Example sentences of "[pron] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all of them are the high mileage though are they ? |
| 2 | I am the sole survivor of my family . |
| 3 | I am the sole author of this book , although Monsieur Francois Bergot has agreed to write the introduction . |
| 4 | Moderator I present the report , and must ask the clerk to move the deliverance as I am the corresponding member . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm Ron Barton and I 'll have you know that I am the Roving Correspondent of the True Brit , the newspaper with an even bigger circulation than the Sun , and I never laid a finger on , or up , the lady . |
| 6 | The big spender asks if I am the new man . |
| 7 | ‘ I am the right side of the Consul-General 's brain . |
| 8 | ‘ I am the Official Dog Chaser — it 's my responsibility . |
| 9 | ‘ I am the chief Magistrate ’ , quietly responded Mr. Butler . |
| 10 | I am the proud owner of a Series III Lightweight . |
| 11 | I am the proud owner of a 1988 Land Rover 2.5 Turbo Diesel . |
| 12 | I am the proud owner of a One Ten County 1989 model . |
| 13 | I am the ultimate source of meaning of all " existential facts " ; all such facts , in the final analysis , turn out to be explicable in terms of facts about my own existence . |
| 14 | You see , I 've had a few quite long relationships before but , although I think the world of this young lady and love her deeply , I do n't feel that I am the marrying kind . |
| 15 | Waller was argumentative , opinionated , and sometimes outspoken , but he had a sense of humour ( ‘ I am the Wallerian degeneration ’ in reference to his father 's eponymous discovery ) and he retained an unworldly delight in science throughout his life . |
| 16 | I am the political equivalent of curry . |
| 17 | ‘ I am the good shepherd , ’ he replied , ‘ not the hireling . |
| 18 | Yo you see , I I am , I am the eternal optimist , I think he came back and stayed . |
| 19 | One day Jesus said to his friends : I am the Bread of Life I am the living Bread which has come down from heaven Anyone who eats this bread Shall live for . |
| 20 | And I am the legitimate heir . ’ |
| 21 | I am the worrying sort . |
| 22 | I am the only child of elderly parents and I suppose when I was young they were over-protective and old-fashioned . |
| 23 | I am the only child . ’ |
| 24 | In addition to what Nicholas er recounted about my brother , I believe that I am the only minister in the government , possibly the only member of parliament who has ever worked for the Save The Children Fund . |
| 25 | He once began a memorable contribution to a debate on the 1981 riots in Brixton with the words , ‘ My Lords , I think I am the only member who has spoken today who has had agricultural estates in Jamaica . ’ |
| 26 | I am the only Member of this House who knows Dr. James McDaid — |
| 27 | As he can see , I am the only Member of Parliament from the northern region who is here apart from , I think , one Labour Member of Parliament who is a Whip . |
| 28 | The Ferranti source said : ‘ Lord Weinstock ( GEC 's managing director ) would like to be in the position where he was able to say to the Ministry of Defence , ‘ Look , I am the only person who can rescue Ferranti from collapse . ’ |
| 29 | Around forty of these drawings have been known for years from books and exhibitions , but as things are , I am the only person in the world at the moment to have complete knowledge of what that collection was in its entirety . |
| 30 | They 'll always be in the record books that I am the only man at any weight who 's ever won three Lonsdale belts outright . |