Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Stone floor panels dating from 883–612BC , uncovered in the Assyrian royal palaces at Nimrud , Balawat and Nineveh , contain patterns that are generally accepted as carpet designs ; thee are also a number of reliefs and carvings showing men carrying what can only be tapestries or rugs . |
2 | I am also a member of Obair , the Campaign for Employment in West Belfast . |
3 | I wished I 'd come instead with the local Horticultural Society — of which I am also a member — so I decided to wander off . |
4 | But I am also a nurse and I know how vital the hospital 's research is . |
5 | I may be a dish , but I am also a don , and not prone to see emergencies where none exist . |
6 | I am also a musician and music occupies a great deal of my time . |
7 | As for the supposedly devastating impact of the John Major Diary in Private Eye , of which I am also a co-author , I can only say that , despite the article 's prediction , it did not seem to stand in the way of a gratifying number of people giving him their enthusiastic support on Thursday — including myself . |
8 | And , before you ask , I am also a beneficiary , after the will is approved in the Court of Probate . ’ |
9 | I am just a man in love . ’ |
10 | I am just a hireling . |
11 | They think I am just a burden and they want grandchildren to look after them when they get old . |
12 | I am just a sailor . |
13 | I am just a football nut who spends thousands of pounds travelling to watch games . ’ |
14 | ‘ Even though I am just a freelance ? ’ |
15 | ‘ Now you know , Master Corbett , why I am just a messenger . |
16 | I am just a tourist here on vacation . ’ |
17 | I think that I am probably a bit sharper in the burst than over the long distance but during the two ‘ B ’ games I felt really sharp and I have been working on my speed and strength with the SRU fitness specialist , David McLean ’ . |
18 | Indeed , I am probably a lover of ‘ Christianity ’ . |
19 | By profession I am both a Christian and an economist . |
20 | ( I never cease to marvel at the continued confusion in the public mind between nuclear power and weapons : too many people stare at me as if I were some unnaturally hybrid creature when I mention to them that I am both a member of CND and a strident advocate of nuclear power stations to produce electricity . |
21 | I mean , I am nearly a pensioner ! |
22 | It does n't matter if I do n't hand this in tomorrow even though I am already a day late . |
23 | I am neither a bailiff nor a tax-collector . |
24 | He declared ( 25 February ) : ‘ I am neither a president à la française nor à l'americaine . |
25 | but this is not a book about diet for I am neither a dietitian nor a cook and many good books already exist . |
26 | This is the speech of such a man : ‘ Look at me , I am without a home , without a city , without property , without a slave . |
27 | I am not a person to beat about the bush . |
28 | ‘ I am not a kid . |
29 | When you put it to Sole that his approach to captaincy is more intellectual than gung-ho he laughs : ‘ Well , I am not a Finlay Calder by any means . |
30 | I am not a servant ! ’ |