Example sentences of "they [verb] i am " in BNC.
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| 1 | What do they think I am — a baby snatcher ? ’ |
| 2 | Because I can not speak , they say I am mad . |
| 3 | I know they say I am a celebrity , but I take it all with a pinch of salt . |
| 4 | I get more work because they say I am good . |
| 5 | And that means they know I am , too . |
| 6 | I am bigger than any of them , but I think the reason they let me through is because I am older : they assume I am crew . |
| 7 | Indeed I am always immensely flattered when somebody a long way down our hierarchy rings me up and asks me to do something which they believe I am in a particularly good position to do . |
| 8 | It may be they know that I am meeting somebody they are trying to affect through his hierarchy ; or it may be they need to find out something which they think I am in a better position to find out than they are . |
| 9 | They think I am married , you know . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not where they think I am . |
| 11 | They think I am just a burden and they want grandchildren to look after them when they get old . |
| 12 | I 'd rather be at the dentist , like they think I am , than with them . |
| 13 | Probably they think I am a chamber maid here . |
| 14 | Do they say I am crazy , brother ? |
| 15 | LOU : Listen to this poem : ‘ Some of my friends dress as women/Some of them like to take smack/Some of them died of diseases/But all of them think I am crap . ’ |