Example sentences of "be [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ And who are thee to threaten ? |
2 | ‘ It 's always been me who said no . ’ |
3 | It should have been me what found her really . ’ |
4 | In fact he could have been me , except that he had had the initiative to ask the landladies if he could stay cheaper by foregoing the second ‘ B ’ — the breakfast . |
5 | It means that someone is being kept out of the know , and it 's often been me in the past , and it 's me now . |
6 | While I reacted to the general violence and inhumanity of the assault , they were thinking : it could have been me . |
7 | She burst into tears and said : ‘ It should have been me and not their lovely daughter . |
8 | It could n't have been me . |
9 | In one fell swoop she moves from looking like Adeva 's mum to superstuff queen bitch on ‘ It Should 've Been Me ’ . |
10 | If it had been me there as a kid , I 'd have wrapped my arms around him and smothered him , that 's how strong the emotion was . |
11 | He wanted it to be a surprise for you , and I 'm only telling you in advance in case — in case you should think it might have been me . " |
12 | ‘ If only it had been me I would have flown to the highest tree where they could n't catch me and then , and then into the sky to find the wind . ’ |
13 | ( It could have been me , I thought . |
14 | So nearly — it could have been me too . ) |
15 | If it 'd been me wed … ’ |
16 | ‘ If it had been me I 'd have learnt to be transmitted as microwaves by now , and bounced off Jupiter . |
17 | It could have been me . |
18 | It could just as easily have been me . |
19 | ‘ Yeah , it could have been me , ’ I say . |
20 | He chuckled , in self-approbation : ‘ But it 's always been me who left them … ’ |
21 | To perpetuate a cliché , that could have been me talking . |
22 | Under the present circumstances it could equally well have been me or Quigley . |
23 | ‘ I wish it had been me , ’ Nelson said , grinning at her , oblivious to the undertows that swirled around him . |
24 | If it 'd been me and I were gon na put it there , I would have put a window there to look out of . |
25 | I mean , on both times it 's been me taking advantage of him , it really |
26 | Sammy said must have been me he said all I said to him here are Ton here 's a mug of tea , mug for a mug |
27 | I 've admitted to it , when it has been me . |
28 | Could have easily been me . |
29 | Well I suppose it must of been me but I have no idea when or why or where because I generally cut the erm side bits off . |
30 | We are us , you are you , I am me and our friends are our friends ! |