Example sentences of "be an " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because you 're an extra man , dear , ’ she said . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're an ecology magazine , ’ said Lucy . |
| 3 | I suppose it 's because you 're an English pigeon . |
| 4 | The Soviets said to Greenspan , ‘ Look , you 're an expert in currency matters , and would n't it be interesting for us to chat about these things ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You ca n't always refuse to take presents , ’ she said tightly , ‘ not when it 's your own mother , not when you 're an only child . ’ |
| 6 | That 's if you 're an adult , and after all , this sort of English hotel is a very grown-up place . |
| 7 | We 're an example of the excellence , as well as the unity , the Caribbean is capable of . ’ |
| 8 | You 're an Englishman … . ’ |
| 9 | You 're an infernal nuisance . ’ |
| 10 | It 's all in my head they 're an extension of my life , my images . |
| 11 | A reporter once called and said , ‘ Hi Kylie — I hear you 're an anorexic . ’ |
| 12 | Curiously , his other life as a painter could be part of the explanation : ‘ If you 're an artist you have to take the holistic view , ’ he suggests . |
| 13 | We 're an open community in this house now and we 'd like you to be a member , would n't we , Alison . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're an arrogant little shit , and this is the way we treat arrogant little shits round here , and we do n't give a flying fuck who your fucking parents are ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 're an observant little possum , ’ said the Dame approvingly , noting my interest in the valuable art treasures scattered around the room . |
| 16 | However , winter would transform it into something perilous in the extreme , even with crampons and an axe , and I 'd give it a miss during that season unless you 're an experienced mountaineer . |
| 17 | ‘ Bloody hell , ’ he breathed in admiration , ‘ you must be fifty pounds if you 're an ounce . ’ |
| 18 | I remember thinking all numbers look the same , none of them mean anything on their own , but when you string them together they have a sort of magic to them , they 're an incantation like witches sing when they circle round the cauldron cackling . |
| 19 | My word , miss , you 're an 'eroine , that 's what you are . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're an original . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're an angel , see you tomorrow . ’ |
| 22 | She understood , suddenly , the cause of this weird peace , and shielded , snarling , ‘ Damn — you 're an empath ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ They 're an unlikely pair . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 're an attendant , ’ she said flatly . |
| 25 | As a general guidelines , if you 're an adult of five foot to five foot three you will probably be best suited to a horse 15hh–15.2hh . |
| 26 | No matter what other people may say , do or think , and no matter what you may even have begun to believe yourself , there are two strong reasons why God thinks you 're an OK person . |
| 27 | I feel that they 're an extension of the same thing — the voice and guitar being as one . ’ |
| 28 | And do n't say it does n't matter just because you 're an amateur ; it 's important whether you 're a part-timer or Eric Clapton , so take it seriously and go to your doctor . |
| 29 | He went to the bathroom and I said , ‘ So , you 're a dancer ? ’ and she said ‘ So , you 're an actor ? ’ and we both looked at the salt shaker and that 's how it started . |
| 30 | When Dustin told Brooks that he was up for the part in The Graduate , Mel said , ‘ But you 're an ugly little rat . |