Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] my [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The things they like about me are my gai-jin attitudes , and they laugh at a lot of my conclusions , I 'm sure — not to my face , but among themselves . |
| 2 | Tolonen 's appointment as General would certainly help in that regard , but I must also show them that I am my own man , not merely my father 's shadow . |
| 3 | There is one place where I can say I am at home , where I can live in peace and quiet with my most beloved father and my dearest sister , where I can do as I like , where apart from the duties of my appointment I am my own master , and where I have a permanent income and yet can go off when I like , and travel every second year … |
| 4 | I long for my canvas and easel where I am my own master and the world is my own . ’ |
| 5 | For example own ( I am my own master ) or ( the ) very ( That 's the very thing I 've been looking for ! ) . |
| 6 | I am the fountain sealed up , the walled garden where the lord Christ takes his rest at noon ; I am my Own grille and enclosure and the desperate bride vowed to him who blesses my chains . |
| 7 | I am my own mistress and I can walk out of here tomorrow if I want . |
| 8 | I am my own woman , and — ’ |
| 9 | And since I 'm my own boss , my hours are flexible . |
| 10 | We discovered a mutual interest , and , as I 'm my own boss , I offered to catalogue some of his collection , and do some shopping in very pleasant surroundings . |
| 11 | ‘ Nobody tells Otley Craven what to do — I 'm my own man . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm my own man , ’ he says . |
| 13 | I 'm my own man and that 's very important in these times , even if you have n't had the problems I 've had , and you have n't , because that 's perfectly obvious , you 're sitting there and asking me the questions . |
| 14 | I 'm my own man . |
| 15 | I feel secure in the sense that I 'm my own sort of person and I feel loved by Lucy . |
| 16 | I 'm my own woman , Lucenzo , so do n't you or Corosini ever forget that . ’ |
| 17 | I was my own man and played the way I believed because we lacked talent in certain areas . |
| 18 | I was my own company er does management training and I wo n't touch the TECs |
| 19 | I was my own boss for a start — the man I worked for left after about seven months , and the man who took over did n't know anything about it : I knew more about the job than he did , so I had to tell him what to do for the first six months … in fact he tried to get the job upgraded anyway . |
| 20 | I was my own mistress — and so on . |
| 21 | Ye 're my young brother 's bairn and as innocent as the lamb of God . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You are my sole source of strength . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You are my Muslim brother , Wilson ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You know , Joe , you are my first reader ! |
| 25 | Darling , sometimes , you are my best friend . |
| 26 | You are my best friend , are n't you ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Of course I will have you , ’ said the little tailor , ‘ for you are my promised marvel , released with my vanished glass key , and I love you dearly already . |
| 28 | To him a few years ago : You are my finest invention . |
| 29 | Anna decided that she must not profit by it in any way and consulted Constanza — she always did : You are my chief heir and it will affect you — Constanza told her to go ahead . |
| 30 | ‘ You are my bad conscience , Nick . |