Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am also from the provinces — I am glad to say that I am not a Londoner , but come from Wessex . |
| 2 | ‘ But I am here on the orders of Sir John Cranston , coroner of the city . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not in the counsels of bishops and archbishops . |
| 4 | I was given the opportunity to have a rehearsal with him but I declined because I am not like the professionals who can rehearse in detail and then put it over as fresh as a daisy when the time comes . |
| 5 | I am sufficiently behind the scenes to know the worth of political life . |
| 6 | I was walking along with my girl and I see my old man and I was scared , you know , smoking , but at the same time I did n't want to throw it away because my girl was there , you know , and she 'd see it , and I just kept on walking and my old man stopped and said to me , ‘ Give me a light ’ , and I give him a light , and he said , ‘ I 'm away to the shops ’ , and I was , you know , thinking , I can get away with this . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm here for the Druggists ’ Meeting , ’ I said . |
| 8 | I 'm here for the reasons that they 've gone back there , I guess . |
| 9 | Cos at any time I mean , if we 're here I mean there 's always someone in cos I 'm working nights so I 'm here in the days . |
| 10 | And then I know full well that I 'm well within the guidelines of not going over the thirteen amp that this is designed to operate at maximum efficiency and safety . |
| 11 | I 'm up in the clouds . ’ |
| 12 | Erm but this is more or less , indigenous within the engineering industry , there is even inherent within an engineering mind , and I 'm not with the planners or the technical experts , but even in the ordinary lay engineer , he looks to be able to do the job more efficiently , with the materials that he has in hand er and possibly introduce a new type of tool if he can get the proper material , and likewise the employer was doing the same thing . |
| 13 | well your mum said to me well I 'll tell you the same as I 've told Con but I said I 'm not against the children or anything the children |
| 14 | ‘ No , of course I 'm not from the police . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm off to the shops next , I 'll bring you a cup of tea on my way . ’ |
| 16 | I need to feel I 'm back on the rails . ’ |
| 17 | I am pleased we are to meet at 5p.m. or thereabouts at Waterloo on Wednesday , 8th February when I 'm down for the Co-ordinators , to take a close look at the programme for our Scottish National Conference on 10–12 March at the Scottish Churches House , Dunblane , in which you , Ingrid Keith and Mauricio Laborde , Chile , are to share . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm all for the busmen ’ , he remarked decisively . |
| 19 | Now , I 'm all for the members of the Great British Public knowing a great deal more about the nostrums they consume , and having the information needed to help them share in deciding which are worth having and when , and which are best left to the birds . |
| 20 | I thought that as I was up with him , I was up with the leaders . |
| 21 | Well we nearly when I was up with the children at the to when I was |
| 22 | Slaven said after the game : ‘ I could not believe I was not on the substitutes ’ bench . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I was not in the woods . |
| 24 | When I was n't with the animals I spent hours playing with my favourite toy , a large piece of wood which I pretended was our horse , Dicks . |
| 25 | ‘ I was n't into The Chameleons anyway , ’ he finishes . |
| 26 | ‘ I was n't into The Chameleons anyway , ’ he finishes . |
| 27 | When I was out with the children the other day she took a call from Tim Dunton . |
| 28 | And you told Maman that I was out in the woods . |
| 29 | One day when I was out in the fields , I even spotted a peregrine falcon high up on one of its hunting trips . |
| 30 | I was almost up the stairs level with her by this time . |