Example sentences of "[pron] be an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the granites and the psammitic lithologies of the Central Highland Division and the Grampian Group are low in magnesium , copper , cobalt and ( to a lesser extent ) calcium , and soils developed on them are an inadequate buffer against acid rain — a potential threat to freshwater fisheries in the area . |
| 2 | For such areas the routeways traversed to reach them are an integral part of the attraction of the resource and need to be included in assessment . |
| 3 | He replied : ‘ No because I am an innocent man , a free citizen in a free country being attacked by a terrorist state . |
| 4 | Or perhaps I am an avid correspondent . |
| 5 | I am an avid Punch reader , but enough is enough . |
| 6 | I am an avid dog shower and do very well . |
| 7 | I am an avid reader of your magazine and eagerly look forward to each month 's issue . |
| 8 | I felt I had to write to your readers as an unbiased outsider , although I am an avid reader of your magazine . |
| 9 | ‘ My father was an only son and I am an only son too . |
| 10 | I realise I am an obsessive sort of person and I realise I may never totally overcome my transsexual feelings . |
| 11 | Come sir , you know that I am an indulging master and therefore conceal nothing . |
| 12 | Welcome to the Heron Club , of which I am an unwilling member . |
| 13 | Man : ‘ I am an ordinary representative of the workers and I 'm helping to keep order here . ’ |
| 14 | My name is Mr , I am an ordinary shareholder of some years ' standing . |
| 15 | Give me ordinary people every time , because I am an ordinary woman . |
| 16 | I write as one who has cycled for over 40 years and who rides between 8,000 and 9,000 miles per year ( I am an occasional motorist too ) . |
| 17 | ‘ I am an honest tailor in need of help . ’ |
| 18 | I am clear in my mind , I am an honest woman . ’ |
| 19 | I am an unemployed postgraduate . |
| 20 | ‘ I am an outspoken person , ’ she says . |
| 21 | Tell her that I shall keep it until I am an old man . |
| 22 | There was a long silence and then he said with just a trace of a smile : ‘ I am a sculptor , I am an old man and I am a Jew . ’ |
| 23 | Suppose that the patient has said to his doctor , ‘ I am an old man , I know that cancer will kill me fairly soon . |
| 24 | Remember I am an old man . ’ |
| 25 | Forgive me , I am an old man now . |
| 26 | Now I am an old cynic . |
| 27 | I am an old age pensioner , you would n't believe that would you ? |
| 28 | Everyone will order me around and I will just have to smile and do as they say or they will not look after me when I am an old woman . |
| 29 | For it is both sinful and shameful that you have laid this accusation against me , for I am an old woman , and lame . |
| 30 | I am an old-fashioned man . |