Example sentences of "[be] i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I even a little bit — beautiful , or are you just saying it to make me open up ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why am I here at all ? |
| 3 | I am not a scrounging pain in the arse , just your average pissed-off ‘ what the bloody hell am I here for ? ’ soldier . |
| 4 | Why am I here if he ca n't do it ? |
| 5 | Why the fuck am I here , Marcus ? |
| 6 | Then watch a British woman shuffling self-consciously along the same promenade and you see ‘ Christ , why the hell am I here ? ’ agonising embarrassment . |
| 7 | ‘ Why am I here ? |
| 8 | Why am I here ? was his next thought . |
| 9 | Not just job address past history — get into the habit of thinking Why am I here ? |
| 10 | ‘ Why am I here , Bernadette ? ’ |
| 11 | Right , erm the purpose of me being here , why am I here you may ask . |
| 12 | Until you realise , , God am I here ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why am I here ? ’ |
| 14 | And why , thought Adam , sleepless and sore in his damp cloak under the trees , why am I here to fret at it still ? |
| 15 | ‘ AM ’ , ‘ ARE ’ , ‘ WAS ’ , ‘ WERE ’ Weak forms : ‘ Why am I here ? ’ ( before consonants ) ‘ Here are the plates ’ ( before vowels ) ‘ The coats are in there ’ ‘ He was here a minute ago ’ ( before consonants ) ‘ The papers were late ’ ( before vowels ) ‘ The questions were easy ’ In final position : , , , ‘ She 's not as old as I am ’ ‘ I know the Smiths are ’ ‘ The last record was ’ ‘ They were n't as cold as we were ’ |
| 16 | What am I here for ? |
| 17 | What am I most likely to get out of this if I do it ? |
| 18 | Am I simply a lesbian ? |
| 19 | Am I being defiant , Anna thought now , pushing her metal cage of bottles down the aisle towards her allotted shelves , am I simply cocking a snook at Peter ? |
| 20 | Or am I simply what they expect me to be ? |
| 21 | ‘ Am I simply a substitute for Jeanne ? ’ |
| 22 | Am I simply the latest victim in a long line ? ’ |
| 23 | How that 's done I do n't know how do we reach these people there 's a broad sheet that goes to the school 's am I right Jan ? |
| 24 | Now am I right or am I wrong , Sir Gregory ? " |
| 25 | It was blowing a gale , am I right Dick ? |
| 26 | Am I right or am I right ? ’ |
| 27 | Five point one oh , annual inspection , am I right now ? |
| 28 | Am I right though ? |
| 29 | ‘ Am I awfully late ? ’ he said . |
| 30 | ‘ Who am I tonight ? ’ |