Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I been here a long time . |
2 | But I am also a resilient soul . |
3 | Not only do I consume vast amounts of raw materials — I am also a high-level polluter . |
4 | I am a gardener of the physical who spend many hours tending my flowers but I am also a mental gardener and spend even more hours tending transcendent flowers . |
5 | I am also a big Jennifer Capriati fan , because of her attractiveness as well as her skill which she displayed at Wimbledon in '91 against Navratilova . |
6 | My approach and preparation are slower and I am also a different person mentally . |
7 | No , I am just a simple man of business . |
8 | I am just a poor girl ; what do I know of the sea-king 's palace ? |
9 | Afterwards a jubilant victor said : ‘ Everybody always says I am just a big server . |
10 | I am just a humble supporter who , though never blessed with the gift myself , loves the artistry and beauty of football and the poetry in motion displayed by the Athletico forward line . |
11 | I am just a little girl , I have n't even started my periods yet and little girls can tantrum louder and then can sulk deeper than anything else in the universe . |
12 | ‘ I am just a little ship , ’ Aunt Emily said , ‘ drifting farther and farther out to sea . ’ |
13 | I am normally a law-abiding citizen but I had not a single scruple . |
14 | Knowing I am rather a special person . |
15 | I mean , I am nearly a young man . |
16 | I am neither a religious person nor a politically correct thinker , simply a human being who finds cruelty of any sort degrading and saddening . |
17 | I am not a prying woman , I have never really been interested in the affairs of others , I would never examine the contents of their drawers and cupboards and bathroom cabinets , as Isabel did , wherever we went to stay . |
18 | I am not a dark pupil under a lid but a woman in a room . |
19 | I am not a good hand stitcher . ’ |
20 | ‘ I am not a good watcher . |
21 | I am not a good Boswell . ) |
22 | ‘ I am not a radical film-maker , ’ says Puttnam . |
23 | I hardly no how to keep going and you must no that I am not a young man . |
24 | I am not a criminal lawyer myself . |
25 | There 's the satisfaction of grabbing a climb between spells of bad weather … ’ ; all of which explains why I am not a successful climber , preferring to grab an extra hour 's kip between spells of bad weather . |
26 | ‘ But I am not a professional guide , Caroline . ’ |
27 | I am not a greedy man . |
28 | As I say , I am not a greedy man . ’ |
29 | I am not a small man , nor am I a weakling , yet the thin Sweetman seemed unconcerned as I jumped down into the cockpit . |
30 | I AM not a religious person , but I do think that if Jesus was around today he 'd be horrified by the way we celebrate his birth . |