Example sentences of "and [pron] [be] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and me being a great innovator |
| 2 | And me being a silly idiot , see if I 'd realized I did n't think you do n't think that there 's three parts of the tank , you think it 's a tank and you just turn your tap on and the water comes out or |
| 3 | My name is Private A and I am a part-time soldier in the 4th ( County Fermanagh ) Battalion of the Ulster Defence Regiment . |
| 4 | ‘ We shall walk barefoot and dusty and alone and suffer many things , and within our sufferings we shall find the pearl of great price , the untarnished joy , the secret treasure , and we shall find it because he is a pure saint and the bravest man in the world and I am a simple singer robed in humility , one risen from the dead ’ |
| 5 | She said : ‘ I have never been in an aeroplane and I am a little bit nervous . ’ |
| 6 | On the other hand I have Theosophy and I am a staunch supporter . |
| 7 | As he is a natural pessimist and I am a natural optimist , I quoted the good and he quoted only the bad . |
| 8 | Mark Calcavecchia and I are a good team ; we can relax with each other — that 's the key . " |
| 9 | The first few lessons are crucial and I 'm a firm believer that there are so few good British riders because our initial training is so often overlooked . |
| 10 | Quite a good friend of them you know and I 'm a close contact with them . |
| 11 | And I 'm a civil servant in York . |
| 12 | And I 'm a great believer in everybody should be accountable right ? |
| 13 | ‘ Stan 's just what the doctor ordered , a man with personality and I 'm a great believer in personality , ’ says Mr Evans , leaning against his walking frame at Caerphilly 's Abbeyfield Home . |
| 14 | I know the British Heart Foundation is a worthy cause and I 'm a regular cyclist myself . |
| 15 | Right some of our speakers are retires I I 've been retired quite a number of years , as you 'll have noticed I give the talk on income tax and I 'm a retired tax inspector . |
| 16 | My name is Bonnie and I 'm a Miniature Schnauzer . |
| 17 | I forgot completely and I 'm a little bit in the doghouse . |
| 18 | And I 'm a quick learner , so they tell me , ’ Kate responded with an innocent look . |
| 19 | ‘ My wife works hard as a working mum , and all credit to her , but do n't kid me she 's a superwoman and I 'm a gibbering idiot . |
| 20 | She 's worked very hard and I 'm a difficult patient . |
| 21 | Mr Chairman , er , it 's an important point , but I 'm so fed up with hearing people using this as a political issue , erm , and , and , and I 'm a high critic of the government er , for many other reasons , but I would like to know where these people think the money would come from . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , and I 'm a Martian Queen , ’ Bernice snorted . |
| 23 | And I was a new broom with a reputation for sweeping clean . |
| 24 | He was a local lad and already a star in clubland , and I was a second-year apprentice comic visiting the north-east for the first time and decidedly wary of its reputation . |
| 25 | And I was good Oh and I and I was a good player as well . |
| 26 | And I was a great fan of Hank 's . |
| 27 | Henry Compton was a good school , and I was a reasonable pupil — no cherub , but no devil either . |
| 28 | You were heir to a throne and I was a minor officer from a village you had never heard of . " |
| 29 | When I was in Moscow , my grandmother was with me and everything that I wanted she was doing for me and I was a little girl who had everything . |
| 30 | Allan just had to turn up , so the paper hinted , and I was a beaten man . |