Example sentences of "[pron] be [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know like I say there is quite a lot of trust and erm I think Yona and me are sort of aware er we 're very much united in the feeling that we do n't we do n't want things to erm you know we want everybody to be involved and obviously different people have different things to offer . |
| 2 | I ask the Minister to do one more thing for those millions of families , many of whom are part of that 250,000 who are more than six months in arrears with their mortgage repayments , who fear that their homes will be taken from them and who have paid the poll tax . |
| 3 | I think she felt wi , you know , some of them are sort of like , a bit unimportant . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , Sergei and I are kind of symbols . ’ |
| 5 | And anyway , he and I are sort of mates . |
| 6 | I am essentyale on a murdre scene ; |
| 7 | ‘ Mes enfants , ’ said the small Belgian person , ‘ chers collègues , I am enchanté by your successes . |
| 8 | ‘ I am part of a small group of training officers from neighbouring authorities who are considering the feasibility of regional and local cooperative training ’ … |
| 9 | I just want to be treated honestly and know if I am part of Chelsea 's plans . ’ |
| 10 | I am part of a group of individuals from various professions who are interested in developing a National Children 's Legal Centre in Ireland . |
| 11 | I lie so close to the earth that I am part of it and so it is mine . |
| 12 | Defending his financial management , Mr Scott replied : ‘ I am part of a seven-man board , albeit a split board . |
| 13 | ‘ I am busy on my own work : I am part of a team , legging it around London , working undercover . ’ |
| 14 | I am mistress of this house and I have to see that all is well . ’ |
| 15 | I am bespoke in the evening , but the daytime is free , once I 've done my domestic chores . |
| 16 | ( I am Treasurer of the Scottish Cycling Council ( the Scottish ‘ arm ’ of the CTC ) , and I do quite a bit of cycling for leisure , including much of the Borders Region which is , in many ways , ideal for cycling ) . |
| 17 | I am clerk to the King 's Bench of the royal court of England . |
| 18 | I am clerk to Nether Wyresdale Parish Council in Scorton and , while I can not speak on behalf of either the Parish Council or the residents of the parish , I think it would be appropriate to discuss the possibility of Nether Wyresdale becoming part of Lancaster District . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , I am kind of hairy . |
| 20 | I am Queen of Scots , not you . |
| 21 | BELVILLE : I did intend what you call the worst , but if I am master of myself and my own resolution , I find I love you beyond all your sex , and on my honour I will not attempt to force you to anything again . |
| 22 | I am King of England and henceforth must dedicate my life to my kingdom … |
| 23 | I am King of England — or so they tell me ! |
| 24 | And in John 19:21–22 : ‘ So the Jewish chief priests said to Pilate , ‘ You should not write ‘ King of the Jews ’ , but ‘ This man said : I am King of the Jews ’ ’ Pilate answered , ‘ What I have written , I have written ’ . ’ |
| 25 | I am chairman of the joint shop stewards committee in the RVH and also branch secretary of NUPE of north and west Belfast district . |
| 26 | I am chairman of the Africa committee of the British Refugee Council , so I have worked closely with refugees for a long time . |
| 27 | ‘ I am constable of this gate tower . |
| 28 | I am aswirl with him , with his pre-empting , his blackballing genes … |
| 29 | ‘ I am Prince of Wales , after all . ’ |
| 30 | a Scottish sailor marooned on the island of Juan Fernandez from 1704 until he was picked up by Captain Woodes Rogers 52 months later ; Woodes 's account of him gave Defoe the idea of Robinson Crusoe , and Cowper wrote a poem entitled ‘ Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk ’ , beginning ‘ I am monarch of all I survey ’ . |