Example sentences of "'m [adv] an " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 I think in the office they think I 'm rather an idiot .
2 I 'm only an ordinary runner . ’
3 I 'm only an 'omeless girl out of an orphanage ; you 're the clever one .
4 ‘ Now , what I have to say , and remember , I 'm only an agent , I do n't speak for myself , is that this young man has great expectations . ’
5 Of course I 'm only an ignorant peasant and I do n't understand these things . ’
6 I 'm only an underling . ’
7 I 'm merely an administrator , an organizer .
8 I 'm just an old bitch .
9 Once I put the apron on ( which sports a large portrait of Malcolm X ) I 'm just an ordinary tea man . ’
10 ‘ I 'm just an ignorant muso .
11 ‘ I 'm just an old silly , George .
12 Even though I 'm just an old has-been who 's lost his only love .
13 I 'm just an old man , sitting in a chair .
14 I think that I 'm just an ordinary I hope I am anyway .
15 pseudo-democracy — eg. a superior , senior member on a committee asserting ‘ I 'm just an ordinary member ’ .
16 I 'm just an average sort of girl , like most others in my time .
17 I 'm just an old man who does n't like the new world . ’
18 ‘ You think I 'm just an old man who does n't want to see new shops and houses .
19 ‘ I 'm just an historian .
20 I 've thought about it but we are so different , with you being a thief and I 'm just an ordinary woman . ’
21 ‘ I 'm still an embryo with a long , long way to grow until I make my brother understand … ’ — Helen Reddy 's ‘ I Am Woman ’
22 ‘ I 'm still an amateur , of course , but I became rugby 's first millionaire five years ago ! ’ — DAVID CAMPESE ( Australian wing ) .
23 I 'm also an alternative therapist and I do find that this is one of the major problems , that ninety percent of my patients who come to me suffer from stress and depression , and really what has happened in a lot of cases is that they have been put on valium and drugs , they find the side effects are horrific !
24 Er as I said on , on Thursday night , that it saddens me about , that I 'm also an ex-patient of .
25 ‘ I 'm also an only child and my mother , who 's very English , also went home to her own folk after my father died in South Africa . ’
26 I merely meant that I love you too much to refuse you anything — only I 'm probably an idiot to admit it ! ’
27 I 'm quite an artistic person ; in retrospect , I think perhaps I should have risen to the challenge and maybe applied to do a language , because I really enjoy literature and languages in my spare time .
28 I 'm quite an independent person , but I was quite insecure , I needed someone to say this is good , this is bad , and because he was doing that it gave me the determination I needed .
29 I 've found as a music teacher the best classroom situation … is where I 'm completely an onlooker ; having given them the stimulus , they 've done all the build-up , they 've done the preparation , they 've got the task .
30 And while I 'm not his hugest fan , I 'm certainly an admirer and this storming , bleeping , lost-in-house noise has plenty to admire about it .
  Next page