Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [be] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1980 and 1985 I was a librarian in Brent 's Bibliographic Department , and thus reasonably close to the centre of things in matters of stock . |
| 2 | I 'm afraid I 'm a bit of a cynic |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 'm a bit like Buster Keaton at the moment . ’ |
| 4 | Well I 'm afraid I 'm a bit like Derek , I take my time . |
| 5 | 2 she was a woman of formidable character with ‘ Superhuman energy ’ who inspired great admiration in her friends despite the overbearing , exacting nature of her company at times . |
| 6 | Okay erm right I mean this It 's a bit of a catch twenty two . |
| 7 | Beyond this it 's a handbook of fake advice , both social ( LIGHT : Always say Fiat lux ! when lighting a candle ) and aesthetic ( RAILWAY STATIONS : Always go into ecstasies about them ; cite them as models of architecture ) . |
| 8 | I had a satellite mirror found in a quarry , and took i used this It was a mould for this to get it a perfect parabolic shape . |
| 9 | A significant proportion of Playfair 's executed work must therefore be regarded as not fully mature , but in spite of this he is a figure of considerable interest as a pioneering exponent of the spare detail and basic geometrical forms of advanced neo-classicism . |
| 10 | First and foremost it is a tool for us fans fortunate enough to have email . |
| 11 | This is a pity and I 'm afraid it 's a case of your researchers not seeing much beyond the end of their dicks . |
| 12 | I 'm afraid it 's a bit like that . |
| 13 | I 'm afraid it 's a matter of necessity . ’ |
| 14 | Yes well I think to answer bo both of yo your concerns , first of all we have to accept that the Planning Committee has , actually has power to make its decisions not to come back to this Council so I 'm afraid it is a decision of the Planning Committee . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I 'm afraid it was a bit of a riot , I 'm sorry if she was offended . ’ |
| 16 | I am afraid it was a case of necessity . |
| 17 | Headley Feast with the national classified , one result to change of the local footballs in the Beezer Homes League , southern division , I 'm afraid it was a defeat for Witney ; Witney one , Canterbury two , that 's in the Beezer Homes League southern division ; Witney one , Canterbury two . |
| 18 | And whatever I try to tell them , they seem convinced I am a part of it . |
| 19 | In 1894 she was a member of the departmental committee on prison conditions , examining the situations of female prison staff and inmates . |
| 20 | Whitehouse 's was not primarily an attack on homosexuals : it was in the first instance an attack on the imputation of a sexual context to Christ 's death ; in the second it was a confrontation with an anti-Christian and , to her , sexually-obsessed society , and it was this latter symbolic aspect to the events of the blasphemy trial which was the main point . |
| 21 | 6 Entries will become the property of Haymarket Motoring Publications Ltd. 7 It is a condition of entry that the rules of the competition are accepted as final and that competitors agree to be bound by the rules . |
| 22 | Well can we get this sor stuff sorted then , because this is gon na go on forever , because I I think to be quite honest it is a lack of communication between two parties |
| 23 | ‘ I 've watched the TV series Specials , but to be honest it 's a load of rubbish . |
| 24 | He spent weeks editing and was personally convinced it was a work of art ; he made gross statements that he had the movie that would end all movies . |
| 25 | A young research social scientist could well go into a factory and tell the people she worked with that she was a student on a placement for , say , three months , learning about the realities of factory work , when in fact she was a graduate research worker carrying out a carefully planned study of labour-management relationships . |
| 26 | You do need complete trust in your driver — if you have n't got that you are a fool for getting in it . |
| 27 | In 1969 she was a guest at the wedding of her cousin , Elizabeth Wake-Walker and Anthony Duckworth-Chad held at St James 's Piccadilly . |
| 28 | From 1980 to 1984 he was a director of the information and entertainment division of Pearson and then from 1984 to 1989 , managing director of Richard Branson 's Virgin Group . |
| 29 | By 1254 he was a canon of Exeter Cathedral , and we soon learn that he had become chancellor of the cathedral . |
| 30 | By 1400 it was a hospital for the insane . |