Example sentences of "i [be] on [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , I want to protect the remains of my privacy ; I do n't want to appear cold-hearted or stubborn ; but I know that when I try to make my life give me its answers to how I have come to my current concerns , I ca n't do it without feeling that I am on the edge of a dangerous fiction of self-description . |
| 2 | I am on the side of the one who 's going to be killed . ’ |
| 3 | I am on the side of the angels — that 's what you wanted to be reassured about ? ’ |
| 4 | " Well , I 'm not a detective , but I am on the side of the law . |
| 5 | I 'm on a kind of educational visit . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm on the majority of this tape . |
| 7 | While I 'm on the subject of secrecy , it is true to say that many politicians , sometimes justifiably , are paranoid about the subject . |
| 8 | And , while I 'm on the subject of fighting off unwanted intruders , ’ he added , the hard planes of his face tightening as he gazed down at her , ‘ I 'm not prepared to allow that man Dunton to mess around with my wife any longer ! |
| 9 | I 'm on the verge of it myself but ca n't decide whether to get fat and have a merry , unlined face , or be thin with a face like a fossilized Capuchin . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm on the verge of being one meself , child , if I had the name of that person who gave Lizzy the drugs I 'd scalp the face off them . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm on the side of Law and Order , ’ Jimmy chipped . |
| 12 | ‘ there are moments when I feel I 'm on the frontier of something and I must twist language in some way to pass the frontier ’ ( Brooke-Rose 1990e:31 ) |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a great comfort to me , knowing that I 'm on the end of a phone , should either of my children be taken ill , ’ says Elaine , 34 , a part-time marketing consultant and mother of two girls under four . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , I 'm on the list of the orthopaedic hospital . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Dear Thomas and I were on the point of announcing our engagement . |
| 16 | I was on a kind of … half-throttle , emotionally . |
| 17 | ‘ I was on a tour of Europe . |
| 18 | I advised the Labour Party over such things as the Vassall inquiry and , together with my friend Dennis Lloyd , I was on a number of committees and investigations to recommend changes in the law — particularly land law ( the working party on land nationalisation ) and the law of landlord and tenant — which were being prepared by the Labour Party for their future use . |
| 19 | Paul was invited to give a series of public lectures at the school , and word got around that I was on the verge of retirement and Paul would be happy to take my place . |
| 20 | It looked as if we had painted ourselves into a corner and I was on the verge of giving up and going home when Jake trundled up with his totter 's cart and his little skewbald pony . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ I was on the verge of the England squad with Norwich and played for the Under-21 side a few times . |
| 22 | I was on the verge of asking her to marry me . |
| 23 | When he came in he saw I was on the verge of tears and said , " What 's wrong ? " |
| 24 | In a flash of over stimulated temper , I was on the verge of silencing Gharr 's laughter with one of my mini-weapons . |
| 25 | Suddenly , I was on the top of one wave as she came thundering over the next . |
| 26 | I was on the inside of Christian faith , yet in my mind I was also on the outside looking in . |
| 27 | ‘ I was on the back of the motorbike on some shots , ’ said camera operator Rick Gauld . |
| 28 | Yes and I was on the committee of the lifeboat . |
| 29 | Apparently I was on the edge of the crater and the main blast had gone over me . |
| 30 | I was on the edge of my seat for most of the time but nobody could deny we deserved this result . ’ |