Example sentences of "be i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | If she wants to continue our private battle , then who am I to stop her ? |
2 | the area where I am I mean it is n't too bad but it 's , it 's not brilliant by any means , no . |
3 | I mean I am I mean I 'm quite surprised that your floor . |
4 | ‘ Am I seducing you ? ’ he asked softly . |
5 | Why am I telling you ? |
6 | Why am I telling you this ? |
7 | ‘ Hi , I 'm Clarence the Lion and that 's my number Why am I telling you ? |
8 | But why am I telling you all this ? |
9 | Am I telling you |
10 | Then looking back at Mick who was grinning at him , he bit on his lip and moved his head slightly as if to say , ‘ How am I to take her ? ’ |
11 | ‘ Am I to take it that is the general male philosophy , that shrug-it-all-off attitude ? ’ |
12 | Now , am I to take it that sort of appeal will have a very low priority , I mean , how about Oxfam for example ? |
13 | ‘ Am I to spend it for your pleasure or my own ? ’ |
14 | Am I to let you do this to her ? ’ |
15 | Alice , am I boring you with all this ? ’ |
16 | ‘ Some infidel was wearing an octiron collar , most unsporting , and of course I was a lot sharper in those days and my master used to use me to cut silk handkerchiefs in mid-air and — am I boring you ? ’ |
17 | ‘ Am I boring you ? |
18 | ‘ Am I stopping you ? ’ |
19 | am I getting it ? |
20 | She says , am I getting it ? |
21 | ‘ Why am I enjoying it ? ’ |
22 | He presented himself as organizer of reciprocities ( ‘ Am I to ask them for a dinar when you are sick ? ’ ) rather than as lineage banker : he noticeably did not raise issues of authority . |
23 | ‘ So in about ten months we 'd have him out and around , or else what am I paying you for ? ’ |
24 | ‘ Am I disturbing you , sir ? ’ |
25 | Am I disturbing you ? ’ |
26 | ‘ Nor am I blaming you . |
27 | Am I hurting you ? ’ |
28 | Still , he wears it proudly , despite the warm weather and his age of only eleven , and who am I to deprive him of his girth , his boorish style , his fun ? |
29 | Am I to sling her across my shoulders in a fireman 's lift ? |
30 | Am I doing them any harm ? |