Example sentences of "[subord] i be [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | what 's going on at the moment and where I am with it |
| 2 | Once a Met Officer remarked cheerfully to me ( from the warmth and light of the office ) , that the rats were much more frightened of me than I was of them , but I noticed that he did n't take me up on my suggestion that he should come out with me and see for himself . |
| 3 | There was no danger … he was more frightened of me than I was of him … but that 's not the point … if it had been an old lady … he coulde have given her a heart attack … |
| 4 | You 'd go in and see him and he 's sitting down , so I 'd stay stood up , so I 'm above him and that gives me a psychological advantage straight away , does n't it ? |
| 5 | If I am with you all the time , I may persuade you to stay , against your better judgement . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course , if I were with you , Nancy would have us all over to dinner . ’ |
| 7 | A post in Italy , the nature of which I never fully learnt , save that it would be of sufficient importance to take me out of uniform if I were in it , fell through with Italy 's declaration of war . |
| 8 | so he said I said I do n't have to tell you where I were last night David , I were out , so I said even if I were in it 's none of your concern I said what I do in my private time is up to me , he said well why was n't you there ? |
| 9 | I du n no , whenever I 'm with her though I 'm always with you as well , like if I was with her right on her own |
| 10 | ‘ Not if I 'm with ye . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Who cares , if I 'm with you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't even know if I 'm against it . |
| 13 | That 's what the game 's been about , you know , distracting the governor until I was beyond him . |
| 14 | Marriage is a business , and after the bed business is over you 've often got twenty-three hours in the day to live with your partner ; especially , that is , if you 're working together like I was with him . |
| 15 | Not unless I 'm on me bi on my bike , and I doubt if they 'd measure me . |
| 16 | I do n't say because I 'm in it , it 's just a wonderful play . |
| 17 | I 'm fit to be Prime Minister because I truly represent the people of this country — their hopes for economic success and social justice , and their aspirations , because I 'm from them . |
| 18 | Because I was aboard her . |
| 19 | While I am about it , I had better apologise on behalf of a contributor , who was castigated by post for not looking up the meaning of a phrase that was , to him , mysterious . |
| 20 | While I am near her , |
| 21 | Now , sweetie , get me a bit of newspaper from the box , and dump all the silver on it , and while I 'm at it , you might get the vase and candlestick from the sitting room , and I 'll do your trophy if you like . ’ |
| 22 | Oh while I 'm at it , might as well dish out the agendas as well since we 've already started . |
| 23 | Send it back immediately , or I 'll take it back for you — and punch his impertinent face in while I 'm at it ! ’ |
| 24 | And I suppose I better get er Carl 's birthday card while I 'm at it . |
| 25 | Do you want me go hire a video camera while I 'm at it ? |
| 26 | By the way Tom while I 'm on it erm I mislead you yesterday erm I look in my list I realized I |
| 27 | ‘ Put mine there too , ’ she said , ‘ and while I 'm about it , anyone who would like to join our Amateur Dramatics Group is very welcome . |
| 28 | ‘ Right , and I 'll take a shufti round the wood while I 'm about it . |
| 29 | Those questions seem to me to be inexorably leading to ‘ And while I 'm about it , why do n't you clean your fingernails and wash your hair ? ’ |
| 30 | What the hell , though , while I 'm about it — the whole truth . |