Example sentences of "[pron] [be] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | So do n't forget the one thousand who do n't think any of them are a good team , add all those up and that will give you a fourth equation . |
| 2 | Mark Calcavecchia and I are a good team ; we can relax with each other — that 's the key . " |
| 3 | Normally I am a good sleeper , but that New Year 's Night I lay awake for hours , with cold , sexual fantasy or worry . |
| 4 | ‘ I am a good clerk . |
| 5 | After all , I am a good player . |
| 6 | I am a good worker |
| 7 | Other statements such as ‘ I am a slave ’ ‘ I am a good worker ’ ( referring to housework ) are also statements of affiliation to the domestic role . |
| 8 | I am a good housewife |
| 9 | Her amplification of the statement ‘ I am a housewife ’ to the later ‘ I am a good housewife ’ sets a pattern followed by others : |
| 10 | I am a good housewife |
| 11 | I am a good housewife |
| 12 | I am a good cleaner |
| 13 | I am a good washer |
| 14 | I am a good housewife , I think |
| 15 | Luckily , I am a good swimmer , so I managed to keep my head out of the milk . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | For good measure , she added , a trifle pathetically , ‘ I am a good girl , really truly , even if I ca n't give you any references , and I will work hard , I promise . ’ |
| 18 | I am a good citizen , a nice person ; I am just at the moment in the grip of a sexual passion , in the throes of love ; I am alive : I who have been so nearly dead for decades , which is why I am currently neglecting them , just a little . |
| 19 | In my office the majority of female employees are under 25 and , at 50 , I am a good 10 years older than any other woman in the building . |
| 20 | Now if I am a good reporter , in a sense I 'm going to let the original question flow past me as a starter , I may use it , I may not use it . |
| 21 | In the end , I am a better woman , for my values are secure , they have been tried and not found wanting . |
| 22 | ‘ I think I am a better judge than you are , ’ said Ludens . |
| 23 | I enjoyed it and I think I am a better person for it . |
| 24 | ‘ I have played alongside internationals wherever I have been , so of course I am a better player , ’ he said . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ It is always nice to beat Boris although I am not saying I have proved I am a better player , ’ said the 24-year-old Stich . |
| 27 | Can I be a better lover ? |
| 28 | ‘ I learnt a lot that night and think I 'm a better fighter for it . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm a new man , I 'm a better man . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , but I 'm a better witness than Curren on the stand . |