Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The awkward ones for me are when they start throwing stuff like er
2 You know , I do n't know she is she 's she 's a real nice that 's wh well all all them are but you know
3 it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time .
4 Yes I am 'cause I want some .
5 Monsieur thinks I am but I know Madame Duvalle does n't agree .
6 I mean I am but I mean I like fish er
7 Elizabeth Hick , 63 : ‘ I can never remember how old I am but I 've just learnt to swim and that 's made me feel younger . ’
8 I still ca n't read him ; I 'm not able to tell whether he thinks this is likely or not , whether he thinks this is evidence I 'm not his man or he still thinks I am but I had help .
9 I said if you said to me , Geoff , I want all the overtime I can get I can get the overtime I 'll go round and I 'll try and or if you say to me well I do n't want the overtime , I 'm quite happy with a flat week then I 'll know what I am but I said you change from day to day , one day you wann it , another day you do n't !
10 Well I am but I have n't got anything in have I ?
11 Yes I am but I do n't being as far away as I am
12 In fact the more I look at her the more convinced I am that she resembles one of the Yorkies .
13 But first I want to say how sorry I am that I had to send Dawn to you instead of coming myself as I promised .
14 Oh , how glad I am that I did n't die .
15 May I start by saying how pleased I am that you have recognised Michael Buerk , Alistair Cooke and the Today programme team .
16 ‘ Have n't I shown you how delighted I am that you did ?
17 But I am because we dominated in so many respects — especially at the line-out — and had enough ball to have won .
18 He 's more likely to die than I am because he loves life , his mother tells me so .
19 ‘ He thinks the ministry is an affectation and a waste of time , and on the other hand he thinks priests should be very good , and he does n't think I am because he 's known me for so long , so he 's annoyed with me .
20 I ca n't even stay in a hotel because people find out where I am and they make life a bit of a pain .
21 I 'm happy where I am and I get called every couple of weeks which suits me . ’
22 Also the other men and women I represented when I became convenor they made me what I am and I thank them .
23 I am what I am and I represent the Queen through the Lieutenancy
24 But I know what I am and I do n't like it much .
25 The US Masters champion added : ‘ I always try to defend a title but I have sweated my guts out in America this year to get where I am and I feel I am entitled to play .
26 I am if they put houses up there yes .
27 ‘ You would be a braver man than I am if you went into our dressing room and told the players that was how you thought of them , ’ said Robertson , rebuking the journalist who ventured the opinion that any squad minus nine of its original complement was necessarily sub-standard .
28 ‘ Well , Miss Abbott , you know where I am if you need me .
29 " But then , what else could I be when I look like a scarecrow and smell like a fox ? "
30 History of searching for a role ( ‘ What will I be when I grow up ? ’ ) .
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