Example sentences of "i am [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then my ugly face and shabby coat harmonise perfectly with the surroundings and I am myself . ’ |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | ‘ I am myself , after all — no matter what I am wearing . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | As D. H. Lawrence asked indignantly : " … who can represent me ? — I am myself . |
| 36 | ‘ My mother died at the age I am myself and I never thought I 'd be older than her . |
| 37 | I am myself now quite certain that Hywel knows about Elizabeth and the doctor . |
| 38 | " You wo n't die , Philip , " I am myself again now . |
| 39 | Now I am myself again I can get on with Lover at the Gate . |
| 40 | I am myself , damn you ! |
| 41 | Externally conformist and controlled , her journal functions as the confidant she never had : ‘ My head feels empty and I am nothing particular . |
| 42 | So often , in all this , I have felt that I am nothing . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | 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 . ’ |
| 45 | ‘ I am nothing without this little flat . |
| 46 | ‘ I am nothing . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ I am a member of the Kha-Khan 's court , and without his favour I am nothing . ’ |
| 48 | Lucien watched her go , thinking , ‘ Oh , Paradouze , I am nothing , a puny scrap . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | ‘ I am nothing of the sort ! |
| 52 | Without you I am nothing . ’ |
| 53 | As soon as they find out who I am they shy off . |
| 54 | I am her niece , and there is the question of a small sum of money . |
| 55 | ‘ I am her dresser . |
| 56 | I am her current beau . ’ |
| 57 | I am her stepbrother . |
| 58 | After all , I am her papa . |
| 59 | I am her brother from the wood , but until she gets older , that 's all I am . |
| 60 | I am her pupil , but I can not read what I have written , because the lights have just gone out and the glow of the electric fire has dwindled to nothingness . |