Example sentences of "[pers pn] that i [am/are] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It confirms to me that I am far from the northern climates , the habitat of the Brussels sprout , where something sickly was spreading over my relationship with Victoria — just like the smell of overcooked vegetables . |
| 2 | I am an elected representative of the people of Northern Ireland , three thousand three hundred of our people have been murdered , that 's the equivalent of a hundred thousand people in Britain , it is the responsibility of every elected representative to do everything in their power , everything in their power , to stop that , The least responsibility that they have , the least they can do , is enter into dialogue directly with the people involved and I apologize to no-one for that , and if anybody is telling me that I 'm tainted because I do that , you know , I do n't know what sort of minds they 've got , because I think it 's our responsibility to do everything in our power to bring this violence to an end , and what 's more , what I 'm doing has massive support of ordinary people on both sections of our community because I have never in my twenty years experienced the nature of the support and the way that it 's being expressed to me by people in the streets , by telephone , and in particular by |
| 3 | Crilly reminds me that I 'm American too , and just because I know a few words of British slang , I should n't be getting airs about myself . |
| 4 | I keep thinking one of them will shove me in the ribs , or tell me that I 'm ugly . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't mind if the lads have a laugh at my expense , that 's all part of the dressing-room banter , but it does upset me that I 'm supposed to have had a row with the manager . |
| 6 | It is them that I am appealing to somebody because of the erm the the th thought transference that I am using is feeling now compelled to pick up the phone O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 7 | I have told them that I am satisfied that John is having a suitably full and varied programme with plenty of work experience . |
| 8 | ‘ I missed London desperately but I needed my clients here to sit up and and take notice of me and prove to them that I am fit , healthy and looking good again . |
| 9 | Show them that I 'm willing to come off it and hopefully they 'll bail me out . |
| 10 | But it would show them that I 'm ambitious-enterprising , young and independently minded . ’ |
| 11 | I 've said to them that I 'm prepared to work for them . |
| 12 | Maybe I can never convince you that I am other than a spirit , for what I have to tell you is this : that I have come from two hundred years in the future to speak to you — to sit here by this window and talk as we talk now ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ In any case , a glance through the lens will convince you that I am right . |
| 14 | I have to advise you that I am satisfied that your concerns have been properly considered , and that there are no feasible alternatives to the present stop remaining in front of your house . |
| 15 | ‘ Either I agree with you that I 'm thick — which I 'm not , incidentally . |
| 16 | I ask Tor , who has come across to see how I am coping , if this is normal , a guarded , off-the-cuff way of informing him that I am shit-scared and would like the weather to change . |
| 17 | This remark was so uncharacteristic of her that I am sure it was fully meant . |
| 18 | Just what is it that I am afraid of ? |