Example sentences of "[pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give " em a few months , and you should see the share price double . |
| 2 | Am I a wrinkly yet ? |
| 3 | Am I a mechanical man ? |
| 4 | Have I a good tape of quiet music for the reflection time ? |
| 5 | Well am I a good son ? |
| 6 | BELVILLE : I take her to an artful young baggage and had I a young handsome butler or steward she 'd soon make her market of one of them and snap at him for a husband . |
| 7 | I could n't answer that question because my thoughts were aimed at you , not at the painful roots of my current practice but at you , the conjuring of feelings by the spell and ritual of words , the seducing of you with poetry , I a pedlar tumbling stories before your dais . |
| 8 | I a hundred and seventy five feet |
| 9 | I suppose I a better mention it too Pauline , only I was thinking if I did just conversations , could also do the domestics . |
| 10 | what you suggested how she got in that , oh no you ca n't have that , well she kept coming and she kept are n't I a silly bitch , are n't I silly bitch Bill , and he looked she was taking the mickey out and he said well what , what 's your daughter 's name , she said Jane , as if he was puddled he said no what 's that name ? |
| 11 | ‘ Was I a naughty girl to ask for champagne ? ’ she enquired , certain in the knowledge that children 's misdemeanours are not usually regarded seriously . |
| 12 | ‘ He is my husband and I a dutiful wife . |
| 13 | Can I a little bit of orange ? |
| 14 | So am I a little bit . |
| 15 | ‘ Are n't I a lucky fella ? ’ he demanded of them again . |
| 16 | I a numerical value of : |
| 17 | Lovely , now me , I 'm an ex-M A T S A member , I 'm in the security industry , at the moment I have n't got a section , so what am I a Bosnian , a Serbian or a Croatian I do n't know . |
| 18 | I went back to my doctor after two months and said well I feel a bit better , can I a few more months . |
| 19 | Am I a different person today ? |
| 20 | If you got sued for selling someone a rotten second-hand car , you 'd have to get a lawyer and he 'd be a university graduate , too . |
| 21 | IN his black and silver warrior 's robes , brandishing his flashing , menacing sword — and it is a real one — Glenn Lobo looks ready to do someone a great deal of mischief . |
| 22 | He shouted , so the doctor told Dexter , as if he were crying to someone a great distance away . |
| 23 | ‘ We 're unbeaten in eight games but we have n't been able to win them and the players were saying beforehand that we were going to give someone a good hiding . |
| 24 | An American editor deleted a comment from one of her books when a father tells his daughter : ‘ Do n't bother about school because you 're a pretty little thing and will make someone a good wife . ’ |
| 25 | The old man was shouting hoarsely , and someone a long way off was answering — and running , too , for she could feel the vibration of rapid footsteps . |
| 26 | He waved it around in a manner that threatened to do someone a serious injury . |
| 27 | give someone a twenty five duty free voucher some of these people are gon na want |
| 28 | And similarly of course when you want to lie or to mislead — to give someone a false belief — what you 'll say is not necessarily something you disbelieve , but rather something you believe you disbelieve . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , she 'll make someone a wonderful wife ! ’ screeched Jamie . |
| 30 | She was a sweet , loving person and would make someone a wonderful wife . |