Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we are seeing them is an acknowledgement that the gallery system as we knew it early in the eighties , has really changed . |
| 2 | D' you think I 'm an idiot ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ She does n't think I 'm an angel , that 's all . |
| 4 | ‘ We all grew up with American films , but looking like me there was no way on earth that people would think I was an actor . |
| 5 | ‘ We all grew up with American films , but looking like me there was no way on earth that people would think I was an actor . |
| 6 | He made doubly sure I realised I was an outcast in a heavy-handed way — and he could n't get rid of me fast enough . |
| 7 | ‘ No , sir , I mean yes , sir , I mean I 'm an actor , sir . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He thinks I 'm an idiot ! ’ said Marie , eagerly , letting herself be swept along on the hysteria of Bella 's rage . |
| 9 | Everyone thinks I 'm an expert at all this stuff , and there 's no one I can ask . |
| 10 | ‘ He probably thinks I 'm an imbecile , ’ Jenna muttered frustratedly . |
| 11 | He goes I 'm an alien , I 'm going into space but on the way I caught cornflakes disease aargh ! |
| 12 | ‘ But did you know I am an artist ? |
| 13 | Do n't you know I 'm an expert on that period ? |
| 14 | They do n't actually know I 'm an artist , they think I work in a factory or something . |
| 15 | They do n't actually know I 'm an artist , they think I work in a factory or something . |
| 16 | I did n't experience sexism 'til I was an adult . ’ |
| 17 | How do I know you 're an American ? ’ |
| 18 | Very near the beginning Maggie gave a wee tip , do n't say you 're a representative say you 're an employee of Friends Provident , it makes life easier . |
| 19 | You say you 're an accountant , well a lot of people consider accountants to be tickers , those people who check other people 's facts and figures , and secondly you presented what the County Councillors do as more or less a rubber stamping of what the officers put before them . |
| 20 | They say you 're an adult but because you are still in the school situation you still get treated as a child . |
| 21 | I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't you know it 's an offence to lie down on the King 's highway and make yourself a danger to passing traffic ? ’ |
| 23 | How did he know it was an S L R ? |
| 24 | How did he know it was an S L R ? |
| 25 | ‘ How do you know it was an owl ? ’ he asked . |
| 26 | she did n't know it was an opera you see |
| 27 | ‘ No , Delia , you promised , ’ Rosen broke in but he did not know it was an evening of broken promises . |
| 28 | Whatever created it is an aberration . |
| 29 | The researchers have found that it is possible to control the movement of electrons by adjusting side gate voltage though they say it is an area that needs further research . |
| 30 | I did n't think it was possible for somebody to stand in the middle of the fairway and say it 's an iron of any description . |