Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brathay Women 's Institute decided to work on Spinning Galleries , and as I am a spinner and weaver and at that time was a member of the Institute , I became involved in the search for galleries . |
| 2 | No film received as much publicity as I am a Fugitive and that was a film more conventional than most critics suspected and which only attacked corrupt and degrading aspects of the South , a part of the country always regarded as a backwater and therefore as relatively easy game . |
| 3 | I could not have him put down as I am a widow and he keeps me company . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's not much , ’ said Dolly , ‘ you can do mine for tuppence , we 'll ask 'im to pay as I 'm a bit 'ard-up meself . ’ |
| 5 | Well the sheets are all there , as soon as I 'm a bit , got me Caernarfon done and that |
| 6 | I do n't need a pure instruction type course as I 'm a ski leader and have been ski touring in Scotland , the Lakes and the Northern Pennines . |
| 7 | He is a far finer figure than I arm — as fine a man as you are a woman ! |
| 8 | But , just as you 're a policeman and suspect everyone , so I 'm a soldier and do n't trust anyone . |
| 9 | ‘ But as you 're a minor , we really do need to contact one of your parents . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ As you 're a fisherman , Mr Leland , if you 'd care to come down to Devon during this present season I 'd be most happy to offer you unlimited fishing . ’ |
| 11 | King : Then stand not so , dear Wapping , when you speak , All stiff and formal as you were a judge Preparing to send a murderer to the scaffold . |
| 12 | She can be difficult though , as she is a bit head strong and has n't got the best of mouths . ’ |
| 13 | Flora is also entitled to notice as she is a party to pending relevant proceedings . |
| 14 | She 'd hated the submarine journey across the North Sea , especially as she was a bit claustrophobic , but stepping over the side into that ridiculous little rubber boat was terrifying . |
| 15 | Had it been a boy , he would have been Arthur , after that toast of all good Cornishmen , the once and future king ; but as she was a girl , she was Jennifer , which was as close as need be to Guinevere . |
| 16 | The other four nights she stayed at home , studying , since she was a student at the same Polytechnic that was educating Sarah Fleming and Sergeant Jones 's son , but she knew neither of them as she was a year older and taking different subjects . |
| 17 | This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health . |
| 18 | ‘ As long as it 's up to the standard of all the other music we play and in line with what listeners ’ tastes require us to provide , although opinions will inevitably vary regarding both criteria , especially as we 're a non-specialist station with specialist programmes . ’ |
| 19 | General manager Bob McManus said : ‘ We are unique within the Region as we are a manufacturer rather than a service . |
| 20 | ‘ The British government 's position is that we have trade relations with Cuba and we are interested in building them up , as we are a trading nation . ’ |
| 21 | Particularly as we are a company whose sales as you know is split roughly a third a third a third er that is a third in the U K , a third in North America and a third in the rest of the world . |
| 22 | As we are a member of the Barclays Bank Group , you know that you would be dealing with a highly reputable company . |
| 23 | We brought another medium into the studio as we were a bit worried with all the goings on . |
| 24 | ‘ We could n't chase Jerry very well , ’ he wrote , ‘ as we were a trifle battle-scarred , so we were taken out . |
| 25 | As , as they are a family operation . |
| 26 | South Tees branch spokeswoman Bridget Drury said : ‘ Any young person aged eight to 14 , living in the South Tees area can join Smokebusters North East as long as they are a non-smoker . ’ |
| 27 | If you could send some more troops up here I 'd be very grateful , but not the ones who eat sheep 's eyes and have ten women each as they are a strain on the economy and we 've run out of rice pudding . |
| 28 | First he came across the reserve trenches a few hundred yards in front of the hospital tents , known as the ‘ hotel area ’ as they were a quarter of a mile behind the front line , where each soldier spent four days without a break before being allowed four days of rest in the reserve trenches . |
| 29 | ‘ We regard it as a very satisfactory half year , bearing in mind that the world 's economies are not quite as clear cut as they were a year ago . |
| 30 | ‘ We regard it as a very satisfactory half year , bearing in mind that the world 's economies are not quite as clear cut as they were a year ago . |