Example sentences of "i be [prep] some " in BNC.

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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 I am in some pain . ’
4 I am in some pain . ’
5 So there I am in some terra incognita by the name of Stoke Newington , which Stuart assures me is the next district where house prices are due to display tumescence , but where for the moment there dwelleth men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders .
6 Perhaps it stems from a sensation that I am in some way making a prediction of awful catastrophe , and not just telling a story .
7 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 .
8 ‘ 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 ! ’
9 Now it so happens that I am in some small way , relatively well qualified to stand here in Lynda 's place .
10 Could I be of some assistance ?
11 ‘ Why ca n't I be like some of them girls ! ’
12 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 .
13 I 'm like some kind of hearse .
14 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 .
15 I 'm in some ways surprised the non-political groups want to affiliate with with the party .
16 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 .
17 ‘ I 'm glad I was of some use to you , ’ she said , unable to keep an edge of tartness from her voice .
18 Maybe I was on some damp lichen .
19 In other words , I was to some extent leading the British public astray .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 And even if I was in some way trying to do this , I certainly did n't succeed .
25 When I woke up I was in some back alley .
26 I was in some kind of trance .
27 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 .
28 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 .
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