Example sentences of "[verb] i [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 She thinks I 'm in love with her , see . ’
32 I recently sang live at the Asian Pop Awards ceremony and I got a real buzz realising I was before my own people .
33 She just had to turn out , and there was nothing coming down , foot down , opened up , got I was at the top of the hill and she was nowhere in sight .
34 ‘ If you must know I was with somebody , ’ I said reluctantly .
35 ‘ Did n't know I was on your tail , old chum , did you ? ’
36 Oh well I 'm sorry I did n't know I was on record and er I withdraw all the remarks and I shall deny everything in court .
37 ‘ How did you know I was at the Holiday Inn ? ’
38 ‘ Well , so would you if you 'd spent all night in them tunnels ! — How did you know I was in there , anyway ? ’
39 I woke up about 12.30 that night , and I really did know I was in labour by this time .
40 ‘ The girl did n't know I was in my room when she was changing the linen .
41 How did you know I was in the garden ? ’
42 Do you know I was in Birmingham yesterday .
43 But I do know I was in the presence of a very dangerous man . ’
44 Yeah but you , you did n't know I was in amazing pain though , I do n't think .
45 He says he told Hunt , when the latter came barging into the Lotus motor-home in protest , that if Hunt ‘ did n't know I was alongside him , he was like a horse with blinkers on ’ .
46 How do you know I 'm on a diet ?
47 If you start that , then I 'll know I 'm beyond redemption .
48 and erm you know , and I said Carla needs it for work anyway so Dave said I 'm gon na while I 'm on holiday I 'm gon na do all the stupid jobs , so I can take that computer in
49 She complains cheerfully as we enter saying , ‘ Jaz I 've never had so many people kissin' me in all me life , strangers and all , you 'd tink I was in Italy or England or America , God forbid ! ’
50 How frightened of dying I was in those first days .
51 ‘ I would do a work-out on the pitch before the match but when the games starts I 'm on the sidelines , ’ he says .
52 I REALISE I 'm in a minority of one when I say I 'm bored with Beres Hammond 's indisputably soulful voice , but many of his records seem to lack the sheer excitement of ragga .
53 Oh , well , I say I 'm on early but I will be , I could be an early or a late .
54 Oh yes , you say I 'm on a diet , they say oh well you have lost a lot of weight then .
55 I could ring them up and say I 'm in touch with your competition in Portugal
56 I would reckon I 'll be finished with Norman about ten o'clock it takes me an hour and a half to drive down half past eleven say I 'm in here about twelve o'clock right , cheers
57 Say I 'm from the Ministry of Justice . ’
58 I found I was outside the tent , standing up with my jacket clutched to me , the better to see them .
59 But it 's very reassuring to know I am in safe hands here , ’ says Ken .
60 ‘ Then I could show Mother Francis that I 'd be back up in the convent in time for Mass in the chapel , and she 'd get to know I was to be relied on . ’
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