Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adj] [prep] [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that is ‘ soft ’ then I am proud to be a ‘ softie . ’ |
| 2 | I am proud to be a member of a Government who have increased health spending in real terms since 1979 by nearly 40 per cent. , treated 900,000 more people in Scotland last year than in the year in which we came into office , increased the number of nurses by more than 9,000 and now pay them 41 per cent . |
| 3 | I 'm a Socialist , i but it 's a swear word now , well I am proud to be a Socialist so I will stand up and be counted . |
| 4 | He had written an essay on ‘ Why I Am Proud to Be an American ’ , and he had won third prize . |
| 5 | And she said : ‘ I love the life and I am proud to be the first woman to join . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I am proud to be the Chancellor of Salford ’ |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I am proud to be the Minister who changed the rules and delighted to be able to benefit schools in my own constituency . |
| 8 | Let me say straight away that I am far from being a male chauvinist ( many of my girlfriends over the years have been females ) , indeed the very first person to introduce me to canoeing was Marianne Tucker who subsequently represented England in the 1960 Olympics . |
| 9 | I am male which means I can not have children , I am somewhat reserved by nature so I am unlikely to be the life and soul of anyone 's party , and my chances of becoming King are very slim . |
| 10 | Am I proud of resorting to stereotypical womanly wiles when I am supposed to be a postmodernist feminist egalitarian ? |
| 11 | ‘ I am supposed to be a Nazi spy . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I am supposed to be an expert on the industrial novel . |
| 13 | Perhaps , I thought , sitting on the bed and watching Flora , perhaps I feel like this because I am ashamed to be a woman , a member of that subjugated race whose preoccupations are so trivial and unimportant . |
| 14 | What I am concerned about is the specific effect on these three farms , which is extremely serious . |
| 15 | His two favourite slogans were ‘ I 'm proud to be a German ’ and ‘ We want to stay German . ’ |
| 16 | Veteran writer Adele Rose said : ‘ I 'm proud to be a member of the finest team on TV . ’ |
| 17 | That is why I 'm proud to be a Brummie . |
| 18 | And I 'm proud to be a European and believe in Europe as well as accepting the realities . |
| 19 | Let me tell you , I do n't want anyone making excuses for me , I 'm proud to be a trade unionist and I 'm proud to be a Socialist . |
| 20 | Let me tell you , I do n't want anyone making excuses for me , I 'm proud to be a trade unionist and I 'm proud to be a Socialist . |
| 21 | We have a Labour-led council , which I 'm proud to be the leader . |
| 22 | This deal I 'm involved in is a big one . |
| 23 | You know I 'm famous for being a good listener . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sorry to be a disappointment . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's your father , ’ Spencer said , ‘ I 'm sorry to be the one to tell you but you have to know , he is in financial difficulties . ’ |
| 26 | I think she 's just wonderful and I 'm delighted to be a dad . ’ |
| 27 | Thank you Chairman , erm I 'm delighted to be the last person to present a set of budget proposals as it gives me the opportunity to draw attention to some facts that seems to have been overlooked by the representatives of the other two groups . |
| 28 | I 'M ASHAMED to be the first Scotland captain sent off in an international match . |
| 29 | ‘ What I 'm interested in is no use to the private sector . |
| 30 | I 'm supposed to be a left winger ’ . |