Example sentences of "[subord] 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 | ‘ So I am your Emperor here , it seems . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | If I am his soul , and there were soul-loss or soul-death , would that stop him ? |
| 6 | That 's more like it , " with a rich air of satisfaction , as if I were her masterwork " No , do n't take it off just yet " It brightens the room . " |
| 7 | I would if I were my old healthy self . |
| 8 | If I were my patient , she asked herself , would I prescribe myself a tranquillizer ? |
| 9 | As I said , you must speak to me as if I were my father . |
| 10 | You 'd do the same to me if I were your wife . " |
| 11 | ‘ If I were your tailor , so would I , but I would n't tell anyone . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If I were your woman , God forbid that I should ever be so cursed , I 'd cut all my hair off ! ’ she hissed back through gritted teeth , devastatingly aware of the effect his nearness was having on her traitorous body . |
| 13 | I acknowledge that Fish 's enterprise in [ his book ] Is There a Text in this Class ? , unlike Joyce 's in Finnegans Wake , makes it so unlikely that he intended to call the word ‘ pleasurably' an ‘ adverb' that I 'd feel bound — if I were his executor and he dead — to change it . |
| 14 | He brought me flowers , took me out to dinner and the theatre , and was generally attentive to me , as if I were his mistress and not an old married woman . |
| 15 | I began to understand how , if I were his wife , this good , religious man could soon kill me , without feeling any guilt at all . |
| 16 | I mean if I were his dad … |
| 17 | They told me Mrs Asmoyah was ‘ critical ’ — hospitals are only generous with the truth when it 's bad — and if I was her husband , father , mother or sole blood relative , I could visit her any time , but preferably after 7.0 a.m . |
| 18 | Long , black , fat-bellied and red-eyed , the bastards watched me hungrily as if I was their next meal . |
| 19 | The desire to be everything for somebody , the yearning for ultimate closeness , reached its lunatic peak in the sublime schizophrenia of ‘ If I Was Your Girlfriend ’ ; ‘ if I was your one and only friend would U run to me if somebody hurt U even if that somebody was me ? ’ |
| 20 | The desire to be everything for somebody , the yearning for ultimate closeness , reached its lunatic peak in the sublime schizophrenia of ‘ If I Was Your Girlfriend ’ ; ‘ if I was your one and only friend would U run to me if somebody hurt U even if that somebody was me ? ’ |
| 21 | With ‘ If I Was Your Girlfriend ’ he created another identity for himself ( ‘ Camille ’ ) by subjecting his vocal to studio wizardry that tweaked it up to an androgynous 55 rpm . |
| 22 | I felt as if I was your mother and you were my child . |
| 23 | ‘ If I was your dad I 'd fancy anyone — hic — rather than you , ’ said Martins . |
| 24 | Yeah but she does it like she said though I mean if I was your mum , I said to her if I was , I would just give it to her . |
| 25 | You 'll have to go into the branch , but what , if I was your manager , I 'd say well what we 'll do , is keep on working and training , until it 's alright |
| 26 | But immediately monitoring is coming into play here , if I was your manager , but the computer will do this by the way , but your manager will spot that and say , have you made those fifty calls . |
| 27 | ‘ If I was his manager I would offer Lewis $8m for the fight . |
| 28 | ‘ If I was his manager I would offer Lewis $8m for the fight . |
| 29 | But seriously , I know what I 'd do if I was HIS manager , and the sooner that the authorities wake up to the fact that THERE IS a leeds united discussion list , a bit of a to-do if you ask me , the better it will be for the game … |
| 30 | Well if I was his manager , what would I be working on ? |