Example sentences of "i be [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But I must say I am at some loss as to why you should be so concerned with these most trivial of errors . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I am to some extent on home ground there , ’ she said , reluctantly and not looking at him . |
| 3 | Perhaps it stems from a sensation that I am in some way making a prediction of awful catastrophe , and not just telling a story . |
| 4 | I will pass in silence over my feelings for you , for they can mean little to you at present ( though I am in some doubt as to when ‘ at present ’ is ) , though I assure you that what briefly flowered between us one morning is a blossom that will not perish , however many mornings remain . |
| 5 | I am in some pain . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I am in some pain . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Mr Beckenham , since I am in some sort indebted to you , I will , if you please , refrain from making you any answer , for I can not take it upon myself to do so without speaking to you in a manner which must sound both insolent and ungrateful ! ’ |
| 8 | Could I be of some assistance ? |
| 9 | I 'm against some sorts of professionalization , but it would be silly to think that the university should have nothing to do with any profession . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm like some kind of hearse . |
| 11 | Scrawls I might enjoy , on their own , but unfortunately they are not just mere scuttles — oh , no , it seems I 'm in some kind of a scuttle-free universe — these scuttles spell something . |
| 12 | Erm I 'm in I 'm in some difficulty because this is this is a matter that 's arisen since the original matters er matters for discussion were drawn up so I 'm not able to give you the formal views of the council in that respect . |
| 13 | I 'm in some ways surprised the non-political groups want to affiliate with with the party . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm glad I was of some use to you , ’ she said , unable to keep an edge of tartness from her voice . |
| 15 | In other words , I was to some extent leading the British public astray . |
| 16 | Eric , who was going through a religious phase at the time which I suppose I was to some extent copying , thought this was a terrible thing to say ; God was n't like that . |
| 17 | In fact , I was for some time of the opinion that this huge challenge ahead of us could not be surmounted without my bringing in additional staff from outside . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I always gave my husband the benefit of the doubt and ‘ buried ’ his brutality because I was so ashamed and felt that I was in some way to blame . |
| 20 | And even if I was in some way trying to do this , I certainly did n't succeed . |
| 21 | I was in some kind of trance . |
| 22 | In the gloom I felt I was in some kind of an enclosure and told the rear gunner to get out and find out where we were . |
| 23 | When I woke up I was in some back alley . |
| 24 | I was in some doubt as to whether the Corporal had stumbled upon us accidentally on his way out of the town or if he 'd been deliberately tasked . |