Example sentences of "[pron] be [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mes enfants , ’ said the small Belgian person , ‘ chers collègues , I am enchanté by your successes . |
| 2 | I lie so close to the earth that I am part of it and so it is mine . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I am aswirl with him , with his pre-empting , his blackballing genes … |
| 5 | I am bone of her bone |
| 6 | I am bone of her bone , |
| 7 | But I am victim of my own background . |
| 8 | I am dust to you , Joe , no more than mouldering bones … ’ |
| 9 | She 's doing no harm here , and I 'm company for her . ’ |
| 10 | Yeah he goes I 'm I 'm pot on his head |
| 11 | ‘ Not a bit , it 's just that I do n't tell anything , you see , and the Community likes that , they feel I 'm part of them . |
| 12 | Listen to the slosh-slosh-slosh , feel the rocking motion floating through me as if I 'm part of it — close my eyes — I 'm on my rocking chair and I 'm … |
| 13 | So , you see , I 've entered , as completely as I can , the scene on my postcard ; I 'm part of it . |
| 14 | I 'm captain of my club this year right ? |
| 15 | Oh I 'd I 'd like to be a a delegate at conference but I ca n't be a candidate this year cos I 'm captain of my and I think I 'll be a bit busy anyway to be honest doing press work . |
| 16 | No , I 'm sort of I think he confused himself as well as confusing me slightly |
| 17 | And I was chairman of it for about six years or so before the council broke up . |
| 18 | I admit I was party to their tricks for a while but in Brittany the Luciferi began to remove , through assassination or spurious trials , any who opposed the French crown . |
| 19 | " Whatever it was you said to him has caused him to cancel the work I was doing for him . |
| 20 | ‘ I could understand it with the men , who thought I was coming-on to them , but the women 's reluctance puzzled me , until I discovered that the City people discouraged the country dwellers ( she objects to the word ‘ peasant ’ ) from having their picture taken . |
| 21 | ‘ I could understand it with the men , who thought I was coming-on to them , but the women 's reluctance puzzled me , until I discovered that the City people discouraged the country dwellers ( she objects to the word ‘ peasant ’ ) from having their picture taken . |
| 22 | In 1284 the statute of Wales declares that ‘ all those which are subject unto our power should be governed with due order , to the honour and praise of God and of Holy Church , and the advancement of justice ’ . |
| 23 | But he accords them the right to boast , for they have returned with money and presents which are proof of their achievement . |
| 24 | They said they hoped ‘ the bombings of old buildings , which are part of our heritage and which have enormous potential for tourism , will cease ’ . |
| 25 | Buildings which were evidence of its 900 years history have disappeared and their places taken by unremarkable retail stores and car parks so that several references to streets and buildings in the book are difficult to follow . |
| 26 | Governments had to live up to the mythical images of themselves which were part of their acceptability . |
| 27 | The endurance of rivers , which is part of what makes them such a potent symbol in our culture , is also precisely the reason why they matter so much to ecologists and scientists . |
| 28 | The result is a slightly elusive quality which is part of its singular attraction . |
| 29 | Adolescents are going to be embarrassed and ashamed if a teacher suggests that their dialect , which is part of their identity , must be radically changed . |
| 30 | ‘ They are due to the unpredictable nature and power of the bounce of these castles , which is part of their fun . |