Example sentences of "[pers pn] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor am I an angel , exactly , you will find that out for yourself , that is if you give me a chance . |
| 2 | I An insult is perceived by someone who feels insulted . |
| 3 | HOW I LOOK SUITS WHO I AN INSIDE |
| 4 | Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless . |
| 5 | have I an owner what shape am I what |
| 6 | ‘ I an no admirer of President Reagan , ’ she said in her precise way . |
| 7 | My , am I , am I an author now ? |
| 8 | We soon found other things in common , amongst them that we both were Nottingham men — he a graduate of the University , I an ex-student of University College with an external degree . |
| 9 | Neither am I an imbecile . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Am I an annoyance ? ’ enquired Paul , and she pressed his arm with her fingers . |
| 11 | ‘ It 'd take 'er an hour or more to get there . |
| 12 | ‘ She says he makes 'er an allowance . ’ |
| 13 | Was yours an endowment ? |
| 14 | ‘ Is yours an attempt at disguise ? ’ |
| 15 | But had she an attachment ? |
| 16 | ‘ Oh aye , ’ said one of the aunts , who was scrutinising a dicky-looking mussel , as if it were a suspicious traveller and she an immigration officer . |
| 17 | He is an itinerant poet , she an executor of quick charcoal character sketches , and their financial situation is as extreme as Hannah 's eerie serenity . |
| 18 | " Well , if you do have to leave here , at least it will give you an excuse to live on your own , if that 's what you want . " |
| 19 | Naturally , nobody gave us a second look and I had the traffic lights co-ordinated by computer so that we stopped near you just as Sergeant Plod , with perfect timing , gave you an excuse to mace him . |
| 20 | It is worth pointing out that Ami Pro uses the same SmartIcons as Lotus 's other Windows products — in particular 1-2-3 for Windows and Freelance for Windows and so learning their use in one package gives you an advantage in the others . |
| 21 | You can train to be a Navy Cook without any particular previous formal qualifications , although any knowledge you bring from a technical college will give you an advantage . |
| 22 | If you 're looking for every conceivable thing to give you an advantage then you maybe have to consider dropping alcohol and becoming a monk or something . |
| 23 | Nor you , we know , but still , somehow , by some quirk , you may get faith , you may produce it yourself , that gives you an advantage over anybody else . |
| 24 | Er you 'll find that we do have actually have a calculator which we can send out with a retirement pack and that actually gives you an aide-memoire to actually remind you about the things that you might forget erm with regard to erm things like er holidays er erm say , medical expenses , er fuel expenses , erm club fees , T V licence , all those things . |
| 25 | I feel I owe you an apology for abandoning your esteemed Victorian values . |
| 26 | A meeting in which you say ‘ if what you tell me happened in the way you describe then we owe you an apology ’ would seem to offer no admission of liability or guilt in situations where legal action results . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm afraid I owe you an apology , Mr. Preston . |
| 28 | Either you have not shown these plans elsewhere , in which case I owe you an apology … or you have touted them round , and the fools ca n't see what 's in front of them . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I owe you an apology , ’ Donna said , pushing her plate away and dabbing at the corners of her mouth with a napkin . |
| 30 | ‘ I owe you an apology , Alex . ’ |