Example sentences of "be [prep] a [noun] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I was just gon na say , some sometimes , I have n't been for a bit mind you , oh , well the last time I went , sometimes I go to Wales to Blaenau Ffestiniog or to congregation
2 You look as if you 've been in a concentration camp you do ! and that 's the truth .
3 The inference to be drawn from the first part of his letter is that once Roman Catholics are in a voting majority they will automatically vote for a United Ireland .
4 If you 've been to a puppy party you 'll know how much fun it can be to train your pup in a positive and natural way .
5 It 's like a toy town I 've put away in the cupboard because I 'm too old for it and here it is , still waiting for me .
6 That amazes me why people , it 's like a status symbol they have to have the best bloody machine !
7 Now obviously if it 's in a school laboratory it 's under closely controlled supervised conditions and that 's what we 're concerned about .
8 home from Jack 's on a Sunday morning I have to walk as far
9 And even though it was like a classroom situation they did n't treat you like children .
10 If it was in a medicine bottle they would pour it down the sink !
11 I want to end by saying that we need now to f go over this hurdle of liberation make sure that the vast majority of black South Africans who are deeply angry and I saw this anger because I was in South Africa when Chris was assassinated and this anger was turning into rage and the country was on a knife edge it could have blown up , the country would have burned had it not been for the diplomatic achievement of , of enormous stature by Nelson Mandela when he addressed the whole nation and in a sense seized power informally from white and black and the country managed to survive that but if that anger turns into rage again then the country could burn and I do n't say this to be dramatic but just to warn that in those moments when the media and so on do n't explain the situation well do n't forget our people because they have had to cope with this situation .
12 So we went , it was on a Friday afternoon I think , in June .
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