Example sentences of "i [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I been a bartender all my life . ’ |
| 2 | But wait a minute , I thought , had n't I been a woman out there ? |
| 3 | Had I been a father in my early twenties I would have been dreadful because there were so many things I still wanted to do . ’ |
| 4 | I am a rapper , wicked , wicked rapper . |
| 5 | I am a Guild member and everything I sell carries their hallmark . ’ |
| 6 | If that is speculation then I am a speculator , but it 's hardly piratical . |
| 7 | A sixty-year-old woman who was made to sweep the streets of her village with a placard reading " I am a red " pinned to her back , because her son had been an active communist prior to 1939 , was a typical example of how Spaniards continued to be bitterly divided . |
| 8 | I am a crocodile in the thick river of his feeling tone . |
| 9 | ‘ I am a servant of the Prime Minister . |
| 10 | ‘ But I am a servant now , ’ said McAllister incontrovertibly , ‘ not a delicate young lady . |
| 11 | Although I am a motorist myself I use the car as little as possible , prefering to cycle for all urban journeys . |
| 12 | I am a Word Processor Operator as well as a keen knitter and so I ‘ borrowed ’ a little high-tech knowledge from that field to solve my problem when it reared its ugly head during my introduction to the knitting machine . |
| 13 | Only North , according to his notebooks , tried to counter in Tehran with something similar. : ‘ Because I am a Christian , I understand and believe that when one dies in faith he will spend eternity in a far better place . ’ |
| 14 | Because I am a Christian , I have found the break less frightening , since I believe that my parents are now in the presence of the same God who is with me . |
| 15 | Love of family , of children , of life itself ; love of God , though she is a devout Muslim and I am a Christian ; shared curiosity , and genuine pleasure in each other 's company . |
| 16 | I am a Christian . |
| 17 | How do you know , how do I that I am a Christian ? |
| 18 | Editor , — I am a patient in a London teaching hospital where medical staff have been told not to accept any extracontractual referrals until they have received confirmation that the patient 's local health authority will fund that patient . |
| 19 | Meanwhile I keep myself sober , chaste and fully fit : I am a credit to the service , Nevton , a credit to the sweet harsh disciplines of our beloved country . |
| 20 | I am a natural . |
| 21 | ‘ I am a neighbour , and she is being troubled again by … yes , yes , thank you very much . |
| 22 | I am a neighbour |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ One of the reasons for my downfall is that I am a rep for Taunton Cider , and one of the first things Yvonne told me was to keep off alcohol . ’ |
| 25 | I am a Yankee Roundhead . |
| 26 | As you know , I am a tutor for Admissions of an Oxford College and part of the task is to visit schools . |
| 27 | Today I am a shipping secretary , a clerk . |
| 28 | ‘ If I am a caveman , perhaps I am influenced by these islands ’ proliferation of caves ? ’ he suggested , grinning . |
| 29 | Sometimes I think I am a bird or an animal , not a boy at all ! ’ |
| 30 | No matter how misguided my past , I am a womon . |