Example sentences of "be i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Who am I to dance with ? ’ |
2 | ‘ I 'm not sentimental , and nor am I flattered by having my photo in a newspaper , but my mother likes that sort of thing , so I 'm sending one to her in England , ’ she snapped , and hesitated perceptibly before continuing . |
3 | No I 've not decided but I know I am I 've done this thing before it 's |
4 | Jim Bowen I am I am I 've got a number I 'm going to ring him in minute . |
5 | With the insight into them which I am developing , am I prepared to let go of my anger , pain and hurt , so that God can heal me of their pain and destructive effects ? |
6 | ‘ Neither , ’ he continued in the same gentle tone of voice , ‘ am I prepared to be cast as some Viking lover straight out of a Hollywood film , rampaging and raping so that you can put the full responsibilities of your actions on me . |
7 | Am I prepared too old ? |
8 | Am I drawing to you ? |
9 | Right , am I let off the hook now ? |
10 | Am I hidden ? |
11 | Why am I singing , for heaven 's sake ? |
12 | Am I to watch another woman sink into her grave for want of a little compassion ? ’ |
13 | What does he take us for , how am I to feed a family of six ? ’ |
14 | Well Erm I have n't got a a definite way a a sort of little trick for remembering that erm but the big thing to remember is s before you just put it in no matter how sure you are stop and think now am I differentiating or integrating ? |
15 | ‘ Am I shocked by this decision ? |
16 | And how am I to swear ? ’ |
17 | Who am I to complain ? |
18 | Who am I to complain ? |
19 | But no matter , and who am I to complain , certainly not to Jan , the lady of the maggots , who has been up since four and already whisked through acres of office carpet , scads of bins and oceans of scummy cups . |
20 | ‘ Impossible — but who am I to complain ? ’ |
21 | What am I to do ? |
22 | So Mr Bradley asked the managing director ( sic ) of Westminster , Bill Phillips : ‘ What am I to do ? ’ |
23 | ‘ And what am I to do when there are hospital bills to find payment for ? ‘ |
24 | What am I to do ? ’ |
25 | What am I to do ? |
26 | What am I to do ? ’ wailed the victim , and indeed it did seem a problem , because — since she was so much taller than either of her companions — her feet were larger than theirs , and she could not get into their comfortable country shoes . |
27 | But what am I to do when someone asks me for everything I know on Lake Malawi Cichlids ( as happens fairly often ) . |
28 | Wendt , who plays beer-swilling barfly Norm , said : ‘ What am I to do , Shakespeare ? ’ |
29 | ‘ What am I to do ? |
30 | So what am I to do ? |