Example sentences of "[art] [noun] of i [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I tell you J E S U S , yes he 's the king of me he 's the king of the universe , the jungle and the sea .
2 On his daily visit to the laboratory to look at quality control tests on raw and processed materials , Graham added : ‘ Mills and sliphouses have never been the favourite areas of pottery factories — you either love or hate them — but for the likes of me they are a way of life . ’
3 I concede that it will do for judging in retrospect the spontaneity beyond the margins of my rationality , as when jumping like an instinctive animal for the side of the road , and for such primitive choices as the child 's refusal of another helping ; but I continue to insist that at the centre of me I differ from the child in having escaped being restricted to choice between spontaneous goals .
4 For the life of me I ca n't remember what courses I took — it was so boring .
5 To quieten her , to get away from the dark , lurking forest of the past , she said , ‘ I 'll get you a drink , though for the life of me I ca n't imagine why you are cold .
6 ‘ I want to know what is behind this first , ’ he snapped , ‘ because for the life of me I can not understand why a man in his position should want to take up with the likes of you .
7 ‘ If you intend me to infer that she was pregnant , then for the life of me I can see no reason why you do n't actually say so .
8 I remember that there was terrible screaming and that blows were delivered , but for the life of me I ca n't recall ever making sense of the basic problem .
9 She said , by the shape of me she wanted to ask me , but she did n't want to in case she offended me .
10 Erm I think that 's that worked quite well but there is a bit of I I suspect if I was to show a video every week there 's a reluctance th for people to want to pay me in a sense .
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