Example sentences of "[subord] i am [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of Chamberlain 's appointment he had written to his mother : ‘ I am pretty certain that I shall be left where I am which is what I wanted , for the only promotion I should care about would be the Exchequer itself which would never be given to a minister of only two years ' experience . |
| 2 | I long for my canvas and easel where I am my own master and the world is my own . ’ |
| 3 | 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | Nana 's better at the words than I am I forget them ! |
| 5 | ‘ So I am your Emperor here , it seems . |
| 6 | ‘ Or if I am I do n't feel it . |
| 7 | " I 'm not really selling anything , " she said hastily , " but if I am I 'll let you know . " |
| 8 | If I am his soul , and there were soul-loss or soul-death , would that stop him ? |
| 9 | How dare you lay claim to me , as if I am yours for the taking ? ’ |
| 10 | It 's going to be a long struggle getting established and until I am I do n't see how … ’ |
| 11 | Even the interview system is not an ideal one — once again you 're having to sell yourself — and if you 're a character actor like I am I can not show myself without being somebody else . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's because I am one , ’ I answered . |
| 13 | I am entitled to my children 's respect simply because I am their father/mother . |
| 14 | I mean he 's been known to do that because he you know what is going to happen with him commercially in his newspapers and he 's actually very clever and I mean none of us I mean okay and I think Peter might be the but I can get quite upset or intense or distressed or whatever the word is about that sort of stuff , because I am my background is journalism and I 'm quite pure about it , but we 're living in reality times here and the reality times is that he has got certain agendas . |
| 15 | I had seen it happen at close quarters because I am his caddie . |
| 16 | So you forgive me because I am your friend when I tell you it is perhaps — baby . |
| 17 | And then when they get bigger you give them more and more freedom to do just what they want to do and all you do is watch carefully and make sure they 're not doing anything obviously , outrageously daft but you let them find themselves and if there are problems they bring their problems to you and you sit down and you quietly talk about it , there 's not shouting , no I say you 've got to do this because I am your parent ! |
| 18 | Now you think that because I am I am forgiven and I preach forgiveness that I would be pretty good as up people , but that 's part of my human failure and I must admit that I 've given plenty of opportunity to practice at home and at work er the opportunity to forgive , but it does n't come easily and certainly it is n't a strong feature of the non-Christian world in which I work and which you will be working soon . |
| 19 | Because I am I am beginning to think maybe they could be be erm game feature of the . |
| 20 | I only hope that when I am their age I will act a little better . |
| 21 | no I 'm not no when I am I ca n't eat anything , if I was like that I just could n't bear to be even in the same room as anybody who 's eating , so no the urge of chocolate is possibly to do with fat |
| 22 | ‘ Am I to walk on to the stage at the Shield with it on my finger , and the whole audience thinking that I am a wife when I am none ? |
| 23 | PAMELA : I wo n't take the money , indeed , sir , poor as I am I wo n't . |
| 24 | So I said , you go and I said , do n't be as biased as I am I said do n't go there thinking oh there 's no way you know she 's I 'm better off with Sue and all that because I said you do n't know I said you |
| 25 | But if you 're married as long as I am you 'd hardly call it ‘ idyllic ’ . |
| 26 | Yeah , but you 're as tidy as I am you are ! |
| 27 | You know he is my enemy , just as I am his enemy , an enmity determined by our respective natures . |
| 28 | We need a man , a strong man , now ; for I am myself old and must soon die . ’ |