Example sentences of "be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I am a thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glint on snow . |
2 | I am the thread . ’ |
3 | ‘ If he is a Muslim , ’ Mr Malik had confided to Robert , shortly after the Brown child joined the school , ‘ then I am the Duke of Edinburgh . |
4 | On the night before Sports Day I am the school 's champion athlete . |
5 | Two : I am the founder of the Hochhauser Season , with my dear Franz of course , and am responsible for seeing that all continues well . |
6 | And I am the cargo |
7 | He said , ‘ I am the way ’ . |
8 | Knowing He would remove the sin barrier on the Cross at Calvary , Jesus was able to say to His disciples ‘ I am the way , the truth and the life : no man cometh unto the Father but by me . ’ |
9 | " I am the Way , the Truth and the Life " , or " Straight is the Gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life , and few there be that find it " , or " Man shall not live by bread alone " . |
10 | But in John chapter fourteen it says , Jesus said I am the way and the truth and the light . |
11 | Seek the Lord while he may be found , call upon him while he is near , let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man is thoughts and let them return to the Lord , for what 's gon na happen , for he will of compassion on him and to our God for he will abundantly pardon those words were very quoted from Acts , chapter sixteen , when that Philippine jailer said Lord what must I do , sir what must I do to be saved and there Paul timac believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved this is God 's way by repentance in faith that 's presented in Jesus , he is the only saviour , not your works , not my works , not our good deeds , not our religious observances , he is the only saviour , did he not say himself I am the way the truth and the life , nobody comes to the father but by me . |
12 | One 's normal identity loses its hold and is replaced by the feeling : ‘ I am the act of giving birth ’ . |
13 | I am the centre of my life , why should n't I be my own most cherished lover ? |
14 | ‘ I am the centre of my existence , ’ Clare sang , as if chanting a psalm , pitching her voice an octave lower , as she pushed Josh to her playgroup the next morning . |
15 | " I am the shoemaker 's father . " |
16 | ‘ Now , ’ Benjamin murmured , ‘ let's assume I am the assassin . |
17 | I am the victor , but you do not cheer me , |
18 | I am the pause |
19 | I am the person on whom all hopes are pinned , ’ he said . |
20 | My er , circumstances are entirely different , I am the person who 's being cared for and my husband died in nineteen eighty seven , and my son in nineteen eighty eight and I was left with my young son , and he looked after me on his own , and then my daughter who li , I was living in Ireland , my daughter lived in England , and she decided it was n't good enough that it should all be left to him , so we had a long talk and we discussed it at length for two weeks at Christmas , and then they all moved Sou , over here , we got a house in Scotland , and I 'm looked after by my young son and my daughter , and since then a year ago my daughter got married , her husband moved in and he looks after me as well , so I 'm looked after by three young adults . |
21 | I am the person in the front who has to cope with whatever situation comes up . |
22 | Adam pointed to a framed cartoon , which he had given her the previous Christmas : a startled businessman gazed at a ghost ; rising from his desk drawer , it said , ‘ I am the spirit of old notes to yourself . ’ |
23 | I am the anthropologist and the field of study . |
24 | Let's , supposing that I am the parent . |
25 | ‘ I am the lady Anne , my lord ! |
26 | ‘ Think rather that I am the lady of death and that you are the master of death ! |
27 | it says , I am the lady I make them . |
28 | It 's always in there , and er and I can remember walking around there and seeing the place where they make them , and her photograph 's outside and underneath it says , I am the lady I make them . |
29 | " Oh , " she said suavely , " I am the Czar 's governess . " |
30 | I am the driver and pusher but have had a hip replacement which restricts the distance that I can push the wheelchair . |