Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] i [am/are] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart , or what passes for one in demonic physiology , is in my mouth , for fear that I am about to be exiled from Rainbow Rosenbloom , and from Chinese food , movies and other earthly delights , for evermore . |
| 2 | er I 'm slightly worried about the effect on the Olympic movement of Atlanta being chosen only in the sense that er that this is the , I think the sixth time in 25 years that a North American city has got it and it does look rather as if the er pressures are now , on the financial side , are now coming very much from the North American continent and I 'm not at all sure that that 's really good for the Olympic movement . |
| 3 | ‘ I normally drive a Volvo 343 ; it 's not a very new one , but my main criterion is to make sure I do n't end up as the jam in the sandwich when I 'm out on the motorway . ’ |
| 4 | I go to work and I 'm only on housework half a day . |
| 5 | A massive dose of sun cream and a sun visor and I 'm back to my usual prattling self . |
| 6 | " Now Miss Graham , as you know , I think , I am not a fool and I am always on the side of my staff — if it is possible to be so without alienating a client . |
| 7 | I did it with erm , with er , I went from one and a half and I 'm down to one , 'cos I was , I I 've tasted my father 's sometimes , 'cos he thinks two and a half , he used to take three , and I 'm like aw it 's |
| 8 | ‘ I believe in marriage but I 'm not in any hurry . |
| 9 | ‘ I certainly did n't want to take part in the play and I am not at all at ease with those — those people . |
| 10 | A local man offers to ferry me across the fjord and I am soon on the way to Holt . |
| 11 | I am white , I 'm middle class in terms of my background and to that extent have had a certain degree of privilege and I 'm also in some situations , easy enough to attack . |
| 12 | Although the near-monopoly enjoyed by solicitors was indefensible because it related only to the preparation of documents , ‘ there is a real need for consumer protection and I am far from sure that the White Paper proposals meet this need , ’ he said . |
| 13 | little bits , little bits and I 'll buy you your tobacco Neil nothing much but little bits of something now if he were working and could give me the full sixty that is thirty for his room and thirty for his food so that I did n't have to worry about th actually paying for him but he was paying me Paul is going to pay me fifty that 's thirty pounds in , I made a rule to Paul that he is going to eat thirty pounds worth of food and there are only twenty pounds in my profit and then the other rule , a man called Alan this window cleaner he wants the room that I 'm in at the moment |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll try and grab a haircut while I 'm up in civilization . ’ |
| 15 | ALL CHANGE BUT I 'M STILL IN THE MONEY |
| 16 | I want you every minute of every day that I 'm here with you . ’ |
| 17 | all this coursework that I , all this er lecture stuff that I 'm behind on , lots of it |
| 18 | In fact , ’ she glanced impatiently down at her wrist-watch , ‘ the US markets are open now , and every minute that I 'm away from my desk my clients are losing money . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My wife and I are both from Yorkshire and I have spent my whole career up in the north . ’ |
| 20 | And I 'm trying to get it through your arrogant skull that I 'm not in the market for a casual roll in the hay just because we happen to be sharing a villa for a few days ! ’ |
| 21 | the difficulty quite frankly is that everybody wants to join the Study Groups on foreign affairs or economic policy and I am not at all sure that electorally these are the two most important . |
| 22 | I took courage , stopped , looked my questioner straight in the eye and said , ‘ I come from Fontanellato by tram and I am here for the same reason as you are . |
| 23 | my name 's I 'm from Tarmac Construction Plant at depot I 'm office manager and I 'm also in charge of the stores hiring all the plant and equipment for all the sites in our area |
| 24 | Well , I 've never had a lot of truck with the power of the word so I 'm not into oral sects . |
| 25 | I was very worried , because I had never done anything like it in my life and I 'm not at all handy , but I got a reputation for being a worker . |
| 26 | And erm on page thirty six , on two , is it a good idea because has a dreadful bend and I 'm really in favour of this . |
| 27 | Havvie and I are exactly of an age . |
| 28 | Basically I do n't disagree with you , aye we have got the best army and I loved my I loved my time in the Army but I 'm totally against the way I was treated in the Army . |
| 29 | Tell you what erm when we get into you can just drop me down to the greengrocer near the church because I 'm out of erm spring onions and if I wanted to add up to that bit of salad that we 've got |
| 30 | If ever you have word when I am not by , it will bring you to the prince in my place . |