Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] i [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never expect to be more moved by a man and a horse than I was by Winter and Mandarin this afternoon . |
| 2 | Anorexia provided me with the illusion that I was in control , not only of my body and my own status within the community , but of that community itself and , finally , of the biological processes which others around me were powerless to influence . |
| 3 | If it comes to light that I was in that house with Adam and the others , he thought with cold clarity , if someone tells the papers , or the police and thence the papers , that I was there during the summer of 1976 , living there , it will be all up with me . |
| 4 | And er I was unmarried at that time and erm I , for a number of , well till nineteen forty was the end of nineteen forty I think , I joined up and went into the , the R A O C as it was then , it became the the side that I was in of course . |
| 5 | ‘ But just between you and me and SHE magazine , her Majesty and I are like that , ‘ said Dame Edna , indicating a royal chumminess that went beyond mere Commonwealth ties . |
| 6 | ‘ where a police constable ( or a traffic warden ) in uniform ’ This point can be proved by starting the officer 's or the warden 's evidence by ‘ I am a police constable ( or traffic warden ) in such and such a police force and I was in uniform ’ . |
| 7 | When I was out on the street , I was into crime and I was in prison all the time . |
| 8 | Sad and profound chants are intoned in the wind and I am in the presence of a numberless and devout congregation . |
| 9 | Then I did get a break because I was at a party where there were lots of television producers who like to relax and let their hair down , fall out of windows and things like that . |
| 10 | I could n't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital . |
| 11 | For example , if the patient says ‘ I can not possibly measure my own blood glucose because I am at work all day ’ , the patient might be lost if the doctor were to insist . |
| 12 | I have not known such kindness since I am in Paris . ’ |
| 13 | And I suppose I better get er Carl 's birthday card while I 'm at it . |
| 14 | I fetch myself another gin while I 'm up and pour a bit in Mum 's tea while I 'm about it . |
| 15 | ‘ I just took a flyer when I was at Stiff , ’ says the gently-spoken rock demon through a head cold . |
| 16 | ‘ Only if you promise not to talk Man 's Talk when I 'm in the kitchen making gagging noises so that you think I 've got an Espresso machine , ’ said Sorrel , eyeing him suspiciously . |
| 17 | I ca n't ever recall even meeting a priest when I was at United , though there always seemed to be plenty of them around . |
| 18 | You all so easily forget these names now , oh I do n't remember it , but the other , oh I remember old , eh mate of , he was second in command when I was in India , and he , he , he was a right character , he was a right chara |
| 19 | I have always been particularly grateful to Fred for this generous and helpful boost when I was at the crossroads . |
| 20 | Danielle is a very happy and contented baby and I am a very happy and contented full time working mum — and as far as I 'm concerned that 's the best recommendation I can give to those of you who are in the same boat as I was of dreading re-entering the working world ! |
| 21 | ‘ Miss Hatherby says that she can write to the principal of her college when I 'm in the sixth form and see if they can give me a place , ’ Constance said casually when they were sitting on the lawn one afternoon . |
| 22 | ‘ Middlesbrough were a smashing club when I was with them between 1968–75 . |
| 23 | I am much more sympathetic to that proposal than I am to the opt-out proposal advanced by the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland ( Mr. Wallace ) . |
| 24 | I 'm happier at work than I am at home … |
| 25 | I have made it clear to the people who work there and to the management that I am against the encouragement of tobacco addiction and in favour of measures which will prevent the use of tobacco in public places . |
| 26 | Lest anybody should have got the idea from my August column that I was in some way in favour of four-year funding of students of architecture , let me set the record straight . |
| 27 | I glowed when they gave me their expert c , pinion that I was in most respects ‘ a normal young man ’ . |
| 28 | She was doodling in the sand and I was on my tummy watching her . |
| 29 | Yeah , I did n't smoke for the first six months and then I finished work and I was at home |
| 30 | I need to introduce a different dimension and I am at a loss . |