Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Who are you to act as my conscience ? |
| 32 | ‘ Look — first , who are you to decide which women are lovely and which are n't ? |
| 33 | ‘ You set yourself up as judge and jury , and yet who are you to decide matters — a man who spent the evening philandering with his secretary ! ’ |
| 34 | What do you know of love , who are you to decide what I feel ? |
| 35 | And if God can forgive , who are you to say that forgiveness is wrong ? |
| 36 | And who are you to say so ? ’ |
| 37 | Who are you to speak of rights ? ’ |
| 38 | ‘ Who are you to tell if it 's misguided and inappropriate ? |
| 39 | Who am I to disagree ? |
| 40 | Confound it , who am I to hold up my nose in such a fashion ? |
| 41 | You may wonder : Who am I to set myself up ? |
| 42 | Who am I to support in US WC ‘ 94 ? ( answers on a postcard to … ) |
| 43 | ‘ Oh , well , in that case , who am I to deny a man anything ? ’ she laughed , and Travis joined in . |
| 44 | It can not have been easy , all these years , and who am I to criticise , to look askance , I who have been lucky , who have only myself to please , whose time is free . |
| 45 | ‘ This is a promise that God gave to Abraham , ’ North said Reagan had told him , in the slightly hectoring tone he always had in the North dreams ; ‘ Who am I to say that we should not do this ? ’ |
| 46 | When I think about it I 'm not sure it makes any important difference how you imagine he looks , I mean who am I to say whether this Boy you are seeing has blonde hair or dark ; but I am sure that it does matter what he means to you . |
| 47 | Who am I to say ? |
| 48 | I can think of reasons for this , but who am I to say ? |
| 49 | And ever since then I 've thought , ‘ Well , you do n't know the situation , circumstances or anything , so who am I to say anything about that person ? |
| 50 | Who am I to say . |
| 51 | I have tried to exclude the legendary detectives for another day , but , despite my best efforts , Sam Spade , Philip Marlowe and James Bond have still managed to insinuate themselves : they used foot-in-the-door tactics , I 'm afraid , and who am I to argue ? |
| 52 | Who am I to argue with the Bard ? |
| 53 | Frankly , he 's a pain in the arse , but Martinez pays me a handsome amount of money and provides me with a very flashy car , which impresses the likes of young Lindy over there , so who am I to argue ? ’ |
| 54 | ‘ Well , who am I to argue with that ? |
| 55 | And who am I to argue with my Angel Gabriel , eh ? |
| 56 | ‘ Well , if that 's what you want , who am I to argue ? ’ |
| 57 | ‘ Who am I to dance with ? ’ |
| 58 | After all , he wrote , who am I to judge ? |
| 59 | ( Aye , I thought , and I wager she does more than just work in the kitchen , but who am I to judge the poor man 's morals ? |
| 60 | Erm , and you know , let's face it , I did n't have to go through the circumstances that they went through in the war , and there therefore , who who am I to judge |