Example sentences of "i be more of a " in BNC.

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1 His wife who I am told still resides up at Fiesole has been heard to call her husband ‘ the old Brute ’ and when a wife speaks thus I am more of a mind to listen than not .
2 I am more of a hard-working midfielder and regard sweeper as my best position . ’
3 I am more of a personal assistant to Mr Steen than a secretary .
4 I am more of a farmer , My Lord .
5 I think better of myself today as a matter of fact , I am more of a confident fighter than I ever have been .
6 One of the spearheads of the new Las Vegas movement , Wynn says proudly : ‘ I 'm more of a Disney person than a casino guy . ’
7 Though I 'm more of a fish man myself .
8 ‘ Well , I 'm not so much a guitarist ; I 'm more of a listener — still .
9 ‘ So I 'm more of a fucking man because I learned how to kill people , and did ? ’
10 I 'm more of a party girl , myself . ’
11 I 'm more of a match for Lemarchand . ’
12 Perhaps I 'm more of a Catholic than I thought , but the idea of all those discarded embryos — it makes me feel cold inside . ’
13 I 'm more of a steak and chips man
14 I think better of myself today as a matter of fact , I 'm more of a confident fighter than I ever have been .
15 ‘ Even back at primary school I was more of a homey , crafty person .
16 I had always been sort of fascinated with pictures : I was more of a visual person than a word person . ’
17 I was more of a hooligan than what they were used to , ’ Bailey snorts .
18 But I was more of a dogsbody really — I was ‘ allowed ’ to help with conveyancing , but most of the time I made the coffee and did bits of typing , especially if the other secretary , Doreen , was absent .
19 ‘ Basically , the thing that went down between Jon and me was more of a band kind of thing than anything really personal .
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