Example sentences of "be [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I the head of a banking house ? |
| 2 | ‘ Am I the type ? ’ |
| 3 | Am I the jury , the evidence , |
| 4 | ‘ Am I the mother and the nursemaid of all this people ? ’ he asks . |
| 5 | Only with you am I the gypsy : |
| 6 | Am I the cause ? |
| 7 | Am I the sort of man to set a child spying ? |
| 8 | Norman Jay is looking to discover ‘ the fine line between putting out records I like and hoping they 're what the public want . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ So , what are you the prince of , anyway ? |
| 10 | Questions such as ‘ Are you the Company Secretary or owner of … firm ? ’ ; |
| 11 | Just a minute before we start but er why are you the back duty for June when his licence finished at the end of March ? |
| 12 | He turned to the old gentleman , ‘ Are you the person who was robbed , sir ? ’ |
| 13 | Hello Maggie , and how are you the day ? ’ |
| 14 | Are you the Messiah , the Son of the Blessed One ? ( the Son of God ’ in Matthew ) |
| 15 | Are you the Messiah ? |
| 16 | Are you the Messiah the Son of the Blessed God ? |
| 17 | You know simple language , they wanted to know where he was coming from , but Jesus it says would not say a word in answer to any of those accusations , but then the High Priest says are you the Messiah , the Son of the Blessed God . |
| 18 | Hello Are you the gentleman with car trouble ? |
| 19 | ‘ Are you the driver of this vehicle , sir ? |
| 20 | I was being given lists of telephone numbers , people were coming up to me in the Comedy Store and saying , ‘ Eh , are you the bloke who 's doing these odd photos . |
| 21 | Are you the Serpent , to come here like this , filthy and venomous ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Are you the comic ? ’ he asked Malc . |
| 23 | ‘ Are you the law ? ’ |
| 24 | Overcome by the regalia worn by this very tall man , John went up to the august personage , slipped a small hand into one of his , and asked ‘ are you the king ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Are you the defence , sir ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Are you the man that 's just arrived ? ’ |
| 27 | Are you the man who put up the money to buy it ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Hello , are you the man from the Social ? ’ |
| 29 | What are you the man ? |
| 30 | Phone call from somebody who wanted to book the hall , erm children 's party , and erm this person kept on saying are you the man that does the , that sort of lets out the hall |