Example sentences of "[pers pn] be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | People like me are a menace to the AA men , calling them out on Sunday afternoon to rebuild engines that we idly began to dismantle on Sunday morning . |
| 2 | Because these criteria it seems to me are a means to an end , for us to decide upon an appropriate general location . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | A lot of me mates are black geezers and some of them are a bit tasty ’ . |
| 5 | Among them are a Russian Jew , who fled his native land after avenging the murder of his father , and the son of a poor Italian farmer . |
| 6 | Okay , one or two of them are a little contrived , but they still make for a cracking package — all in one load too ! |
| 7 | Among them are a surprising ( or is it ? ) number of aeroplanes bearing Cayman Islands letters , many of which I 'll bet have never been near that tax ; haven , the late Cap'n Bob 's pair of liquidator-awaiting , Bermudan-registered Gulfstreams , appropriately VR-BOB and VR-BRM , and a host of N-numbered machines which no doubt the Gatwick-based FAA inspectors looking for illegally operated U.S.-registered aircraft will find enlightening . |
| 8 | Revisited ’ has only got about 15 minutes of decent songs — and eight of them are a live version of The Velvet Underground 's ‘ What Goes On ? ’ which is n't psychedelic at all , really . |
| 9 | Among them are a portrait of the beauteous Dorelia with whom she took a passionate walking trip across France and who later lived in a ménage à trois with her brother and his wife . |
| 10 | So do n't forget the one thousand who do n't think any of them are a good team , add all those up and that will give you a fourth equation . |
| 11 | Beneath them are a group of children with an average age of 10 . |
| 12 | If you are a B , I should ask somebody to do this test for you , because usually the people on these courses are A's , quite a lot of them are A one . |
| 13 | The other manufacturers are trying to do the same but I think some of them are a bit behind Rover and they 've got to catch up . |
| 14 | But they are wage labour , and those performing them are a part of the working class . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | She said , I mean , she says I 'm not prejudiced here , and she says there 's obvious exceptions and they 're not bad but the majority of them are a waste of time ! |
| 17 | and course with that Ron on the , of course you know , he tells jokes and some of them are a little bit crude , but , they take all in good part , you know , I said to dad I said you do n't always , he 's that dry |
| 18 | Some of them are a bit tasteless I find . |
| 19 | No , the er , the Reuberwerk one , the German ones , the fasteners on them are a have plastic clips . |
| 20 | But life has its storms , it has its tempests , and some of them are a lot fiercer than others . |
| 21 | Well , one or two of them are a bit sort of |
| 22 | Yeah , but er , some of them are a bit out of true cos they 're seconds do you think ? |
| 23 | Had I been a little less successful in catching chub or , worse , met with a complete blank , then Heaven knows if I would have continued specimen hunting . |
| 24 | Had I been a few feet nearer the bomb I should have been blown to pieces — had I been a few feet further away I should have been cut to pieces by shrapnel . |
| 25 | Had I been a few feet nearer the bomb I should have been blown to pieces — had I been a few feet further away I should have been cut to pieces by shrapnel . |
| 26 | But wait a minute , I thought , had n't I been a woman out there ? |
| 27 | Had I been a father in my early twenties I would have been dreadful because there were so many things I still wanted to do . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I been a bartender all my life . ’ |
| 29 | without it , if , I been a why bigger lorry what |
| 30 | Mark Calcavecchia and I are a good team ; we can relax with each other — that 's the key . " |