Example sentences of "[conj] i [be] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I long for my canvas and easel where I am my own master and the world is my own . ’ |
| 2 | I thought of Compton Mackenzie 's brave words at a Nomads ' Club dinner where I was his guest about the mystical experience of people loving their countrymen through loving their country and , by re-creating themselves , re-creating their nation . |
| 3 | Tolonen 's appointment as General would certainly help in that regard , but I must also show them that I am my own man , not merely my father 's shadow . |
| 4 | ‘ You have to remember , Dorothy , that I am your friend . |
| 5 | Stephanie , who on screen proved she was Queen Bitch , turned on Caulfield , sharpened her acting talons and told him , ‘ Not only am I going to prove in front of the camera that I am your mother , but I 'm also the person who will knock you into shape . ’ |
| 6 | Well may I forget that I am your servant when you forget what belongs to a master . |
| 7 | ‘ You seem to forget that I am your skivvy , Dr Neil , not a fine lady to be cosseted . ’ |
| 8 | It 's more that I 'm his son . |
| 9 | He said that you 'll say that I 'm his sister . |
| 10 | The self-analysis is disarmingly frank , ‘ Keith Fletcher and Geoff Arnold have both said that I 'm my own biggest enemy , that I do n't believe in myself . |
| 11 | I feel secure in the sense that I 'm my own sort of person and I feel loved by Lucy . |
| 12 | ‘ Valentine , you 're a real winner , ’ proclaimed the front of the card , followed with ‘ … and you 'll be pleased to know that I 'm your prize ! ’ as the message inside . |
| 13 | Fact one is that I 'm your half-brother 's fiancée . ’ |
| 14 | After the initial meeting , I felt that ‘ they ’ — that 's the advertising company , personified by Richard — felt that I was their man . |
| 15 | That I was her friend , not her enemy . |
| 16 | He and my mother had been together for at least ten years when I was born , and we think now that I was her hostage to fortune , the factor that might persuade him to get a divorce and marry her . |
| 17 | I understood that he was thanking me , and I tried to show him that I was his friend . |
| 18 | ’ When he told me this morning that I was his prisoner , not his … not anything else , he left two Gharrgoyles to guard me . |
| 19 | I admired him , I respected him and I was flattered that I was his friend . |
| 20 | But it was n't sex that really mattered to either of us ; he used to say that I was his insurance and consolation in old age . ’ |
| 21 | But then there was that newspaper review which mentioned that I was your wife , and Eleanor began to hear rumours about us getting back together again . |
| 22 | ‘ So I am your Emperor here , it seems . |
| 23 | ‘ The moment I got behind the wheel , he went on a binge , and he was in no shape to drive , so I was his chauffeur for three days , three days without sleep . |
| 24 | ‘ I am Signora Romagnoli , ’ Wilson said calmly , ‘ and I am your landlady who you called in the middle of the night to give you food and there it is . ’ |
| 25 | The waitress — ( God preserve you if she catches you calling her a waitress ) : ‘ Hi , my name is Peggy Sue and I am your server this morning . |
| 26 | " This is your heir , and I am your wife , " she said gratingly . |
| 27 | ‘ My name is Legion , and I am your new Managing Director . |
| 28 | is mine and I am his : |
| 29 | The King still rules here and I am his envoy . |
| 30 | And erm well I am the same status and I am his colleague and all this you know I can help you . |