Example sentences of "[pers pn] be miss [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am Miss Agnes Conway . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , I am Miss Kyte . |
| 3 | I am Miss Victoria Malcolm . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I am Miss Maine , my father is an officer in the London Fire Service . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , I 'm Miss Jordan . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm Miss Barrett , from Ruth 's school . ’ |
| 7 | Agnes drew in a deep breath , then said , ‘ I 'm Miss Agnes Conway . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You are Miss Claudia Adams , owner of a dress shop and also a model , ’ he stated , his voice heavy with sarcasm , and Claudia , annoyed that he should call her beautiful showroom a dress shop , did n't bother to tell him she was n't a model . |
| 9 | ‘ Aye , you 're Miss Agnes Conway . |
| 10 | ‘ So you 're Miss Theodosia Kyte ? ’ she said in a thin voice whose tone matched the air of acidity that hung about her . |
| 11 | I 'm quite prepared to accept that you 're Miss Fanshawe now , Miss Fanshawe , ’ Wexford said . |
| 12 | ‘ Rule one , ’ he said as if she had n't spoken , ‘ stop trying to pretend you 're Miss Virgin Snow . |
| 13 | ‘ You were Miss Iceberg , ’ he husked . |
| 14 | She 's Miss Kyte , come to be companion to that evil hag upstairs , if you must know . ’ |
| 15 | She 's Miss Brady , ’ he told them as soon as they rose from their knees . |
| 16 | as if he were a child of five she had reprimanded him , saying , ‘ Do n't be so personal ; she is Miss Crosbie . |
| 17 | Soon she was Miss Orange County . |
| 18 | I discovered that she was Miss Temple , the headmistress of Lowood school . |
| 19 | I was sure she was Miss Stapleton . |
| 20 | She was Miss Sarah Anne Walker , an only child left to cope on her own when both her mother and father died . |
| 21 | She looked at him in enquiry , rapidly changing to alarm as he asked curtly if she was Miss Adams and , barely waiting for her nod , pushed his way into her small hall , slamming the door behind him . |
| 22 | But he said they were Miss Lipman 's orders . |
| 23 | They were Miss Margaret ( Peggy ) Herbison , who is the oldest surviving Scottish woman MP , having served in the Labour Party cabinet in the 1960s ; Councillor Sheila Ritchie , who has been a Liberal Democrat councillor in Gordon for a number of years and is at present a member of the party 's National Executive Committee ; and Miss Ann Hay , who is an influential key organiser for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association in Edinburgh . |
| 24 | It 's Miss Barrett . |
| 25 | " It 's Miss West I 'm sorry for . " |
| 26 | ‘ Why , it 's Miss Abbott . |
| 27 | Just tell him it 's Miss Fergusson who needs to see him . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's Miss Kyte , Mum . ’ |
| 29 | And no gratitude — your Auntie can slave for you , work her fingers to the bone , but it 's Miss Green gets the thank yous ! |
| 30 | ‘ It 's Miss Ara ! |