stations to produce electricity . |
| 2 | I think that I am probably a bit sharper in the burst than over the long distance but during the two ‘ B ’ games I felt really sharp and I have been working on my speed and strength with the SRU fitness specialist , David McLean ’ . |
| 3 | It seems to me that I am exactly the sort of person that you need , that you should cultivate me , prime me , pay me , even . |
| 4 | People all the time wish to pigeon-hole you … to say that I am totally a chat-show host or I am entirely a serious headmistress figure . |
| 5 | I have now had to learn to cope with my problem and think before I react , remembering that I am now an adult . ’ |
| 6 | I must try to remember , Celia said to herself , that I am only a statistic to Dr Shalcross , possibly a case history she might wish to quote , anonymously , because I do n't happen to run true to form . |
| 7 | Fie , that you should imagine otherwise ! ’ she said lightly , adding on a more serious note , ‘ During the past months , I learned to speak and act like the duchess your wife — but in these last days I have learned to think like her also ; to believe that I am indeed the lady Anne ! |
| 8 | Er as I said on , on Thursday night , that it saddens me about , that I 'm also an ex-patient of . |
| 9 | They think that I 'm just a mousy old woman , and could n't possibly know what goes on — they 've taken away all confidential work from me and Mr. Lennis treats me as if I were a half-wit . |
| 10 | I think that I 'm just an ordinary I hope I am anyway . |
| 11 | And what I hate even more is the thought that I 'm just the next number on your list . |
| 12 | Finally he has decided that I 'm just the vet he needs to be responsible for their health . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ No , but if I 'm not here tomorrow morning you might tell our resident superintendent that I 'm probably the victim of a gangland killing . ’ |
| 14 | " We 've built this programme on the fact that I 'm basically a nice guy . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's difficult to believe that I 'm still a Musketeer , but I am , and as we 've always told each other everything , I must tell you that although Mummy and Dad do such a lot for me , I 'm Perfectly miserable . |
| 16 | I 'm sure the police would figure out quickly enough that I 'm hardly the criminal type . ’ |
| 17 | It matters that I 'm there every week right when I said I would be . ’ |
| 18 | Then , basking in the look of adoration that rewarded her , she added teasingly , ‘ Does this mean that I 'm now a fully paid up member of Hunter 's Harem ? ’ |
| 19 | What affected my career was having children , which immediately means that you ca n't devote the amount of time to your career as you can if you do n't have other responsibilities , and the reason that I 'm now a Research Fellow here , and I work part-time — only eighty per cent of the time — is because of trying to tie in one 's responsibilities as a mother with those as a scientist , and this has obvious effects . |
| 20 | ‘ I have to face the fact that I 'm now the wrong side of 40 . |
| 21 | More recently the revelation that I was also a Punch columnist has provoked an equally predictable and ill-informed reaction . |
| 22 | ‘ Just because I was a very talented and precocious child did n't mean that I was also a happy one , ’ says Danielle . |
| 23 | So I was selected as company runner , which meant that I was also a kind of servant , I forget the word … ’ |
| 24 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 25 | In the end I remember I said to him that I was just a spoilt Yank and my father sent me money so he need n't worry about a thing . |
| 26 | That I was just a father , a husband — I 'd somehow ceased to exist as a person in my own right . ’ |
| 27 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 28 | He thought that I was still a little mad . |
| 29 | My self-esteem disappeared and I felt worthless , although I told myself that I was still an attractive woman , that there was no need to feel sexually inadequate . ’ |
| 30 | What last thin pretence had remained that I was merely a guest lay discarded . |