Example sentences of "i be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark Calcavecchia and I are a good team ; we can relax with each other — that 's the key . " |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Since I am a mild and humane man , I did not tell him that it was utterly hopeless , but as a matter of deference to him I presented his formula to George Elvin , who declined to have anything to do with it . |
| 4 | As I am a mild and gentle man I am always alarmed by such outbursts , particularly if they are of feminine origin . |
| 5 | PAMELA : Why , Mrs. Jewkes , there can be only one reason , which is that I am a sad fool ! |
| 6 | I mean I am a mere officer who advises the Council , Bill , as you know . |
| 7 | ‘ You must not imagine that I am a pure woman . |
| 8 | I am a logical man , Mr. Gerrard , accustomed to presenting material in a concise , ordered and intelligible manner . |
| 9 | I am a working mother but the children rarely see me working . |
| 10 | ‘ I am a strange mixture of appearing to be a pleasant guy but behind it all I am pretty hard and often grumpy . |
| 11 | I am a poor Indian . |
| 12 | ‘ I am a poor orphan boy . |
| 13 | I am a poor scholar . |
| 14 | ‘ I am a poor widow . |
| 15 | I am a poor widow . |
| 16 | I am a poor widow . |
| 17 | I am a poor widow , |
| 18 | ‘ 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 ’ |
| 19 | Dr Jaffery frowned : ‘ I am a simple man . |
| 20 | He says : ‘ I am a simple guy . |
| 21 | I am a Ghanaian working as a Field Officer for VSO in Ghana . |
| 22 | I am a firm believer in extending higher education and in preserving the humanities , by all possible means , against technologico-Benthamite attacks . |
| 23 | I am a firm lover of simple meat dishes — my all-time favourite is garlic lamb . |
| 24 | ‘ It is a relatively new technique and a lot of people have been sceptical about it but I am a firm believer in the method , ’ he said . |
| 25 | I am a veritable doubting Thomas about the industry 's claim that if Sizewell B goes ahead , there will be significant benefits in the long term from an increase in the British share of the world market for PWR related products and services . |
| 26 | It is a good thing that I am a reasonable man . |
| 27 | Ibrox , I am a liberal man . |
| 28 | Mind you , travel was very much an academic thing for me until the television programme and even now I can scarcely say I am a travelled person . |
| 29 | I 've known for years that I 'm as good a guest at a dinner party as I am a lousy host . |
| 30 | As you will realise I am a complete novice regarding these problems and would appreciate a little advice to sort them out . |