Example sentences of "[subord] i [be] [pos pn] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | I ai n't sure if I 'm her boyfriend or not . |
| 32 | Because suddenly he has me ( it 's mad , he kidnapped me ) laughing at him and pouring out his tea , as if I 'm his best girl-friend . |
| 33 | Victor fusses over his gas-ring like I 'm his long-lost son . |
| 34 | Three of them I recognize , but the whole gang has been grinning at me and clapping me on the back like I was their kid brother pulled out of a scrape . |
| 35 | How else could I have known about it unless I was your son ? |
| 36 | I am entitled to my children 's respect simply because I am their father/mother . |
| 37 | I mean he 's been known to do that because he you know what is going to happen with him commercially in his newspapers and he 's actually very clever and I mean none of us I mean okay and I think Peter might be the but I can get quite upset or intense or distressed or whatever the word is about that sort of stuff , because I am my background is journalism and I 'm quite pure about it , but we 're living in reality times here and the reality times is that he has got certain agendas . |
| 38 | I had seen it happen at close quarters because I am his caddie . |
| 39 | So you forgive me because I am your friend when I tell you it is perhaps — baby . |
| 40 | And then when they get bigger you give them more and more freedom to do just what they want to do and all you do is watch carefully and make sure they 're not doing anything obviously , outrageously daft but you let them find themselves and if there are problems they bring their problems to you and you sit down and you quietly talk about it , there 's not shouting , no I say you 've got to do this because I am your parent ! |
| 41 | ‘ I 'm warning you because I 'm your friend , Tom , ’ Silver was saying . |
| 42 | I might 've considered coming into the business if dear Daddy had n't already got Big Brother as a co-director , ready to take over from him , and if he did n't make it so plain that he only tolerates me because I 'm your husband . |
| 43 | ‘ You call me that because I 'm your father , ’ he said , and shot a glance at Ashley . |
| 44 | Just because I 'm your tenant , Rose . ’ |
| 45 | Even if we had n't seen each other for ages and ages , I 'd know he was still fond of me because I 'm his sister . |
| 46 | Because I 'm his disease . |
| 47 | If I can say he 's smug because I 'm his sister , I can also say he 's a man of very high principles . ’ |
| 48 | I was born in Hampstead at 10.00 pm. on a Tuesday night and my Mother was very glad to see me , because I was her first boy ; she had already produced two girls with the help of my Father and as the years rolled on she gave birth to another two boys . |
| 49 | I think my parents were rather surprised at my reaction , because I was their first child and they had been following child development textbooks that said that children ought to start making social relationships at two . |
| 50 | I knew he was Greek , that he loved me because I was my mother 's child , and that a Greek will put family above every other consideration . |
| 51 | John Veal was Chief Inspector of Accidents at the time and led the UK delegation while I was its only other member as alternate delegate . |
| 52 | And since I 'm my own boss , my hours are flexible . |
| 53 | And when the babies were both a ripe four-plus , and she did indeed go off to Peking and left them with me , the ensuing fun made me wonder sometimes whether I was their father , which is no question to put , since the answer should be proffered , I suppose . |
| 54 | I only hope that when I am their age I will act a little better . |
| 55 | But they did that to me when I was their age and now as soon as I get to fourteen when when you can , when you can , when you could do that And now today it 's not fair . |
| 56 | She gave me hell when I was her junior in Cas . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ I cried too , when I was her age . |
| 58 | all of a sudden were going back on , on to it , are n't they ? , so when I was my eldest he was , he was |
| 59 | I missed a lot when I was your age . ’ |
| 60 | I know I hated it when Omi did it to me when I was your age . ’ |