Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] be [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me remind the cynics opposite that yours is the only Group on this Council which has voted against our proposals on disability . |
| 2 | But one thing prison 's taught me is to be very strong , and that I am a worthwhile person . |
| 3 | I will admit that I am a total tube head when it comes to guitar amps , but at the same time sufficiently open-minded to have previously applauded other companies ' efforts in solid state technology . |
| 4 | You could say that to me now , now that I understand how much you loved me , now that I have suffered , now that I am a better person . |
| 5 | It is a good thing that I am a reasonable man . |
| 6 | ‘ You must not imagine that I am a pure woman . |
| 7 | PAMELA : Why , Mrs. Jewkes , there can be only one reason , which is that I am a sad fool ! |
| 8 | And the fact that I am a small blonde is probably a bonus on this occasion . |
| 9 | His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour . |
| 10 | ‘ The fact that there is a piece of legal documentation saying I must not molest or attack my ex-wife or her family is a slur on my name and gives the impression that I am a violent person . |
| 11 | ‘ My assessment of myself is that I am a plain Daleswoman … ’ |
| 12 | I take up a rifle and being that I am a crack shot , I win something to hang on a car mirror . |
| 13 | Speaking as one of them , I can tell this person that I am a single mother , not from choice , but because my baby 's father scarpered as soon as I told him I was pregnant . |
| 14 | It is , I decide , not my fault either that I am a human being who does not want to be eaten alive . |
| 15 | The point I am making here is based on an observation by Stanley Cavell ( 1979 , p. 460 ) and repeated by him in many contexts : ‘ a human being could not fail to know , confronting me , that I am a human being ’ . |
| 16 | I still get a childish kick out of pretending that I am a wide-eyed seal who thinks only to play . |
| 17 | ‘ Remember that I am a magic sword , ’ it hummed . |
| 18 | Does my writing this down now mean that I am a little bit reconciled to myself ? |
| 19 | You will find that I am the one person you can always trust . |
| 20 | You see , I 've had a few quite long relationships before but , although I think the world of this young lady and love her deeply , I do n't feel that I am the marrying kind . |
| 21 | Perhaps the reason that I am the invisible man ( in Gadfly terms ) is because I do n't frequent the same watering holes as your journalists . |
| 22 | They 'll always be in the record books that I am the only man at any weight who 's ever won three Lonsdale belts outright . |
| 23 | In addition to what Nicholas er recounted about my brother , I believe that I am the only minister in the government , possibly the only member of parliament who has ever worked for the Save The Children Fund . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm Ron Barton and I 'll have you know that I am the Roving Correspondent of the True Brit , the newspaper with an even bigger circulation than the Sun , and I never laid a finger on , or up , the lady . |
| 25 | Darling darling , I feel that I am the luckiest man on earth and I want you to know that I know I am . |
| 26 | Come sir , you know that I am an indulging master and therefore conceal nothing . |
| 27 | ‘ I now find that I am an exact contemporary of the current vice-president of the USA and just two years younger than the president . ’ |
| 28 | Er , now the the point I really want to refer to is erm just what role an auditor ought to play er in the er insurance and financial service industry in looking at particular firms , erm I have several interests which the honourable member for Edinburgh central knows about , er the one that I think is relevant er to tonight is that I am an elected member of the insurance brokers registration council and the way that erm the way that we regulate insurance brokers erm is laid down by statute but it does actually demonstrate the advantage , the benefit of erm of having a statutory requirement for audit and for er a proper oversight of what then follows in terms of the way that the regulator reacts to what the auditor may say . |
| 29 | After all , she may well have told her family and friends that I 'm a nice boy — although a Jew . |
| 30 | ‘ My friends are people that I trust and I do n't have to put on airs with them — they know me and do n't assume that I 'm a terrific snob if I happen to be very quiet . ’ |