Example sentences of "i be of [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Wordsworth confessed in a letter of 1794 that " I am of that odious class of men called democrats " , what he was indicating was not so much that he was a supporter of a wider parliamentary franchise as that he was on the side of the people and that he was a social and political egalitarian , though not necessarily also an economic one : " … my heart was all/Given to the people , and my love was theirs " , recalled the poet in The Prelude ( 1805 , Book IX , II . |
| 2 | My wife is travelling without a maid or nurse and I am of little use in a sickroom . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am as sure of it as I am of this water . ’ |
| 4 | Almost as frightened as I am of this gang . ’ |
| 5 | Could I be of some assistance ? |
| 6 | Yes , Mrs Jones , we have a room booked for you on the thirtieth of July — can I be of any assistance to you ? |
| 7 | I 'm of more use to him , if I carry his letters faithfully , than all the statutes and limitations and restrictions they 've clapped on the Welsh trade . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm glad I was of some use to you , ’ she said , unable to keep an edge of tartness from her voice . |