Example sentences of "i am [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now this Act will bind six thousand of us — I am not speaking in my own interest , I am well past the age — but this Act will empty the glens of the young active men — and how can they marry if they are in barracks and camps in England , or in France if you send them there — you say you will not … |
| 2 | ‘ All right , I have an overdraft — but who does n't these days — and I am well within the agreed limit . |
| 3 | He warned Yousefi he had a prison sentence in mind and added : ‘ I am also considering the appropriateness of a recommendation that you should be deported from this country because of your activities . ’ |
| 4 | I am also on a limited budget . |
| 5 | Er , and in general we have a , er , panel of the non-executive directors who set the directors ' salary in relation to the other directors I am also on that panel er , but obviously not in relation to my own salary . |
| 6 | I am also in no doubt about the amount of devoted hard work that has gone on during the last four years . |
| 7 | I am also from the provinces — I am glad to say that I am not a Londoner , but come from Wessex . |
| 8 | I am a good citizen , a nice person ; I am just at the moment in the grip of a sexual passion , in the throes of love ; I am alive : I who have been so nearly dead for decades , which is why I am currently neglecting them , just a little . |
| 9 | I smoke my spliff and switch on the telly ; I am just in time for Neighbours . |
| 10 | For those who do not know what I am on about , why not pick up a Birthday Scheme Leaflet and make it your resolution to support the Medical Work of the BMS in the New Year . |
| 11 | Let's have a look at the text now , cos it will hopefully make these a lot clearer and you will see what I am on about . |
| 12 | ‘ I am here to — ‘ |
| 13 | I am here for about a fortnight whilst you settle in . |
| 14 | I am here for one year . |
| 15 | Sub-text : ‘ I am here for you , to act as a sounding board expressing empathy . |
| 16 | ‘ What I am here for today is something completely different . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | " I am here for the by-election , Mrs Adeane . |
| 19 | I am here for the truth ! ’ |
| 20 | Apart from the ( very ) occasional disagreement with the teachers I think that I quite like school as I am here for my own benefit . |
| 21 | But I am here with you ! |
| 22 | In fact I am here on his behalf — to ask a favour . ’ |
| 23 | Manson 's hand-picked ‘ death squad ’ for this murderous mission was made up of Susan Atkins , Patricia Krenwinkiel , Linda Kasabian ( who would later turn witness for the prosecution at the controversial trial that followed ) and Tex Watson who , when asked by a terrified Frykowski who he was , calmly replied , ‘ I am the devil , and I am here on the devil 's business . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I am here on more important business , however . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But I am here on the orders of Sir John Cranston , coroner of the city . |
| 26 | ‘ I am here on behalf of the Guild of Merchants and Traders , ’ said Rerpf evenly . |
| 27 | ‘ I am here on my own account . |
| 28 | ‘ I am here on the Lord Cardinal 's express orders , ’ Benjamin repeated . |
| 29 | I am here at the request of the English court and they , like Philip IV , are interested in any information we can send . ’ |
| 30 | I am here at the gate alone … ‘ |