Example sentences of "am [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I am as I am through the choices I have made , and I will not whine at fate . ’
2 ‘ Faele , ’ she whispered , ‘ I am of the islands but a vagrant now like you … ’
3 On that point I am against the defendants and , accordingly , would dismiss this appeal .
4 I see all objects as mirrors and I am behind the mirrors in another world but the beauty eludes me and is gone and will never return .
5 I am like the leaves and flowers of ikebana , with roots cut off , stuck in a spiked metal holder ( kenzan ) instead of in the earth .
6 ‘ I am under no illusions and therefore unlikely to get carried away , ’ he said .
7 ‘ Have n't you realised yet how selfish I am with the things I own , protecting them , defending them ? ’
8 You are as familiar as I am with the processes of monetisation of debt and of the part which the money market in the City plays in the operation of that mechanism .
9 Even if I cast through this gap accurately , the speed of the cast must be faultless too , for the gap between the branches and the roots is a mere two feet : too far and I am in the roots , too near and my bait will not be lying where I want it .
10 As I write this article ( in July ) I am in the throes of finishing my new ribber video , ‘ English and Fisherman 's Rib ’ .
11 Every other time I 've been in somebody 's flat like this I 've known where I am by the books . ’
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