Example sentences of "and [pers pn] 'm " in BNC.

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31 And I 'm giving a voice to the hundreds of people who do n't have a voice .
32 Not that he resents this : ‘ Categories are essential for describing phenomena and I 'm a phenomenon of some kind .
33 1960 The Wesker Trilogy , The Kitchen , Chicken Soup and I 'm Talking About Jerusalem open to great acclaim at the Royal Court .
34 ‘ That might have been the case once , but now we produce perfectly good coaches ourselves , and I 'm concerned the incentive will disappear if administrators continue to look only to Australia . ’
35 And I 'm trying to be serious today . ’
36 His first two albums ( Look Sharp ! and I 'm The Man , released at either end of 1979 ) owed their sweaty energy to the push and shove of new wave .
37 ‘ I know there are any number of other musical versions and I 'm not a Shakespearean actor , yet I feel comfortable with him .
38 But now my personal life has been … simplified , and I 'm back two doors away from where it all started , maybe I 've been offered a new beginning . ’
39 ‘ She 's a right madam and I 'm always afraid she might kill someone in the paddock , ’ he said .
40 Aye , you did , but you see , there 's this girl in my house and she wo n't leave and I 'm asking you if you 'll come down and shift her .
41 Between the noise of the bloody guns and clouds of bloody mosquitoes buzzing around my head , all I 've had for my two hours is more mosquito lumps on my face , and I 'm more tired than ever. , Taff and I chatted while he sat on the floor of the trench smoking his cigarette .
42 Of course people need places to stay when on holiday and I 'm all for economical breaks such as caravanning , but I have a few suggestions which might help to improve the look of unsightly caravan parks .
43 ‘ On the contrary , she understands me very well and I 'm still free to play chess . ’
44 And I 'm meant to be on holiday .
45 They 'd probably better check that the whole place is n't falling down and I 'm afraid they 'll want to see Maggie , but I 'll get rid of them .
46 You ca n't rat on that and give all those American lunatics — and I 'm quoting you — this kind of support .
47 But I am convinced and I 'm going to tell the board so today .
48 I think it is essential to understand the key factors for success or failure in your type of business and I 'm not convinced you can do that without actually understanding the process in some detail .
49 We agonised over the decision before selling to the management and I 'm absolutely convinced with hindsight that the decision was not only right in people terms but it was also the right business decision for the shareholders as well .
50 Or you can say : I 've researched it , I know the idea is right , I 'm going to go in big and I 'm going to have to sustain four or five years of losses before I turn it into a profit .
51 ‘ Then I said what I can do — organise , put twenty-four hours in a day and I 'm energetic .
52 And I 'm not moving ’ , said Kimberley .
53 He has now left me and I 'm stuck with paying a hefty joint overdraft .
54 I 've taken the lorry back to the depot and I 'm walking home if that 's what 's worrying you .
55 Burden looked at him suspiciously , so he said with amused impatience , ‘ I do n't know , Mike , and I 'm not in the mood for this suspense stuff . ’
56 ‘ I 've put through a call to London and I 'm waiting for them to ring me up .
57 Suddenly I get all laughy , cos Marie 's my friend and I 'm happy .
58 I pretend Marie 's in front of me and I 'm brushing her hair like I used to .
59 She 's sitting down with her back to me , just like she always used to , and I 'm brushing slow and gentle , making her hair nice and neat .
60 I can see Mr Browne is impressed cos I 'm all married and my wife 's so beautiful and I 'm so grown up and that .
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