Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Who am I to complain ? |
| 62 | Who am I to complain ? |
| 63 | But no matter , and who am I to complain , certainly not to Jan , the lady of the maggots , who has been up since four and already whisked through acres of office carpet , scads of bins and oceans of scummy cups . |
| 64 | ‘ Impossible — but who am I to complain ? ’ |
| 65 | If she wants to continue our private battle , then who am I to stop her ? |
| 66 | ‘ I do not presume to make any claim , who am I to read such riddles ? |
| 67 | 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 ? |
| 68 | Jezrael shied from probing deeper , thinking , Who am I to question orders ? |
| 69 | ‘ Still , who am I to look gift work in the mouth , no matter where it comes from ? ’ |
| 70 | And who am I to criticize , he thought wryly to himself . |
| 71 | Our inspector declared her ‘ a fine aircraft ’ ( who were we to disagree with him ) and we applied for her ‘ permit to test fly ’ . |
| 72 | Who were you to stop him ? |
| 73 | Who 's it to do with ? |
| 74 | He had no idea what any of it was about but who was he to complain when he was being paid so well ? |
| 75 | Who was she to judge Alain ? |
| 76 | Anyway who was she to judge ? |
| 77 | If some local traveller wanted to sleep it off in the Rectory , who was she to say he should not . |
| 78 | And if her grandfather had agreed , who was she to say different ? |
| 79 | Who was she to censure him ? |
| 80 | and who was I to pick and choose ? |
| 81 | So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ ' |
| 82 | More than that , Ben , I think the world would lose something were you to neglect the gifts you have . ’ |
| 83 | Whereas pubs are different , they are out , they have to pay a lot of people and their rent and everything else and they are ours to make a profit . |
| 84 | They are yours to enjoy for the rest of your life , to give away , rent to friends , or to sell as you choose . |
| 85 | ‘ But they 're yours to keep , like I told you , ’ Mrs Smith said gently . |
| 86 | Personally I am not alarmed and , unless they are upset by their own extremists , it would not surprise me were they to remain in office for some time , during which they may do considerable good . |
| 87 | When Gibson and I left the office , Guy turned on me and bluntly told me the fate that would overtake me were I to steal one of his crews . |
| 88 | ‘ But in exercising discretion under article 13 ( a ) of the Convention , I have to balance my findings as to the interests of the children and the detriment which I am satisfied would befall them were I to order their return , against the fundamental purpose of the Convention which is to ensure as far as possible that children wrongfully removed from the place of their habitual residence are returned there as soon as possible … |
| 89 | ‘ in exercising discretion under article 13 ( a ) of the Convention , I have to balance my findings as to the interests of the children and the detriment which I am satisfied would befall them were I to order their return , against the fundamental purpose of the Convention which is to ensure as far as possible that children wrongfully removed from the place of their habitual residence are returned there as soon as possible , and the fact that the Australian court has already been seized with their welfare in the context of the divorce proceedings . |
| 90 | It 's me to draw . |