Example sentences of "i [am/are] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kind of satisfaction which can be anxiety-free is that in which my own creative powers and understanding of the world around me are at a maximum and this is satisfaction which the individual can only achieve as part of a community of persons directed at these ends . |
| 2 | I dare not go to again but there is a Tie Rack where Werewolf and I are on a promise with the girls serving there . |
| 3 | I need to introduce a different dimension and I am at a loss . |
| 4 | Is it because I am at a loss as to how to go on ? |
| 5 | Her performances were legendary , and I am at a loss to describe them now . |
| 6 | I am at a loss to understand why , except for commercial reasons , the rush to publish was necessary . |
| 7 | How would you feel if someone flew more than halfway around the world to say to you , ‘ I am at a loss . |
| 8 | There are so many products on the market I am at a loss as to what to buy and so would appreciate your advice on the type of shampoo , conditioner and spray which would make my hair look thicker and also which perm to try . |
| 9 | I am at a loss to explain this contradiction , as Gubby and I both accepted and talked about our next-door-neighbour relationship in later life . |
| 10 | Aphids , even I am at a loss for something funny to say about them . |
| 11 | I hesitate to write such a critical letter , but frankly I am at a loss to see how your new design can in any way be seen as an improvement . |
| 12 | Having said that , the vague possibility that we may end this season by finishing bottom and going out of the League remains incomprehensible to me and I am at a loss to explain it . |
| 13 | But I am at a loss to resolve whether to take away the things he has given me or no . |
| 14 | ‘ I have exhorted my wife to the point where I am at a loss for patient words , ’ he protested . |
| 15 | you know you sort of , you were there , I am as a trainer you were sort of digging away there getting a bit more information out about people . |
| 16 | I am on a beach , clean white sand , soft under my bare feet . |
| 17 | I am on a swing in a small park with my brother . |
| 18 | In August I had a job , now I am on a shortlist . |
| 19 | I am for a start . ’ |
| 20 | I am like a spectre in his house , come to claim his soul . |
| 21 | I never had such a thing before , and I am like a child when it comes to running water . |
| 22 | He thinks : " I am like a pool … some tide has filled me , the sand is swirling , the waters are obscured and strange things are creeping out of the cracks and crannies in my mind " ( p. 227 ) . |
| 23 | I am like a David to their Goliath . |
| 24 | Moving on to psychoanalytic , by which I understand Freudian , criticism , I am in a difficulty . |
| 25 | Yeah , I am in a way , yeah but , nice down there . |
| 26 | ‘ Sir , I have made you an honourable proposal for the hand of your daughter , whom I am in a position to support now and , later , in increased comfort — ’ |
| 27 | My father who was not conversant with your rituals , was judged by you to be common ; but you consider me to be your equal at the very moment that I am in a position to look down upon my father who was common , and to be ashamed of my grandfather who was working-class . |
| 28 | I shall check the exact figure with the SDA and , if I am in a position to reveal it , I shall do so . |
| 29 | Coming from IBM , I am in a position to give a reasonably objective view as to the pros and cons of the various ways in which you can implement a Computerised Personnel Information System . |
| 30 | I am in a swing couch . |