Example sentences of "[am/are] really [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We have n't , I think , hitherto seen that they 're really a part of programming .
2 Oh you 're really a pest
3 You know but er they 're really a lot of hard working women you know and er
4 My motto became : ‘ I am really a man trapped in a womon 's body . ’
5 Well it does here , I do n't know er , I would n't say in some of the parts of Harlow I would get that feeling , but then I am really a country person at heart and I do n't like towns anyway , so I 'm not really the best person to ask , no .
6 ‘ I am really a baby at this distance and I am pretty nervous .
7 Social Services are really a help , we could choose to ignore that , I have to say that I 'm not aware of that happening , and I think it 's very unlikely .
8 ‘ You are really a brick , Vi , ’ Gloria said , repeated .
9 These four divisions or ‘ compartments ’ of management style are really a simplification of a ‘ continuum ’ or range of styles , from the most dictatorial to the most laissez-faire .
10 Peel Square flats are really a sort of superior hotel , but they offer a slightly more permanent-sounding address than a hotel .
11 In many cases the variations are really a succession of short , separate pieces based on the same series , each piece having a specific character , contrasting with the others , but stylistically unified with them .
12 ‘ We find that the pioneering work , the successful exporters , are really a handful of companies , maybe 100 or so right across the spectrum of technology .
13 Words , the authors argue , are really a barrier between us and the world ; we can not escape from the structure of our language , and the structure of our language and the structure of the world are far from being identical .
14 The five quavers of b are really an overlapping of two groups of three quavers : .
15 They are really an attempt to assess the effectiveness of the various schemes , and to see whether any changes should be made .
16 In examining an unregistered title it 's a help to make " Notes on Title " , which are really an abstract of the abstract .
17 The fourth zone of Hautvillers vineyards are really an extension of those of Cumière but they rise higher , to an elevation of between 180 and 220 metres , and their aspect changes slightly , affording more south-facing slopes .
18 ‘ The five-storey concrete tenement slums built by housing boards all over this country are really the work of pessimists .
19 That 's a shame because children are really the key to this
20 ‘ But if I must , I promise — if I 'm really a widow . ’
21 But I 'm really the person to come and see and I liaise with all these bodies as such .
22 Says Luke : ‘ I 'm really the damsel in distress in this one .
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