Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 91 | His lordship is of the view , as indeed I am myself , that while Father is allowed to continue with his present round of duties , he represents an ever-present threat to the smooth running of this household , and in particular to next week 's important international gathering . ’ |
| 92 | I am myself sceptical about whether the local democratic control espoused by the ‘ New Realists ’ would have the dramatic confidence-building effect claimed . |
| 93 | Nor do I mean people who are generally in favour of human happiness , welfare , dignity and rights , as indeed I am myself . |
| 94 | Although I am myself very much in favour of people going to the theatre and reading books it is very useful for my research for me to play devil 's advocate on these activities and to ask ‘ Why should people go to the theatre ? ’ and ‘ Why should people read books ? ’ |
| 95 | But I am myself an agent ; there remains the question of how I make my own decisions . |
| 96 | Perhaps I am myself no gourmet , and think of food as a matter in which the rational man can excuse himself from making a fully-considered choice . |
| 97 | Then my ugly face and shabby coat harmonise perfectly with the surroundings and I am myself . ’ |
| 98 | I propose to devote a whole chapter to so-called ‘ association copies ’ , partly for the selfish reason that I am myself devoted to them and partly because , looking at them as objectively as I can , they seem to me to offer one of the most satisfying branches of book-collecting , especially to anyone with the slightest sense of history . |
| 99 | ‘ I am myself , after all — no matter what I am wearing . |
| 100 | Clearly there can be no reason why one should not be a feminist and a religious person , in the sense in which I am myself a religious person . |
| 101 | As D. H. Lawrence asked indignantly : " … who can represent me ? — I am myself . |
| 102 | ‘ My mother died at the age I am myself and I never thought I 'd be older than her . |
| 103 | I am myself now quite certain that Hywel knows about Elizabeth and the doctor . |
| 104 | " You wo n't die , Philip , " I am myself again now . |
| 105 | Now I am myself again I can get on with Lover at the Gate . |
| 106 | I am myself , damn you ! |
| 107 | Externally conformist and controlled , her journal functions as the confidant she never had : ‘ My head feels empty and I am nothing particular . |
| 108 | So often , in all this , I have felt that I am nothing . |
| 109 | I may have the gift of inspired preaching ; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets ; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains — but if I have no love , I am nothing . |
| 110 | It is puzzling when people say I write like this one and that one and all such different kinds of writers and so many of them , and it makes me feel I am nothing in myself . ’ |
| 111 | ‘ I am nothing without this little flat . |
| 112 | ‘ I am nothing . ’ |
| 113 | ‘ I am a member of the Kha-Khan 's court , and without his favour I am nothing . ’ |
| 114 | Lucien watched her go , thinking , ‘ Oh , Paradouze , I am nothing , a puny scrap . |
| 115 | I am nothing but a stomach of cheap tin , empty but for the clanking of a few tin cans which have been squashed by a gargantuan hand and thrown together . |
| 116 | It points to truth which has become wisdom born of experience : This is Rolle 's version of 1 Corinthians 13:2 : And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries , and all knowledge , and if I should have all faith , so that I could remove mountains , and have not charity , I am nothing . |
| 117 | ‘ I am nothing of the sort ! |
| 118 | Without you I am nothing . ’ |
| 119 | As soon as they find out who I am they shy off . |
| 120 | I am her niece , and there is the question of a small sum of money . |