Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | anything in my life and then I am that boy |
| 2 | Losing his temper , Howard roared , ‘ I am that man . |
| 3 | J E Nicholson ( Points of View , 10 February ) can stop wondering who ‘ the man on the tricycle is and where he is going ’ , as I am that man . |
| 4 | I am that specialist . ’ |
| 5 | I wish you and your staff to know how sorry I am that Punch is to be no more . |
| 6 | Oh you 're , you 're that bit further , well I suppose I 'm that bit further really |
| 7 | Right I 'm that first I 'm that function , Mhm . |
| 8 | But I 'm that wee bit bigger — |
| 9 | I 'm that chocolate . |
| 10 | If a human observer sets out to interpret the " emotions " of a rat what else can he do except say of himself : " Now if I were that rat , how should I feel ? " |
| 11 | ‘ How I wish that I were that dog ! ’ |
| 12 | Everyone always wants to knock a man off the top — I know , I was that man . |
| 13 | I am now sure I was that boy in an earlier life . |
| 14 | I have rarely been angrier than I was that day . |
| 15 | I was that content with being a mother I 'd decided I did n't want a job until my daughter went to secondary school . |
| 16 | ‘ The fact is , I was that baby , and I know I was born here twenty years ago — ’ |
| 17 | ‘ When I was that age , I slunk about in an agony of embarrassment in case anybody looked at me . ’ |
| 18 | I took part in the obstacle course which when I was that age I found it difficult . |
| 19 | ‘ You see , Jinkwa , ’ he concluded inevitably , ‘ I was that soldier . ’ |
| 20 | Have you been that part there ? |
| 21 | ‘ You are that part of me that I cut off , and I never have been and never shall be whole without you . ’ |
| 22 | Now imagine that you 're not sitting watching in your comfortable stalls seat : you are that character . |
| 23 | Do n't worry about the purple prose ( unless you are that way inclined ) , as the programme editors will be amalgamating all the information into one article , which we hope will be of interest to all Society members whether or not they are able to come to the Fairfield Hall . |
| 24 | you 're that man . ’ |
| 25 | but , but the thing is if , if the traffic 's gon na be heavy , if it thinks we 're gon na get stuck in traffic , if you 've got a G T I you 're that type of driver you 've got that type of power , you can sort of pass and save a bit of time |
| 26 | okay , pretend that you 're that building and I want you to describe yourself and and I want the rest of the class to see if they can guess what it is and how long they take it they take to guess okay , and if you think you know what that person is , put your hand up do n't do n't shout out . |
| 27 | You 're that function . |
| 28 | Oh you 're , you 're that bit further , well I suppose I 'm that bit further really |
| 29 | ‘ You 're that teacher woman who once came here to see me , are n't you ? ’ he said . |
| 30 | Horrible thing to happen when you 're that age . ’ |