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 | cos Edmund and I are the same age |
| 3 | I am the sole survivor of my family . |
| 4 | I am the sole author of this book , although Monsieur Francois Bergot has agreed to write the introduction . |
| 5 | Moderator I present the report , and must ask the clerk to move the deliverance as I am the corresponding member . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | I am the first person to admit that success is not that frequent at Athletico and on those rare occasions when it comes we are always left with a nasty aftertaste to spoil it . |
| 8 | It was never catalogued ; I am the first person outside the Unit ever to know what it was doing … |
| 9 | I am the first musician in my family . |
| 10 | The big spender asks if I am the new man . |
| 11 | ‘ I am the right side of the Consul-General 's brain . |
| 12 | ‘ I am the Official Dog Chaser — it 's my responsibility . |
| 13 | ‘ I am the chief Magistrate ’ , quietly responded Mr. Butler . |
| 14 | I am the proud owner of a Series III Lightweight . |
| 15 | I am the proud owner of a 1988 Land Rover 2.5 Turbo Diesel . |
| 16 | I am the proud owner of a One Ten County 1989 model . |
| 17 | ‘ I am standing to win because I believe I am the best candidate to lead the Labour Party to victory next time but also because it is imperative that we have a contest in which a proper debate can take place , ’ he added . |
| 18 | She heard them clinking , and she thought : ‘ I 'm here in these lovely gardens because I am the Best Child in the World . ’ |
| 19 | I , La Carlotta , I am the best opera singer in Paris . |
| 20 | ‘ But the King says I am the best horseman in his army . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I am the political equivalent of curry . |
| 25 | ‘ I am the good shepherd , ’ he replied , ‘ not the hireling . |
| 26 | Yo you see , I I am , I am the eternal optimist , I think he came back and stayed . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | And I am the legitimate heir . ’ |
| 29 | I am the worrying sort . |
| 30 | I am the only child of elderly parents and I suppose when I was young they were over-protective and old-fashioned . |