Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Keegan is still making up his mind on players some of them are already in the shop window . |
| 2 | How many of them are away from the river and its terraces ? |
| 3 | Probably had I been there at the point of commissioning I would not have chosen that story . |
| 4 | This makes a quirky sense to me but Mikio and I are definitely in the minority here . |
| 5 | Now this Act will bind six thousand of us — I am not speaking in my own interest , I am well past the age — but this Act will empty the glens of the young active men — and how can they marry if they are in barracks and camps in England , or in France if you send them there — you say you will not … |
| 6 | He warned Yousefi he had a prison sentence in mind and added : ‘ I am also considering the appropriateness of a recommendation that you should be deported from this country because of your activities . ’ |
| 7 | I am also from the provinces — I am glad to say that I am not a Londoner , but come from Wessex . |
| 8 | I am a good citizen , a nice person ; I am just at the moment in the grip of a sexual passion , in the throes of love ; I am alive : I who have been so nearly dead for decades , which is why I am currently neglecting them , just a little . |
| 9 | " I am here for the by-election , Mrs Adeane . |
| 10 | I am here for the truth ! ’ |
| 11 | Manson 's hand-picked ‘ death squad ’ for this murderous mission was made up of Susan Atkins , Patricia Krenwinkiel , Linda Kasabian ( who would later turn witness for the prosecution at the controversial trial that followed ) and Tex Watson who , when asked by a terrified Frykowski who he was , calmly replied , ‘ I am the devil , and I am here on the devil 's business . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But I am here on the orders of Sir John Cranston , coroner of the city . |
| 13 | ‘ I am here on the Lord Cardinal 's express orders , ’ Benjamin repeated . |
| 14 | I am here at the request of the English court and they , like Philip IV , are interested in any information we can send . ’ |
| 15 | I am here at the gate alone … ‘ |
| 16 | In doing so I am rather like the doctor by the patient 's bedside , who knows ; although of course he does not tell the patient — that the outcome of the disease will depend upon something in the constitution of that patient which he can not control nor further influence and which he can not even ascertain , except by the event . |
| 17 | I am blatantly against the use of monkey climbers because small movements can be undetected which in turn could lead to deep hooked pike . |
| 18 | A local man offers to ferry me across the fjord and I am soon on the way to Holt . |
| 19 | I hasten to add that I would not lightly disagree with the findings of the Committee , but I am firmly of the view that the developments to which I shall later refer — interconnection , increased fuel diversity , competition within the system , downward pressure on cost , environmental benefits and energy efficiency — are all a direct result of our proposals to restructure the electricity industry and change the conditions under which it operates . |
| 20 | I am firmly of the belief that most people in this world achieve only a fraction of what they are capable . |
| 21 | ‘ I am not in the way of trafficking with Humans , but I know of the Gruagach , ’ said the Robemaker , standing very still . |
| 22 | ‘ I am not in the mood to play games , ’ she said with false bravado . |
| 23 | ‘ I am not in the groove at all , ’ he muttered . |
| 24 | Take Ian Woosnam , who , if I turn my notebook back a week , I find saying such things as : ‘ I am not in the groove at all . |
| 25 | ‘ I am not in the habit of holding discussions with half-naked men , ’ she said coldly . |
| 26 | ‘ I am not in the counsels of bishops and archbishops . |
| 27 | When I am not in the room with it , he wrote , it no longer exists . |
| 28 | ‘ Lord above , Mr Aycliffe , I am not in the market for a husband , you know ! |
| 29 | I am not in the business of arguing with either . |
| 30 | Boss Denis Smith , after Saturday 's 3–0 win over BIRMINGHAM , said : ‘ I am not in the business of selling my best players . ’ |