Example sentences of "i [vb base] be [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Ian Brown , of Lee Moor Farm in Northumberland , noted : ‘ A fact that saddened me lately came from a recent survey which suggested that the average family business — not just farms but all family businesses — lasts only 25 years , which I guess is only a generation . |
| 2 | Erm , can I ask you please to point out to anybody who is n't here , which I guess is quite a number of people , there 's probably six or seven people who 're not here , er that the test is in fact next Tuesday , that 's February the twenty second , is it ? |
| 3 | ‘ Christina , I know I 've been here a year longer than you but I 'm sure you 've worked these things out for yourself by now . |
| 4 | Actually I 've been here a year . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's absolute rubbish to suggest I 've been even a confidante while his marriage has been breaking up . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been around a bit , I 've learned a thing or two , I know the score . |
| 7 | Er you can hire sail boats and er it 's I I 've been there a couple of times . |
| 8 | Probably the only thing is obviously I 've been there a while now so any previous employment and the people that were there are n't there any longer . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ I 've been there a month and was hoping to get a City and Guilds qualification in joinery . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ I 've been there a month and was hoping to get a City and Guilds qualification in joinery . |
| 11 | It seems as if I have been here a lot longer than a few years , and I do not think that I could ever fit into an institutional regime again . |