Example sentences of "and [pron] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and me being a great innovator |
| 2 | And me being a silly idiot , see if I 'd realized I did n't think you do n't think that there 's three parts of the tank , you think it 's a tank and you just turn your tap on and the water comes out or |
| 3 | My name is Private A and I am a part-time soldier in the 4th ( County Fermanagh ) Battalion of the Ulster Defence Regiment . |
| 4 | ‘ We shall walk barefoot and dusty and alone and suffer many things , and within our sufferings we shall find the pearl of great price , the untarnished joy , the secret treasure , and we shall find it because he is a pure saint and the bravest man in the world and I am a simple singer robed in humility , one risen from the dead ’ |
| 5 | If you live round the corner from Mary Whitehouse could you pop in and tell her that her phone is off the hook she has n't replaced the receiver and she she 's quite an elderly lady and I would would be terribly upset if if she had n't got her phone back cos she might need it for emergencies or something like that and I am a caring concerned person so could you could you pop round the corner to Mary 's house and tell her that she has n't put her phone on the hook off the hook properly could you do that ? |
| 6 | She said : ‘ I have never been in an aeroplane and I am a little bit nervous . ’ |
| 7 | On the other hand I have Theosophy and I am a staunch supporter . |
| 8 | I now have a regular exercise programme which I enjoy and I am a trim one-and-a-half stones lighter which makes all the difference to how I feel about myself " . |
| 9 | As he is a natural pessimist and I am a natural optimist , I quoted the good and he quoted only the bad . |
| 10 | Mark Calcavecchia and I are a good team ; we can relax with each other — that 's the key . " |
| 11 | The first few lessons are crucial and I 'm a firm believer that there are so few good British riders because our initial training is so often overlooked . |
| 12 | Now independent taxation , as you may know , came in , we 're now in ninety three four , I 've only just altered the heading because very little else has changed and I 'm a lazy so and so I ca n't rewrite it just for the heading . |
| 13 | Quite a good friend of them you know and I 'm a close contact with them . |
| 14 | And I 'm a civil servant in York . |
| 15 | He is Cancerian and I 'm a Sagittarian and he describes it as him rushing towards the dark , and me rushing towards the light , and we both drag each other back , into a kind of middle earth . |
| 16 | And I 'm a great believer in everybody should be accountable right ? |
| 17 | ‘ Stan 's just what the doctor ordered , a man with personality and I 'm a great believer in personality , ’ says Mr Evans , leaning against his walking frame at Caerphilly 's Abbeyfield Home . |
| 18 | I know the British Heart Foundation is a worthy cause and I 'm a regular cyclist myself . |
| 19 | Right some of our speakers are retires I I 've been retired quite a number of years , as you 'll have noticed I give the talk on income tax and I 'm a retired tax inspector . |
| 20 | My name is Bonnie and I 'm a Miniature Schnauzer . |
| 21 | I forgot completely and I 'm a little bit in the doghouse . |
| 22 | And I 'm a quick learner , so they tell me , ’ Kate responded with an innocent look . |
| 23 | ‘ My wife works hard as a working mum , and all credit to her , but do n't kid me she 's a superwoman and I 'm a gibbering idiot . |
| 24 | Really is good Saw it first time when it was out last year I ca n't think that twenty more days and I 'm a fucking away . |
| 25 | She 's worked very hard and I 'm a difficult patient . |
| 26 | Oh , and in my size , I 'll try them and I 'm a large and there 's . |
| 27 | Mr Chairman , er , it 's an important point , but I 'm so fed up with hearing people using this as a political issue , erm , and , and , and I 'm a high critic of the government er , for many other reasons , but I would like to know where these people think the money would come from . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , and I 'm a Martian Queen , ’ Bernice snorted . |
| 29 | My girlfriend and I were a conventional hand-holding couple and David and Angela were going to gay clubs at midnight and bringing home people at four in the morning which made things very tense , I would say . ’ |
| 30 | And I was a young men in my prime ! |