Example sentences of "be that i be " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | I am that I am . |
| 2 | It seemed to me that it was wanting in every detail , but the objective facts are that I was five feet two and a half , weighed eight stone five , and had my fair share of acne . |
| 3 | ‘ One of my problems over the last few years has been that I 'm amazingly optimistic — really stupid in fact ! |
| 4 | I walked fast , to keep warm , so it may have been that I was a little above myself by the time I reached the school where the classes were held , because that night , try as I would , I could not believe anything our teacher was telling us . |
| 5 | Nobody is that I 'm that I 'm aware , is proposing a distribution park of strategic importance . |
| 6 | It could n't be that I was right , and while I yearned to return to a certainty I already knew , I heard only my mother 's voice , insisting , on one dead note , that she knew of what life should consist . |
| 7 | I wondered how it could be that I was going to marry Syl . |
| 8 | It may be that I 'm asking too much of Bill Forsyth . |
| 9 | It may very well be that I 'm not playing with a full deck . |
| 10 | Certainly the most important thing should be that I 'm happy with my paintings , but I 'd by lying if I said I did n't care what other people said . |
| 11 | When the news did become public , colleagues who had avoided speaking to me when the going got tough reappeared and said how sorry they were that I was leaving . |
| 12 | Most of the Labour front bench , including Neil Kinnock , were in their places and the predictions were that I was in for a stormy time . |
| 13 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's that I 'm so skinny , ’ Rab said . |
| 15 | It 's that I 'm afraid I would disappoint you . |
| 16 | You can do some of Richard 's that I 'm supposed |
| 17 | The trouble is that I am not a tea-drinker , and so my plants get only the occasional treat when guests visit . |
| 18 | Commenting on the letter to Tolba , Mr Lapointe , who has previously insisted that his actions and those of his staff are entirely correct , would only say yesterday : ‘ My comment is that I am fed up with all the garbage . ’ |
| 19 | But my personal philosophy is that I am not incredibly optimistic , but I am a realistic utopian or a utopian realist . ’ |
| 20 | My one real consolation in the face of almost any betrayal or grief is that I am without doubt an extremely talented writer , come danger or candle stump . |
| 21 | One of my biggest mistakes is that I am too trusting . ’ |
| 22 | My guess is that I am not alone in waking up to the stunning brutality of boxing . |
| 23 | ‘ The only difference between us is that I am trying to be , and you ca n't help it . ’ |
| 24 | What you must never forget is that I am not and never have been an ethnic of any description , and that I have never found any evidence that justifies any cretinous claim by you , or by any of your co-morons in the sewers of lofty racist Neanderthal , that Eurocentrism warrants any positive attention from those like myself who inherit — and consciously — a civilised tradition and philosophy going back millions of years . |
| 25 | ‘ The point is that I am teaching them a difference , ’ Diana told a friend . |
| 26 | The upsetting thing is that I am not going to get any real Sheffield Shield cricket to get back into enough form to earn a Test before this summer is over . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 28 | The only difference between what Daniel had to endure and what my children have endured is that I am still alive and have plucked up the courage to divorce my husband . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | One thing , however , that is widely known about my snooker is that I am never more dangerous than when being profoundly humiliated . |