Example sentences of "that [pers pn] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As I suppose was inevitable , the story gradually became that Eric would set fire to them , not just their pet dogs ; and , as was probably also inevitable , a lot of kids started to think that I was Eric , or that I got up to the same tricks . |
| 32 | The first the first half a year that I was Holland I I do n't think I was away for a holiday , but then the the next Summer then I was away . |
| 33 | I played with the idea that I was Messiah … ’ |
| 34 | I telephoned Capital Radio 's Helpline , saying that I was Linford Christie and needed help . |
| 35 | Right , so then you 'd guess that I was Saint Paul 's Cathedral . |
| 36 | You see , going back in my own experience and er did mention that I was apprentice with Vickers Armstrong realise Vickers Armstrong re pe , recruited three thousand apprentices ! |
| 37 | At the office door I found that I was second in the queue , not first . |
| 38 | First I would relax , lie upon a bed , although not the bed in which I normally slept , go through the breathing exercises until I felt that I was part of the bed , weightless and sinking through it . |
| 39 | This demonstrated that I was not yet a legionnaire as I had not been awarded my white képi , and as such was still an ‘ engagé volontaire ’ or recruit ; it went on to say that I had one month 's service in the Legion , and that I was part of the Squadron commanded by Capitaine Duransoy , in the section of Sergeant Major Barlerin of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment . |
| 40 | I had a nasty feeling that I was part of this do-it-yourself metaphor . |
| 41 | I found that I was spending money every day . |
| 42 | No one spoke so she felt driven to continue : ‘ I expect you know that I was Gifford 's second wife ; I married him when I was only twenty-two and he was sixty-one . |
| 43 | My daughter told me that I was chrome yellow , and a glance in the mirror proved her right . |
| 44 | ‘ There was a nice nun who said to me that I was Wednesday 's child , full of woe . ’ |
| 45 | So I suppose I shall have to rely for my silver lining upon Carrie Schlegel of Capistrano Beach , California , who was kind enough to write to this magazine to say that I was God . |
| 46 | Doc Paisley was the first man I ever heard preach to me directly that I was sinner , that God loved me and that Jesus died for me … |
| 47 | ‘ What was required of me was an affidavit from India swearing that I was Samir Mehta and owned Rasiklal & Sons . |
| 48 | ‘ And I only wish that I was family and so could be of help to you and had some rights to see you . |
| 49 | Before that I was Henry VIII — it was great , apart from a bit of aggro with the wives . |
| 50 | Three beer-befuddled construction workers played softball with my head in a backstreet on the mistaken assumption that I was Tom Tunney . |
| 51 | I learned that sex without emotional involvement or more than a fleeting physical attraction was more sad than fulfilling and that ‘ getting even ’ could only motivate me for so long — particularly since my husband was blithely unaware that I was evening the score . |
| 52 | Perhaps it would be truer to say that other things that I was doing made it seem less important . |
| 53 | Erm but this is the area up here Anne , that I was sort of thinking that we could if we can , some kind of trellis or something around this raised area here you could actually open this bit as the , as a pub on a |
| 54 | The plaintiff 's position now is that she has to face the fact that she 's wheelchair bound for life and unable to speak . |
| 55 | But she says that she 's years ago she used to put an onion in her ear or something . |
| 56 | Hillary 's critics also say that she is way to the left of her husband politically . |
| 57 | Decibel is an oral character in the sense that she is part of a play , but she has nevertheless been conceived of and written by Perry . |
| 58 | Yet when her carriage indicates that she is hunting , one sight or scent will panic the herd into instant flight . |
| 59 | Said waitress promptly decamps to the vacant love nest where she swiftly sets up home , insisting to the locals that she is Newton 's new spouse . |
| 60 | This suggests that she is Ælfgifu of Northampton , and that her status , in Thorney at least , was considerable . |