Example sentences of "[pers pn] a [adj -er] person " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think it 'll make you a better person ? |
| 2 | Feeling guilty does not make me a better person . |
| 3 | A child , I feel , will make me a better person and draw the attention of others to my good character . |
| 4 | On the one hand , I want fatherhood to make me a better person because I believe that , once I have the responsibility of looking after a child , giving up smoking and drinking and spending money on the motorbike will be a doddle . |
| 5 | When after I became a Christian I obeyed and was baptized , it was n't to make me a better person it was n't to make me er , someone who was , er more pious or more religious , or of having greater favour with God , it was done because he had commanded it in his word , and I was identifying myself with him . |
| 6 | When I come round the Lord 's table , it 's not to make me a better Christian , it 's not to make me a better person , a more religious person , a more spiritual person it 's a confession of faith , apart from being an act of obedience , it is a confession of faith . |
| 7 | And Reynolds said that the fight to clear his name had made him a stronger person . |
| 8 | Trying to be positive about her inability so far to have a child , Wendy says she tells herself that the whole experience has made her a stronger person . |
| 9 | And by , becoming religious and observing religious , er , practices does not make us a better person . |