Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I am over at the big house within a couple of minutes , kilt on , best sporran and carrying the bagpipes , and prepared for anything . |
2 | ‘ But I am up on the train tomorrow . |
3 | Now that I am back on the England scene , my cash flow has picked up again but , at the age of 40 , I know there 's a time limit left on my playing career . |
4 | ‘ I now feel that I am back to the form I had three years ago , and after my performances in Ireland , I feel I can win the Paris-Tours classic next Saturday , ’ he said . |
5 | I sometimes think , he wrote , that if in one sense I am back in the nursery trying to make a big toy with nothing but wood and string , in another I am back in the classroom fiddling with bunsen burners while Mr Alexander walks round sniffing with his long distinguished nose in the air . |
6 | I sometimes think , he wrote , that if in one sense I am back in the nursery trying to make a big toy with nothing but wood and string , in another I am back in the classroom fiddling with bunsen burners while Mr Alexander walks round sniffing with his long distinguished nose in the air . |
7 | By the time I am back in the tent I am on the borderline , cold enough to wake Tony with disjointed movements . |
8 | I am back in the hubbub , back in the queue . |
9 | I am back in the little room at the top of the spiral staircase on Wednesday morning and I am sitting on the Squeez-Ee box , with the minute in front of me , going through the remaining contents of the Quaker Oats archive , page by dusty page . |
10 | After the meeting of the Cabinet held that same Sunday evening , when it became apparent that agreement could not be reached on the economy package , MacDonald , on his way to the palace , told Sir Ernest Harvey , the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand . ' |
11 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she said , ‘ I am off to the pub . |
12 | Had he not left them the night before , exclaiming : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand ’ ? |
13 | I am out of the office next week but shall be available from 26 June onwards . |
14 | ‘ Still , I am out of the council at least , ’ Ratagan went on . |
15 | I 'm through to the final , and now I must make absolutely certain I 'm in the right frame of mind . |
16 | Anyway , I 'm through with the fiction , so that side of it 's sewn up . ’ |
17 | So when people gather round the manger with wonder and puzzlement , I 'm over in the corner looking at the cows . |
18 | Th f for a tax plan , that 's what I 'm on at the moment , and , and , and that 's a useful er device . |
19 | We 're erm that 's the booklet I 'm on at the moment . |
20 | she says , I 'm on about the lady with the dark hair |
21 | but I 'm on about the Tuesday after , the Monday after is Easter Monday |
22 | Hope this peels of without chaffing the sleeve , because I 'm up for the record itself . |
23 | I 'm up at the crack of dawn every mornin' milkin' the cows , attendin' to the poultry , sowin' , reapin' . |
24 | But if I 'm up at the shop and I see a little card or something |
25 | I 'm up against the six footer , and a five foot ten wife |
26 | I 'm up in the clouds . ’ |
27 | At a time ( 1944 ) when one 's acquaintances were casually saying ‘ I 'm off to the US to work on the atomic bomb ’ ( surely a gross breach of security ) I think Bernal was carefully insulated . |
28 | Personally , I 'm off to the chemist to buy myself a bottle of Gee 's Linctus ( active ingredient ; tincture of opium ) . |
29 | ‘ Go where you like , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm off to the moon . ’ |
30 | ‘ I 'm off to the shops next , I 'll bring you a cup of tea on my way . ’ |