Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I part of the problem ? |
| 2 | Oh I 'm thinking of Rainbow why am I thinking of Rainbow , is that Co-Op as well ? |
| 3 | What am I thinking of there ? |
| 4 | We are not , after all , the ultimate creators of the realm of art : we are ourselves part of it . |
| 5 | OK that s my opinion of the players … |
| 6 | ‘ You are my flavour of the month . |
| 7 | ‘ But I knew there were great opportunities at Ipswich and they are my sort of club — a family club . ’ |
| 8 | You are my Proserpine of summer |
| 9 | ‘ Jason has been my boss for the last year , and as far as I was concerned a reasonably good one . |
| 10 | It need n't have been my fare at all . ’ |
| 11 | Anyway , he left what should have been my share to Matthew on condition that I was able to lease it back at a nominal rental . |
| 12 | His argument against me had been my lack of experience — he particularly wanted someone who had a lost more PR experience . |
| 13 | Could my investiture of Mr Broadhurst with such sinister and wide-ranging powers have been my way of dealing with the chronic lack of a proper role model ? |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd never had any trouble getting pregnant , ’ she says , ‘ And that had been my downfall in a way . |
| 15 | She added : ‘ At the time I did n't report it to the police because it would have been my word against a doctor 's . |
| 16 | At hockey there was a vacancy for the goalkeeper and that had been my position in the school team . |
| 17 | " The furniture well , it has been my hobby for many years . |
| 18 | Sparks had been my life for only 16 years , but long before I joined I had admired its style , history and clientele — over a century of selling fine Chinese art , for the past 60 years from that great drawing-room of a shop in Mount Street . |
| 19 | ‘ She 's been my secretary for two years , is quiet and reserved and madly in love with the man she lives with . |
| 20 | This has been my home for more than twenty years . |
| 21 | ‘ I have felt better physically but the notable improvement has been my state of mind . |
| 22 | It is hoped that the analysis and insights from these other countries ( viz. Lesotho , Zimbabwe , Botswana and Nigeria ) may serve to stimulate introspection from PHC enthusiasts from within South Africa , including the staff of the Health Services Development Unit ( HSDU ) which has been my source of inspiration . |
| 23 | Glancing at the ‘ who duz wot ’ bit has been my wont for many an aeon , I spotted an absence . |
| 24 | He had a lovely hand , and wrote about him that ‘ this man has been my coachman for a number of years and I have no hesitation in highly recommending him … ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Becoming a Methodist minister has been my ambition for many years . |
| 26 | I had spent the few months before brimming over with excitement and anticipation for when my time would come to leave what had been my place of education for the previous four years . |
| 27 | G. Hare , D.S.C. , who takes up the story of the preparations : ‘ In mid April 1941 I was called to London for a secret verbal appointment and interviewed by Rear-Admiral Clement Moody , the Fifth Sea Lord ( he had been my Captain in ‘ Eagle ’ ) . |
| 28 | The main reasons for the delay have been my interest in self-preservation , my desire to protect the members of the gang , and my fear of exacerbating the gang situation in Glasgow which was receiving nationwide attention in 1968 and 1969 . |
| 29 | I am her brother from the wood , but until she gets older , that 's all I am . |
| 30 | The final key point about these analyses are their emphasis on broader social change . |