Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tolonen 's appointment as General would certainly help in that regard , but I must also show them that I am my own man , not merely my father 's shadow . |
| 2 | There is one place where I can say I am at home , where I can live in peace and quiet with my most beloved father and my dearest sister , where I can do as I like , where apart from the duties of my appointment I am my own master , and where I have a permanent income and yet can go off when I like , and travel every second year … |
| 3 | I long for my canvas and easel where I am my own master and the world is my own . ’ |
| 4 | For example own ( I am my own master ) or ( the ) very ( That 's the very thing I 've been looking for ! ) . |
| 5 | I am the fountain sealed up , the walled garden where the lord Christ takes his rest at noon ; I am my Own grille and enclosure and the desperate bride vowed to him who blesses my chains . |
| 6 | I am my own mistress and I can walk out of here tomorrow if I want . |
| 7 | I am my own woman , and — ’ |
| 8 | I 'm me own huntsman today . ’ |
| 9 | And since I 'm my own boss , my hours are flexible . |
| 10 | We discovered a mutual interest , and , as I 'm my own boss , I offered to catalogue some of his collection , and do some shopping in very pleasant surroundings . |
| 11 | ‘ Nobody tells Otley Craven what to do — I 'm my own man . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm my own man , ’ he says . |
| 13 | I 'm my own man and that 's very important in these times , even if you have n't had the problems I 've had , and you have n't , because that 's perfectly obvious , you 're sitting there and asking me the questions . |
| 14 | I 'm my own man . |
| 15 | I feel secure in the sense that I 'm my own sort of person and I feel loved by Lucy . |
| 16 | I 'm my own woman , Lucenzo , so do n't you or Corosini ever forget that . ’ |
| 17 | What the mother finally decides to do will probably result from the opinion of someone else — whether that someone is her own mother , the local midwife or whichever childcare expert happens to be in vogue at the time . |
| 18 | I was my own man and played the way I believed because we lacked talent in certain areas . |
| 19 | I was my own company er does management training and I wo n't touch the TECs |
| 20 | I was my own boss for a start — the man I worked for left after about seven months , and the man who took over did n't know anything about it : I knew more about the job than he did , so I had to tell him what to do for the first six months … in fact he tried to get the job upgraded anyway . |
| 21 | I was my own mistress — and so on . |
| 22 | Mm , hope so but at least it wo n't be me my selection er er er er er errr gon na let my was there any post , Mum ? |
| 23 | It is interesting to note that in the last analysis it is evil which is its own undoing . |
| 24 | Later , in a company or people whose paths have crossed throughout the day , promising each other further meetings as they prepare , with a sort of leisured bustle which is its own end , for some special occasion , I stroll down the hard stamped dirt roads from which the heat of day is withdrawing . |
| 25 | At the one step beyond , where one imagines glimpses of a final formulation , thinking is no longer a source of satisfaction or even a rational activity , it is a form of torture , a sacrilege which is its own punishment . |
| 26 | ‘ We simply applied rule one , which is what most players are interested in — whether or not they are playing . ’ |
| 27 | By staying decentralised , and by starting most new magazines cheaply in-house , rather than by acquiring them , which is what most publishers do if they want to grow quickly . |
| 28 | Which is what most people that go in there |
| 29 | You would n't let me turn the telly on which is what most people want to do on a Saturday evening , off |
| 30 | This is why many women see no wrong in abortion on demand — which is what most politicians abhor . |