Example sentences of "i be [conj] " in BNC.

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1 " If you want to be a good wife to me , and only the Lord knows how many times you 've said that 's what you want , you can stop asking questions and making deductions about where I been or what 's passed my lips , see ?
2 I bet I been and forgot what I come in here for now I 'm not really sure .
3 You and I are but two of them , yet every one counts .
4 ‘ Just shows you how much more important I am than them , does n't it ? ’ she laughed .
5 Yes I am 'cause I want some .
6 ‘ Dear lady , I am but an errand boy in the Foreign Service … ’
7 On the accession of Henry Tudor , the Shepherd Lord , as the young Clifford was known , was given back his lands and his faithful retainer knighted at his request ; ‘ I am but a simple man , Your Majesty , and I know not how I should be styled , ’ the good servant protested .
8 Let the worst happen , I am but as I was before : I shall eat as long as I can , and sleep when I am easy .
9 Tho' I highly respect Mrs. Leapor 's character from the account you give of it , yet as she was absolutely unknown to myself , and I am but little acquainted even with her writings , I am upon this account as well as many others , entirely unfit for such an undertaking as you propose .
10 ‘ You have made me great with your love , though I am but one among the many , drifting in the common tide , rocking in the fluctuant favour of the world .
11 I am but mad north-north-west .
12 I am but companion to the lady Anne . ’
13 ‘ Nay , my lady , I am but the offspring of a carpenter and a washerwoman , ’ Joan said bitterly , close to tears .
14 He says " I am but a signpost pointing the way " .
15 I feel as if I 'll die if I stay where I am but I 'm scared to get up and go somewhere else .
16 I still ca n't read him ; I 'm not able to tell whether he thinks this is likely or not , whether he thinks this is evidence I 'm not his man or he still thinks I am but I had help .
17 I am but one .
18 Monsieur thinks I am but I know Madame Duvalle does n't agree .
19 HAMLET : I am but mad north north-west ; when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw .
20 But remember , I am but the Prince 's hands . ’
21 I am but a poor clerk !
22 Yes I am but I do n't being as far away as I am
23 Erm so I 'm not quite sure how representative I am but er I think they do this every forty years or something and then they kind of analyse the sort of speech content , that sort of stuff .
24 My mum thinks I 'm having a great time , as I tell her that I am but it 's a lie , and it has n't got any better .
25 Elizabeth Hick , 63 : ‘ I can never remember how old I am but I 've just learnt to swim and that 's made me feel younger . ’
26 Well I am but I have n't got anything in have I ?
27 I mean I am but I mean I like fish er
28 I said if you said to me , Geoff , I want all the overtime I can get I can get the overtime I 'll go round and I 'll try and or if you say to me well I do n't want the overtime , I 'm quite happy with a flat week then I 'll know what I am but I said you change from day to day , one day you wann it , another day you do n't !
29 In respect of a fine workman I am but as you would say a cobb cobbler .
30 Trees sir , fine workman I am but as you would say a cobbler .
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