Example sentences of "[noun sg] and i be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 3 | When I was out on the street , I was into crime and I was in prison all the time . |
| 4 | Sad and profound chants are intoned in the wind and I am in the presence of a numberless and devout congregation . |
| 5 | She was doodling in the sand and I was on my tummy watching her . |
| 6 | Yeah , I did n't smoke for the first six months and then I finished work and I was at home |
| 7 | I need to introduce a different dimension and I am at a loss . |
| 8 | A quick chat and I 'm on my way , only to be stopped by a bare chockstone . |
| 9 | ‘ He was very much an East End boy and I was from the country , ’ explains Shrimpton . |
| 10 | Faldo , who took five at the next short hole , added : ‘ I was only 10ft from the flag and I was in a hole . |
| 11 | ‘ This may or may not be the case and I am in no position to establish this , since as you are aware you and Helen have exercised total control both financially and in all other respects without reference to myself or any other director . ’ |
| 12 | and er when I was going through the change and I 'm post menopause er and having terrible feelings , I 'd nowhere to go ! |
| 13 | So anyway I said , oh well get some change and I was on the point of sa I said to Margaret shall we jump in the ruddy car and we 'll get back . |
| 14 | There used to be an honour board and I was on it and so was Miss 's brother , er Ivor because er who whoever won the scholarship , you see , their name went on the honour |
| 15 | From right from the time office er I used to go into blacksmith shop to mash tea because that 's where we used to We used to be able to go and take the cam for the timekeeper and I was in the stores too , and er mash the tea in the forge They put the kettle on the forge you see ? |
| 16 | But it was n't when you when was in the kitchen and I was on my own . |
| 17 | When I saw the room , I immediately wanted to call the whole thing off , but the chap already had the cheque and I was on a hiding to nothing with my landlord so I would just have to put up with it . |
| 18 | Ahmed liked to be laughed at , but he was a peasant and Nour was , in his own estimation , a prince and I was of an English generation which would have felt free to laugh at the Grand Turk if it had been so inclined . |
| 19 | I 've been a life insurance salesman and I was in the deep freeze business for ages . |
| 20 | I do n't know when he goes , I have n't heard the story properly , cos I was upstairs and , er well Ron was half way upstairs and Eileen come on to the landing and I was in the bathroom , so I says I 'll come down , no she says you need n't bother cos we 're not staying we 've only just er come to see how you are |
| 21 | she was for the top of the hockey team and I were for the football |
| 22 | Yes I am at the moment , I , I 'm the highest earner at the moment and I 'm on the highest grade but I have n't been there the longest . |
| 23 | Swindon 's got a really northern feel as a town and I 'm from the north of England myself . |
| 24 | I 'm a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and er because I 'm by background an electronics engineer and I was at a meeting there where a chap was giving a talk on design express lifts you know at Northampton and the Chairman stood up and introduced doctor whoever he was sat down turned round to me in the second row and said could you give a vote of thanks at the end . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're the breeze and I 'm like the aspen tree , ’ she said . |
| 26 | ‘ It would be very nice if he was on one wing and I was on the other . ’ |
| 27 | Rosita and I are to be punished , stuck there with long faces , alongside our fellow wrong-doers , representations of swarthy people , black as tea taken without milk . |
| 28 | However , there was an entrance fee and I was beyond the stage of paying those so I decided to try and shelter somewhere else . |
| 29 | The wallpaper in the house is black from condensation and I am at the end of my tether . ’ |
| 30 | The sun penetrates the mist and I am in a world of dazzling light and the rain running down the beech trees is like a tide of green blood and fire , its waves and bubbles sparkling in the sunlight . |