Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [am/are] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | You mean I am a monster . |
2 | I mean I am a mere officer who advises the Council , Bill , as you know . |
3 | I mean I 'm a I 'm a very I 'm an owner so I 'm |
4 | but when I got the car back on to the road , I mean I 'm a , a complete bag of nerves and I 'm , I 'm not wanting to be walking along the , the edge of the bypass at one o'clock in the morning |
5 | What d' ya think they but I mean , well , I mean I 'm a little bit out of touch on that sort of |
6 | I 'm with you yeah , see Sam 's got some learning , when he comes to spellings to me , again I would , I would print yeah , he only scrawled that down last night , he says I 've got some spellings on sports mum , I said do you know any of 'em ? , he said no , I said when 's you test ? , he says Friday , well I got ta book on all sports and then I read it because sports and you think hockey 's one of them , oh yeah , racket , which is spelt wrong I 've had to , I think it 's got a U in , but again I mean sometimes , I mean I 'm a good speller , I do n't know about you , but I look at them sometimes and I have to go and get the dictionary have to check em |
7 | I mean I 'm no historian , you 'd have to check up on this with my hubby , but as far as I know the Reformation started up North in Europe a guid lang mile away from Rome and the Pope and that , up in the Region of what we now know as Holland , and Germany and Alsace Lorraine . |
8 | I shall work in , because I mean I 'm the one who 's been pushing to get them on this . |
9 | ‘ No , sir , I mean yes , sir , I mean I 'm an actor , sir . ’ |
10 | The indifference of Limnititzkers to the great outdoors is well-known ; the only landscapes that interest them are the hills of a totally discorporeal Zion . |
11 | Midnight 's head drooped as if the last of his energy had deserted him , and when he spoke his voice was muffled : ‘ You forget I am a slave . |
12 | I realise I am an obsessive sort of person and I realise I may never totally overcome my transsexual feelings . |
13 | ‘ I mean , I realise I 'm the baby of the family , and a mere female — ’ the latter drew a bleak smile from her father , acknowledging a point of contention between them spanning several years ‘ — but I do n't see how just a fire can mean the end of everything ! |
14 | I know they say I am a celebrity , but I take it all with a pinch of salt . |
15 | ‘ You say I am a murderer , ’ the monster said , ‘ but you want to kill your own creature . |
16 | Er furthermore er so the number upon whom we can draw is , is really minimal , and we do depend heavily on the help of the professional theologians , though we 're all theologians you know I , I subscribe to the idea that we 're all theologians , I wo n't listen to these people who say I 'm no theologian . |
17 | And you ca n't say that a woman on her own , going out to work , with no kids , just doing for herself , is a housewife like say I 'm a housewife . |
18 | I treat it as a compliment that people say I 'm a marked man now , though I doubt it 's true . ’ |
19 | ‘ Some say I 'm a dour type of person , and maybe I am at times , but nothing means more to me than winning . |
20 | Go on say I 'm a Swede ! |
21 | it 's easy , you just say I 'm the Government , give me your money , |
22 | When you awaken in the morning hush I am the uplifting rush Of quiet birds encircled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night . |
23 | ‘ The dole do n't even give you payments any more if you say you 're a musician , ’ Carl says , ‘ 'cos they 've said they 're not gon na fund the arts any more anyway . |
24 | ‘ When you say you 're a singer , people do n't go , ‘ Well , what do you really do ? |
25 | ‘ You say you 're a friend of Mike 's . |
26 | Of the forty who said yes , what do you mean by that when you say you 're a feminist ? |
27 | ‘ Say you 're a tailor , ’ whispered Avram , and they were the last words any member of his family was ever able to speak to him . |
28 | ‘ You say you 're a doctor , ’ I said . |
29 | ‘ Father and Ellen both say you 're a wicked man . ’ |
30 | So , for instance , if you have an argument with the police er on a matter , you might very well have to say to the police , I think officer you were take that and say you 're a lying bastard . |