Example sentences of "[conj] i be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too late in the day because all the hotels are full and I end up tramping round in the dark , lugging my pack and money ( cash , a great wad of hard currency ) , nervous of the hatchet-faced youths who watch me meandering round , concentrating so intently on making it look as though I know exactly where I 'm heading that I soon have no idea where I am on the mapless streets of Algiers . |
| 2 | I stayed right where I was on the floor telling myself I 'd be fine in just a few minutes . |
| 3 | That was very early on in my filming if anyone had asked me I would have said ‘ I 'm always on the move , you know I never sit down in a lesson , and I do n't sit down but where I was on the move was in a very limited space so just having the camera at the back on that table , just having it still showed me so much about what was going on in the room and how you use the time … |
| 4 | I suppose I could have joined in except I was on the second tier of the other stand . |
| 5 | Here I must admit that I am on shaky ground . |
| 6 | Thus my impulse to assist the injured animal may be overridden by my reminding myself that I am on my way to get married and am already late . |
| 7 | Besides , I want to protect the remains of my privacy ; I do n't want to appear cold-hearted or stubborn ; but I know that when I try to make my life give me its answers to how I have come to my current concerns , I ca n't do it without feeling that I am on the edge of a dangerous fiction of self-description . |
| 8 | I admit that I was not on the Committee and that I am on a steeply rising part of the learning curve , but I shall reach the asymptote fairly soon . |
| 9 | Because I 'll have you know that I 'm on strike . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a great comfort to me , knowing that I 'm on the end of a phone , should either of my children be taken ill , ’ says Elaine , 34 , a part-time marketing consultant and mother of two girls under four . |
| 11 | I do n't think that I 'm on my own . |
| 12 | After a moment , Samantha notices that I 'm on my own , smiles , and beckons me over . |
| 13 | Anyway , I learn quickly ; it showed me that I 'm on my own — my dear parents , bless them , are simply too pure and innocent to see what is so obvious to me . |
| 14 | Go and signal to them that I 'm on my way . ’ |
| 15 | I must admit at this juncture that I 'm on Graham Taylor 's side on this one . |
| 16 | That 's why I 'm so thankful that I 'm on the reading and that I like sewing , I like walking and I 've made some very nice friends within easy walking distance , I can go out and have a coffee with them , because I , while I 'm recovering from the agony 's of from the finance |
| 17 | Paul was invited to give a series of public lectures at the school , and word got around that I was on the verge of retirement and Paul would be happy to take my place . |
| 18 | The excitement of the adventure started to dissipate and I was left with the cold reality of knowing that I was on a train with hardly any money , no ticket and nowhere to go . |
| 19 | At this airport the pottery was the same , but it was placed so high up the wall that I was on tiptoe and firing upwards . |
| 20 | ‘ Anders has achieved so many of his goals this year that I was on Jamie 's side . |
| 21 | He was obviously satisfied that I was on the level and reserved two birds on the spot , £35 each . |
| 22 | I believe her , I trust her and I was not bewitched by her green eyes , owing to the fact that I was on duty at the time . ’ |
| 23 | I never doubted that I was on a road that led somewhere . |
| 24 | She 'd been trying to prove that I was on drugs since I was fourteen . |
| 25 | I was very unhappy , because I saw then that I was on an island . |
| 26 | When I pushed open a door leading to a better-lit corridor , I realized that I was on an upper level of the main administrative building of the spaceport . |
| 27 | I got down on my knees behind the animal with the feeling that I was on my own . |
| 28 | The only reason I came in here was that I was on my way into town when your boys called and they said it would be quicker if I came in to see you . |
| 29 | The devil of it was the vehicle was a left-hand drive , so that I was on the side that would go over the edge first . |
| 30 | These were er built in between the th that long period that I was on the council . |