Example sentences of "i [be] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | SMASHING PUMPKINS : I Am One |
| 32 | There are others ( amongst whom I am one ) who would argue that we need to give young children the opportunity to develop fully at their own pace and in their own individual ways . |
| 33 | I am one in a row of specimens . |
| 34 | Mind you , I have nothing against men — after all , I am one myself — but in the RAF there were too many of them . |
| 35 | I am one . |
| 36 | ‘ That 's because I am one , ’ I answered . |
| 37 | I had to pay over £1,000 to the Anne Charlton Lodge , Redcar , a home caring for Multiple Sclerosis sufferers , of which I am one . |
| 38 | I hate it , but I am somebody . |
| 39 | You will see I am something of a democrat . ’ |
| 40 | I know that I am a thing made of metal and plastic , but also that I am something which lives inside that metal and plastic . |
| 41 | I do n't mind telling you , I am something of an expert at swimming myself , and I know some smashing spots for a jolly good sssplash up . ’ |
| 42 | I am something else . |
| 43 | I am one man 's meat I am nobody 's fool I refuse to make fish of the |
| 44 | I am entitled to my children 's respect simply because I am their father/mother . |
| 45 | I only hope that when I am their age I will act a little better . |
| 46 | In his characteristic phrase , " I am their leader , I must follow them " — but he determined to follow them from the front . |
| 47 | That is like the motto of the famous French revolutionary leader who said , ’ I am their leader ; I must follow them . ’ |
| 48 | Or rather I am myself , my new self . |
| 49 | We need a man , a strong man , now ; for I am myself old and must soon die . ’ |
| 50 | 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 . ’ |
| 51 | I am myself sceptical about whether the local democratic control espoused by the ‘ New Realists ’ would have the dramatic confidence-building effect claimed . |
| 52 | Nor do I mean people who are generally in favour of human happiness , welfare , dignity and rights , as indeed I am myself . |
| 53 | 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 ? ’ |
| 54 | But I am myself an agent ; there remains the question of how I make my own decisions . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | Then my ugly face and shabby coat harmonise perfectly with the surroundings and I am myself . ’ |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | ‘ I am myself , after all — no matter what I am wearing . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | As D. H. Lawrence asked indignantly : " … who can represent me ? — I am myself . |