Example sentences of "am i [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm not sentimental , and nor am I flattered by having my photo in a newspaper , but my mother likes that sort of thing , so I 'm sending one to her in England , ’ she snapped , and hesitated perceptibly before continuing . |
| 2 | ‘ Neither , ’ he continued in the same gentle tone of voice , ‘ am I prepared to be cast as some Viking lover straight out of a Hollywood film , rampaging and raping so that you can put the full responsibilities of your actions on me . |
| 3 | ‘ Am I shocked by this decision ? |
| 4 | ‘ Nor am I charged with any crime under French civil law . ’ |
| 5 | Am I invited to lunch ? ’ |
| 6 | Nor am I troubled by the suggestion put forward by both Mr. Beloff and Mr. Philipson that a conclusion in favour of the Bank of England on this point will introduce an element of doubt into an area where certainty is important , since authorised institutions will be familiar with the Act , and will have no difficulty in recognising a section 39 notice as an exception . |
| 7 | Why am I served by incompetents who can only advise surrender ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And what am I born to be ? ’ |
| 9 | First , though , whose kitchen table am I propped against with such enervating thoughts ? |
| 10 | Am I forgiven for last night ? ’ |
| 11 | Am I covered for partial disability , such as permanently reduced vision ? |
| 12 | Why am I moved by such simple things ? |
| 13 | Then a fortnight ago I had a cataract removed , but there must have been more to it than that , because not only am I startled by the brightness of things , but the vision in that eye is practically perfect , so I am not wearing glasses most of the time , though for faint or small print ( not piano music : hooray ) I shall have to get some more specs . |
| 14 | ‘ Or , ’ she added with deliberate coquetry , ‘ am I mistaken in assuming that the light-fingered Lotta is no longer a part of your — er — personal life ? ’ |
| 15 | Nor am I impressed by the floodgates argument — it is said that the Divisional Court would be overwhelmed by applications to review visitors ' decisions . |
| 16 | Am I judged to be a member of the human race , or classified as some lesser species ? ’ |
| 17 | The rest is history , but one which records her pivotal work with the Ordinary Life initiative more than ten years ago , from which so much else has flowed ; working with Maureen Oswin on bereavement which culminated two years ago in the latter 's Am I Allowed to Cry ? , helping to get the Campaign for Mentally Handicapped People ( now Values into Action ) off the ground ; respite care ; and the initiative to get children out of long-stay hospitals . |
| 18 | Am I finished with now ? |
| 19 | Why am I bothered about inheritance tax . |
| 20 | Am I meant to be the centre of all this ? ’ |
| 21 | What am I entitled to following a major change ? |
| 22 | Now while we 're on this point about what exactly am I entitled to , erm we ought to say a word about credit notes cos there are a lot of shops who say well erm you know it is it is n't company policy to , it is n't our policy to offer refunds , but we 're quite happy to offer you a credit note . |
| 23 | Nor am I convinced by Marnham 's defence of Simenon against the charge of anti-Semitism — that he was simply ‘ politically inexperienced and intellectually naive ’ . |
| 24 | Am I committed to consistent communication about the way we handle our finances , giving , earning , spending and saving ? |
| 25 | This is the Mediterranean so why am I squeezed into this number ? |
| 26 | ‘ Am I exonerated from being a wimp ? ’ |