Example sentences of "[pron] be [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Amongst them are the last great wild gardens of the earth still harbouring uncatalogued varieties of creatures and man . |
2 | I am a second year diploma in social work student at Bournemouth University and am collecting information on service user evaluation of day services for people with learning difficulties . |
3 | I am a second year DipSW student looking at the needs of older people with learning disabilities . |
4 | I am a second year DipSW student and would be grateful for any information or research on foster carers birth children regarding placement disruption . |
5 | Nor were the adherents of this strategy reticent about their heritage , with one Thatcherite Cabinet Minister acknowledging in 1982 , ‘ I am a nineteenth century Liberal . |
6 | I am the first to admit that it is not easy , although I do wonder why we in tennis still use that argument as an excuse for not seeing what the Americans call ‘ minority ’ players more prominent in the British game . |
7 | I am the first person to admit that success is not that frequent at Athletico and on those rare occasions when it comes we are always left with a nasty aftertaste to spoil it . |
8 | I am the first musician in my family . |
9 | I am the first human being he has seen since he was posted to this backwater . |
10 | It was never catalogued ; I am the first person outside the Unit ever to know what it was doing … |
11 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
12 | I am the first living contact to consult , Coffin thought , lying back in his hard bed under Mrs Lorimer 's roof . |
13 | While I am the last to recommend such surgery unnecessarily , there 's no doubt that in Sombro 's case it would be for his own good . |
14 | All I know is I am the last . ’ |
15 | I am the last one to leave . |
16 | I think I am the last British poop artist because the total effort of all groups now in 1990 is to be as international as possible … but I 'm not a part of it . |
17 | I am the last night of August , late . |
18 | I am half hidden in my bower , I am the last thing she sees , so I have time to examine her . |
19 | Now , I am the last man on Earth to cry , CONSPIRACY ! |
20 | ‘ I am the last person in the world who would want to inhibit the movement of the SMMB to its new form , ’ Mr Lang said , ‘ but there is little I or Michael Heseltine can do to influence the OFT . |
21 | Lifting him up , the Earl replied ‘ No , son , but I am the next best thing . ’ |
22 | Then I thought … why should n't I be the first to grab the donkey ? |
23 | Er , I 'm a first year primary school stu |
24 | Erm twenty second of July nineteen sixteen so I 'm a first war baby . |
25 | Good morning , Doug , I 'm a first time caller . |
26 | I 'm a first erm class si stamps . |
27 | I 'm a second year civil engineering student |
28 | I 'm a third of the way towards the stage |
29 | ‘ No , I 'm the first refugee from Hell . ’ |
30 | It was brilliant and I 'm the first to say it . |