Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that is a possi I was just wondering which one it was cos I say I know some of them are a bit you know |
| 2 | Among them are a Duchess who inspired ‘ awe ; ’ an engineer 's ‘ stern looking ’ mother ; and the ‘ tall and stately ’ wife of a farm labourer sitting at the fire ‘ enjoying her ‘ bit of bacca . ’ |
| 3 | Although I am a motorist myself I use the car as little as possible , prefering to cycle for all urban journeys . |
| 4 | And when they were all assembled , he went out unto them , to a place which was made ready with carpets and with mats , and he made them take their seats before him full honourably , and began to speak unto them , saying , I am a man who have never possessed a kingdom , neither I nor any man of my lineage . |
| 5 | I am a man who should have children . |
| 6 | I am a man who needs his sleep . |
| 7 | I am a man who destroys the women he lives with . |
| 8 | ‘ I am a man who is six foot one inch tall . |
| 9 | I am a bit it 's too many Think took too much . |
| 10 | But because I am a girl I ca n't stop my brothers from doing wrong , so please help Kim to behave better so that there is no more trouble . " |
| 11 | ‘ I am a girl who was assaulted , ’ etc . |
| 12 | On the other hand , I am a girl who likes a bit of old-fashioned interest taken in her , and I do get cheesed when I have to take second place , especially when it 's to a dead widow of seventy-odd … ’ |
| 13 | I am a person who loves going out |
| 14 | Er , yes I am a person who uses public transport and I believe in it very much , but I must say that erm its very , very inconvenient , I have to rely on three different forms of public transport to get to my work and it takes twice as long as it would as if I , if I could go by car and so I can see the , the attraction of , of going by car and there are many improvements that could be made where I live for instance in , in Glasgow so that you would only have one change and not constantly shuttling to and fro between stations and buses and so forth . |
| 15 | I am a friend who is visiting him , and my name is Dr Watson . ’ |
| 16 | I am a Treasurer who likes to keep hold of the money , I like to receive it , I do n't like to give it out . |
| 17 | I am a southerner whose first job was in Leeds , whose second job was in Edinburgh and whose third job was in London . |
| 18 | As you know , I am a manager who has never shirked from putting a player 's welfare before football and , unlike many less tolerant managers , I was quite happy for Steve Gillery to hold his stag ‘ night ’ at 10 a.m. on the morning of the match , albeit a game crucial to our survival . |
| 19 | Suppose for example that I am a smoker who has just heard about the dangers of lung cancer . |
| 20 | But what I do say is I am a trustee I am a trustee not of farmer 's land not of your land Mr , not of your land Mr not of your land Mr every person in Leicestershire owns that land , they have got a mark and I 'll tell you sir four thousand five hundred signatures made in one weekend are saying to us you are a trustee of our land , it 's not your land , our land I keep hearing , it 's our land it 's not our land it 's the people of Leicestershire 's land and what the people of Leicestershire land are saying to us sir , they 're saying to us you can not continue this barbaric killing of foxes . |
| 21 | I am a villager myself ! ’ |
| 22 | John Tholen , chief executive of the authority , told New Scientist : ‘ I am a conservationist myself , but in the end you 've got to make up your mind as to which is more important — people or birds . ’ |
| 23 | And er so I mean it 's you know , I am a politician I mean you know , it 's in the blood I 've b been in the in the House of Commons now for about a quarter of a century . |
| 24 | I am a collector who lives in a flat , and boxed sets take up much more space than separate discs . |
| 25 | Just because I am a woman they belittle me , ’ she said to loud cheers . |
| 26 | ‘ Although I am a teacher I enjoy learning , ’ said Mrs Plews , who studied alongside her two daughters Jennifer and Hannah . |
| 27 | I am a bell they left in disrepair |
| 28 | I 'm a man myself , ha ? |
| 29 | I 'm a dur I 'm a dur brain . |
| 30 | Now I 'm an ex-gardener I 'm a horticulturist it take roughly about forty years for trees to reach maturity it does n't say much for our planners if they plan to put those trees there and then now are gon na have them up again it sounds much like change for changes sake and that that it basically my comment . |