Example sentences of "be a " in BNC.
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| 31 | After all , if you 're a superstar , it 's no good admitting that you found a route given three grades easier than your latest creation anything but a path ! |
| 32 | You wo n't be able to make any impression with your bare hands , of course , unless you 're a trained weight lifter , but you 'll feel your body really working ! |
| 33 | ‘ We 're a bit new to this game . |
| 34 | The opening film , at 8.00 , is Kenneth Branagh 's much-hyped , much-praised Henry V. Between this , and the closing gala on 15 October ( the equally hyped and praised new Peter Greenaway film The Cook , the Thief , his Wife and her Lover ) , the varied programme features previews of Jim Jarmusch 's Mystery Train ( Sun , 8.45 ) ; the spicey , very black high-school comedy Heathers ( Tues , 6.15 ) ; and Bert Rigby , You 're a Fool ( Wed , 7.00 ) , a comedy about musical comedies , starring Robert Lindsay . |
| 35 | The first line of attack is often name-calling : ‘ You would say that , would n't you , because you 're a Catholic/a man/fertile/infertile/a doctor/a research scientist ’ . |
| 36 | Like , I 'd say to a young officer , maybe just out of the depot [ training centre ] , if a old lady calls you for assistance to her , you 're a police officer and she will look to you for help , ad we have to leave people with a certain level of satisfaction . |
| 37 | When you 're a policeman , if something comes up you deal with it yourself . |
| 38 | ‘ You 're a cheerful bastard ! ’ |
| 39 | ‘ You 're a cheerful bastard right enough , ’ I replied , as I climbed out of the trench . |
| 40 | You , she said , you 're a fascist . |
| 41 | They 're a group . |
| 42 | ‘ You 're a remarkably fit woman , are n't you , Mrs Hunter ? ’ said the smiling doctor . |
| 43 | I became very much more conscious of people , because when you 're a scientist you 're dealing with inanimate matter , unless you 're a biologist . |
| 44 | I became very much more conscious of people , because when you 're a scientist you 're dealing with inanimate matter , unless you 're a biologist . |
| 45 | ‘ But you 're a brave man , Michael . |
| 46 | The surgeon took one look at my eyes and said , bluntly : ‘ Well , they 're a right mess , are n't they ? ’ . |
| 47 | Marilyn 's a lovely girl and you 're a lucky man . |
| 48 | You 're a mean devil if you ca n't run to scotch , Jack . ’ |
| 49 | They 're a funny council , Sewingbury . |
| 50 | You 're a good girl . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ You 're a cold fish , are n't you ? ’ she said surprisingly . |
| 52 | So if you 're going to employ an assassin and you 're a mean skinflint you pick on the lowest of the low to do your dirty work . |
| 53 | You 're a bloody animal , Cullam , without an animal 's … |
| 54 | she s still got her boots on , and they 're a bit muddy . |
| 55 | ‘ You 're a handsome devil — you know that , Billy ? ’ |
| 56 | ‘ Oh , hen , you 're a messy one , ’ she 'd say with her laugh . |
| 57 | I reckon they 're friends cos they do n't really look like each other and there ai n't no grown up with them , like they 're a family out with their mum and dad . |
| 58 | ‘ You 're a good dancer , ’ he said . |
| 59 | ‘ You 're a terrible man altogether ! ’ |
| 60 | ‘ You 're a terrible woman altogether to be leading a fellow on like that ! |