Example sentences of "[be] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So nearly — it could have been me too . ) |
| 2 | If it had been me there as a kid , I 'd have wrapped my arms around him and smothered him , that 's how strong the emotion was . |
| 3 | Ah these are them anyway , cos them er curtains that were up there for ages were a right mess |
| 4 | Where are them then ? |
| 5 | what are them like ? banns banns |
| 6 | These are them there . |
| 7 | Books are me most prized possessions , ye ken . |
| 8 | Am I even a little bit — beautiful , or are you just saying it to make me open up ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why am I here at all ? |
| 10 | I am not a scrounging pain in the arse , just your average pissed-off ‘ what the bloody hell am I here for ? ’ soldier . |
| 11 | Why am I here if he ca n't do it ? |
| 12 | Why the fuck am I here , Marcus ? |
| 13 | Then watch a British woman shuffling self-consciously along the same promenade and you see ‘ Christ , why the hell am I here ? ’ agonising embarrassment . |
| 14 | ‘ Why am I here ? |
| 15 | Why am I here ? was his next thought . |
| 16 | Not just job address past history — get into the habit of thinking Why am I here ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why am I here , Bernadette ? ’ |
| 18 | Right , erm the purpose of me being here , why am I here you may ask . |
| 19 | Until you realise , , God am I here ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why am I here ? ’ |
| 21 | And why , thought Adam , sleepless and sore in his damp cloak under the trees , why am I here to fret at it still ? |
| 22 | ‘ AM ’ , ‘ ARE ’ , ‘ WAS ’ , ‘ WERE ’ Weak forms : ‘ Why am I here ? ’ ( before consonants ) ‘ Here are the plates ’ ( before vowels ) ‘ The coats are in there ’ ‘ He was here a minute ago ’ ( before consonants ) ‘ The papers were late ’ ( before vowels ) ‘ The questions were easy ’ In final position : , , , ‘ She 's not as old as I am ’ ‘ I know the Smiths are ’ ‘ The last record was ’ ‘ They were n't as cold as we were ’ |
| 23 | What am I here for ? |
| 24 | What am I most likely to get out of this if I do it ? |
| 25 | Am I simply a lesbian ? |
| 26 | Am I being defiant , Anna thought now , pushing her metal cage of bottles down the aisle towards her allotted shelves , am I simply cocking a snook at Peter ? |
| 27 | Or am I simply what they expect me to be ? |
| 28 | ‘ Am I simply a substitute for Jeanne ? ’ |
| 29 | Am I simply the latest victim in a long line ? ’ |
| 30 | How that 's done I do n't know how do we reach these people there 's a broad sheet that goes to the school 's am I right Jan ? |