Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This dual usage makes them seem to fill the limbo-land that lies between rhythm and lead approaches , and therefore an ability to play them fluently is a more-or-less essential guitar skill . |
| 2 | My original idea of telling them together was a bad one . |
| 3 | At 11 he won a seat on the school council by putting up his best friend to split the opposition vote ( ‘ I always was a devious bugger ’ ) , at 14 he joined Greenpeace and at 16 paid thirty bob to become a Liberal . |
| 4 | ‘ I really am a long , long way away . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I really am a s-silly ass s-sometimes , are n't I ? ’ he said apologetically . |
| 6 | ‘ Piss orf , ’ I hissed at them and they calmly turned away and continued down the street , convinced I really was a genuine cabby . |
| 7 | Well , I suppose you could say I really was a successful student — first class academic results , running for the College , first bassoon in the Orchestra ( what a joke ! ) , and all that . |
| 8 | I really was a little doll being dressed up and arranged and ornamented , 'she had become , like the Shah 's friends the Frimaldis of Monaco , a Paris Match person presented to massed readers as a fairy tale , a pretty commoner raised to royalty and yet retaining her human touch . |
| 9 | The , after the school I was never one for er I never was a great one for sport . |
| 10 | Although I did go and watch the rugby , I never was a great one for , and I , I used to swim quite a lot . |
| 11 | I too am a lost , insecure Colin , my feelings of togetherness an illusion . |
| 12 | She always was a weird one . |
| 13 | ‘ You always were a bloody liar , Lambert . |
| 14 | ‘ You always were a selfish little madam , wrapped up in yourself to the exclusion of everyone else . |
| 15 | ‘ You always were a stubborn creature , ’ she said with a charming tenderness in her voice . |
| 16 | But if she really is a Glaucous , it will , of course , mean there is one less Lears in the world . |
| 17 | ‘ She really is a smashing lass . ’ |
| 18 | She really was a dozy bitch . |
| 19 | For sh she was a good mother you know she really was a good mother . |
| 20 | A very nice er was with the the juveniles , as t we were called , but a very terrible , she really was a terrible civil civil servant . |
| 21 | ‘ My God , you really are a dangerous — ’ she began . |
| 22 | Once outside , Van Gelder said : ‘ You really are a fearful liar , sir . |
| 23 | Now if you really are a weak teacher |
| 24 | Compare your leisure activities with those of the great , and see if you really are a hobbied person . |
| 25 | ‘ You really are a close-mouthed character . |
| 26 | ‘ You really are a dirty old man , ’ said Duncan . |
| 27 | You really are a total bastard , are n't you ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You really are a little beast at times , ’ she said to Linda . |
| 29 | ‘ You really are a little snob , are n't you ? ’ |
| 30 | Gina , in a bored voice , said : ‘ You really are a tailor-made bastard , Gerald . ’ |