Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His reaction on seeing them was a surprise to himself , and a shock to them . |
| 2 | But I mean it was it that we were taken to first , and I mean thee was a lot of people on it and I mean it had obviously saved a lot of lives . |
| 3 | ( Recovering them is a matter of great urgency ; and a start has been made , but there 's a long way to go — especially with Upward , whom oblivion has enveloped with a completeness that is startling and significant . ) |
| 4 | ‘ My husband hates me being a businesswoman . |
| 5 | It was a position of strange intimacy ; as if the steam that shrouded them was a veil that cut out the world . |
| 6 | I must say this drink Liza has given me is a life-saver . |
| 7 | Nails are easier to use than screws ; all you need to drive them is a hammer ( see below ) . |
| 8 | So they came running back , saying this thing you sold me is a load of rubbish , Wool Woolwich say it 's not good enough , you know , what 's it all about . |
| 9 | He must think I am a fool . |
| 10 | Do you really think I am a man to do such things ? ’ |
| 11 | John protests : ‘ I do n't think I 'm a misery but I do tell the kids to go and watch Neighbours and Home and Away on the other TV . |
| 12 | Do you think I 'm a machine , without feelings ? |
| 13 | You do n't really think I 'm a murderess , do you ? |
| 14 | ‘ Fanny , do you think I 'm a meshuginer ( madman ) ? |
| 15 | ‘ Do you think I 'm a fool ? |
| 16 | I do n't like it when they 're sitting on the floor in front of the counter with their legs like that and they 're sitting there and you 're looking at the video and you think , well , I ca n't get that because that was made in nineteen-eighty-six and they might think I 'm a bit weedy , so I better get something that was made recently . |
| 17 | " Do you think I 'm a failure as a writer ? " |
| 18 | She looked up at him , revelling in the feel of his arms about her , then said contritely , ‘ You must think I 'm a prize idiot — ’ |
| 19 | My speech impediment makes people think I 'm a bag of nerves , but it 's not true . |
| 20 | what do you think I 'm a pig ? |
| 21 | ‘ They ca n't really think I 'm a murderer , can they ? |
| 22 | Then surprisingly : ‘ Do n't think I 'm a pessimist , I 'm not . |
| 23 | So you think , do they think I 'm a baby . |
| 24 | I do n't think I 'm a criminal . |
| 25 | Did you think I was a burglar ? |
| 26 | Did you think I was a ghost ? |
| 27 | Did you think I was a virgin ? |
| 28 | If I did n't have long hair , everyone would think I was a boy . |
| 29 | ‘ Would n't they think I was a telltale ? ’ |
| 30 | In other words they would think I was a slag . |