Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [prep] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half of them are on it anyway . |
| 2 | Most of them are in it just for the bylines and the booze , you know . |
| 3 | ‘ And you and I are on it together , Lily . |
| 4 | While I am about it , I had better apologise on behalf of a contributor , who was castigated by post for not looking up the meaning of a phrase that was , to him , mysterious . |
| 5 | I was slightly annoyed at Jamie saying anything , even jokingly , about me going to the toilet ; he knows how sensitive I am about it . |
| 6 | By the time we get to the jarv tracks I am over it , putting it down to a poor night 's sleep and a wearing day that have combined so that I am feeling the cold more than I normally do . |
| 7 | ‘ I am through it , Headmaster , ’ he said , ‘ and out the other side . ’ |
| 8 | No matter how secretive I am with it , she can sniff it out at the drop of a handfork and , of course , most of my young plants are dug up . |
| 9 | what 's going on at the moment and where I am with it |
| 10 | I do n't like it ; I do n't want it ; I am against it ; I need to understand it — and to understand it I have to describe it . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , I 'm over it now . |
| 12 | ‘ It did shake me up , but I 'm over it now . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I 'm over it now , I 'm nearly better , ’ she began coolly , then saw his disbelief . |
| 14 | I 'm over it ! |
| 15 | I 'm over it ! |
| 16 | ‘ Put mine there too , ’ she said , ‘ and while I 'm about it , anyone who would like to join our Amateur Dramatics Group is very welcome . |
| 17 | ‘ Right , and I 'll take a shufti round the wood while I 'm about it . |
| 18 | Those questions seem to me to be inexorably leading to ‘ And while I 'm about it , why do n't you clean your fingernails and wash your hair ? ’ |
| 19 | What the hell , though , while I 'm about it — the whole truth . |
| 20 | I fetch myself another gin while I 'm up and pour a bit in Mum 's tea while I 'm about it . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've now arranged to fly out and spend the last two weeks of his working trip with him as a kind of nosing-around holiday while I 'm about it , but the first two weeks … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ But — I 'm into it in a bigger way now . ’ |
| 23 | Oh , I 'm as it is , so |
| 24 | Now , sweetie , get me a bit of newspaper from the box , and dump all the silver on it , and while I 'm at it , you might get the vase and candlestick from the sitting room , and I 'll do your trophy if you like . ’ |
| 25 | Oh while I 'm at it , might as well dish out the agendas as well since we 've already started . |
| 26 | Send it back immediately , or I 'll take it back for you — and punch his impertinent face in while I 'm at it ! ’ |
| 27 | And I suppose I better get er Carl 's birthday card while I 'm at it . |
| 28 | Do you want me go hire a video camera while I 'm at it ? |
| 29 | ‘ But suppose I 'm on it , and the driver becomes ill , then I expect I 'll have to take over . |
| 30 | I 'm not sure I believe it now , and I 'm on it . ’ |