Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'm [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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1 | If you have such a policy if you were to have criteria of the kind I 'm alluded to erm does that still leave it too open in North Yorkshire , might it still be too wide too many erm er opportunities might meet locations might meet these criteria . |
2 | I 'm given to them , you know . |
3 | and I 'm polished to the nails . |
4 | Eventually as the rapids calm down I 'm swept to the river bank , exhausted , shaking , but mercifully only a little battered . |
5 | I 'm determined to this you know . |
6 | I 'm called to the phone urgently . |
7 | Visit the neighbourhood centre at , and there I 'm in contact with residents associations , Asian groups , er all types of groups , and if I 'm invited to them I go . |
8 | Do n't walk away cos I 'm connected to you . |
9 | I 'm gone to the shop . |
10 | I 'm tied to another organisation for guest speaking anyway , so IMG get nothing of that ’ . |
11 | He has a gorilla mask on and he talks with the voice of a baby and he has a huge syringe and I 'm tied to the seat screaming . |
12 | Right , David , you said you 'd been approached by another insurance company , er , I could obviously say , I recommended Abbey Life , and I 'm tied to that , but I actually joined because I think they 're a particularly good company , in that what , in the use they make of the money that I 'm paying , actually goes , performs very well . |
13 | ‘ I 've only got to look twice at someone , ’ he said in desperation , ‘ and the next morning I 'm engaged to her . ’ |
14 | ‘ Have you forgotten I 'm engaged to your brother ? ’ |
15 | ‘ I know your opinion of me is less than nothing , but do you truly think your cousin would continue to be my — er — lover , now that he knows I 'm engaged to you ? ’ |
16 | ‘ Mr. Smith , I can read everything I 'm asked to , and I can understand all the words , so why is it that I can never work out what the main points are ? ’ |
17 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
18 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
19 | ‘ I 'm bound to be taken for the chauffeur , ’ he laughed out , mispronouncing the word with relish but he was not corrected as he hoped . |
20 | So I 'm bound to be recognised . |
21 | ‘ I 'm bound to be a marked man because of the goals I 've scored this season , but there will be more along soon — I 'm sure of that . |
22 | ‘ I 'm bound to my partnership , ’ she told him quietly , inwardly struggling for every word of explanation but not even sure what she was trying to explain . |
23 | ‘ I 'm a sister , so I 'm bound to be a dragon . ’ |
24 | ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on . |
25 | ‘ I tell thee I ai n't got a bleedin' farthing and even if I had I 'm expected to be working . |
26 | I 'm handcuffed to one of the London burlies now and we both have to eat with one hand . |
27 | I 'll pop up , not till I 'm handcuffed to you . |
28 | They 're all rogues here but for some reason I like them , I 'm drawn to them . |
29 | ‘ Officially I 'm attached to the Washington Post . |
30 | Sergeant Flavell has been released from me to take notes ; I 'm attached to myself now , wrists cuffed together . |