Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " 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 | I am curled up in the armchair , flicking through a book . |
11 | He said : ‘ I am 24 now and I am signed up for the next five years . |
12 | till I am smothered back into the stone |
13 | The directive is based on minimum standards — but I am caught out by the time , Madam Deputy Speaker . |
14 | ‘ Can I be dropped off at the airport ? ’ she was glad to ask as the signs came up . |
15 | I 'm turned on by the thought of making love to women . |
16 | 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 ! ’ |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | I left home when I was 16 , I 've travelled the world and I 'm fed up with the fun side of life . |
20 | ‘ Sorry , I 'm tied up for the next couple of months with long-haul business trips , ’ Ashley interrupted . |
21 | I 'm tied up at the hospital the weekend after . ’ |
22 | I 'm tied up at the hospital for a while each day , but we could be together most of the time . |
23 | This is unbelievable , I thought , I 'm locked out of the country where I live , and they worry about litter . |
24 | I 'm bowled over by the logic and impressed with the religious zeal . ’ |
25 | Look , sergeant , when I 'm driving a four-wheeler , I 'm perched up at the front . |
26 | Really British , I 'm pissed off about the European passports |
27 | My brother and I were brought up in the Catholic faith . |
28 | I were knocked back on the bloody floor . |
29 | Through the communicating voice tube I was invited up to the bridge . |
30 | She was hard at work in her jealously private workshop , though she called in briefly at the library from time to time , and I was invited back to the Lodge for meals some evenings . |