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 .
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