Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dixie and I are dressed up for the Island . |
| 2 | ‘ I will be absolutely gutted if I am ruled out of the derby . |
| 3 | ‘ I have not eaten and I am in rags and all I ask is a share of your fire before I am turned out into the cold night again … |
| 4 | I am cut off at the waist for ever . |
| 5 | Unfortunately I am tied up for the next month or so with filming commitments , but I hope we can arrange some time in July . |
| 6 | By nightfall I am fed up with the search and determined to leave tomorrow for at least one day on Drangajökull . |
| 7 | I 'm sure you 've heard it thousands of times before but I am fed up with the way I look . |
| 8 | I am fed up with the power of the normally aspirated diesel engine in my ‘ 84 Ninety . |
| 9 | I AM fed up with the media blasting Kenya 's tourist industry . |
| 10 | However , my corresponding Ego fantasy is of losing my wits to such an extent that I am unable to work ; I am living in a filthy bedsit and the floor is strewn with pieces of paper that I am unable to make sense of , final demands which have not been paid , dirty clothes , plants which have fallen over , unwashed plates and mugs — and I am curled up in a foetal ball , wishing the world would go away ! |
| 11 | I am curled up in the armchair , flicking through a book . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I am 24 now and I am signed up for the next five years . |
| 13 | till I am smothered back into the stone |
| 14 | ‘ The plain fact is , ’ Niki noted , ‘ that I am caught up in an insane series of setbacks which are oppressive in their consistency and which seem to … prey on my mind . |
| 15 | The directive is based on minimum standards — but I am caught out by the time , Madam Deputy Speaker . |
| 16 | ‘ Can I be dropped off at the airport ? ’ she was glad to ask as the signs came up . |
| 17 | I 'm turned on by the thought of making love to women . |
| 18 | I 'm turned out of the house where I was born whether I want to go or no , the house and the business are handed over to … to that woman , and I have to share what is left in a joint legacy with Francis ! ’ |
| 19 | Many times I 'm called up by a local doctor and asked to do what is called a DV — a domiciliary visit to assess the mental state of an individual . |
| 20 | It is also quick enough to get me somewhere in a hurry if I 'm called out on an emergency . |
| 21 | I 'm called back by a member of the Guardia Nacional . |
| 22 | 2 A habitual collocation of two or more words whose combined meaning is not deducible from a knowledge of its component parts and of their grammatical relations to each other : He 's a real pain in the neck , and I 'm fed up to the teeth with the mess he 's landed us in . |
| 23 | I live in a one-bedroomed flat with very little cupboard space and I 'm fed up with the piles of clothes and shoes I trip over all the time . |
| 24 | I left home when I was 16 , I 've travelled the world and I 'm fed up with the fun side of life . |
| 25 | ‘ Sorry , I 'm tied up for the next couple of months with long-haul business trips , ’ Ashley interrupted . |
| 26 | I 'm tied up at the hospital the weekend after . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm tied up at the hospital for a while each day , but we could be together most of the time . |
| 28 | This is unbelievable , I thought , I 'm locked out of the country where I live , and they worry about litter . |
| 29 | I 'm bowled over by the logic and impressed with the religious zeal . ’ |
| 30 | Look , sergeant , when I 'm driving a four-wheeler , I 'm perched up at the front . |