Example sentences of "i be [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel and I are about the same size , so no adjustments were needed , but the instant impression , on moving the black semi-circular yoke atop the long curving control column , was of absolute silky smoothness . |
| 2 | I am sure we all have one objective in mind , which is how we can best serve our members , and I 'm sure that both Richard and I are of the same view on this . |
| 3 | Sara and I are in the front bedroom . |
| 4 | I am about the only person who ca n't speak Portuguese here , even knows Spanish well , and is giving his course in Spanish . |
| 5 | ‘ Right now I am off the international scene . |
| 6 | ‘ I am ambitious and feel I am at the right age to go into management . |
| 7 | Evidently in positing a given object as an ontological individual I am at the same time committed to accepting that contextually there must be certain criteria whereby such an individual can be meaningfully referred to as numerically the same . |
| 8 | ‘ They like her music very much but to be honest I am of the older regime , I prefer the traditional Welsh choral music . |
| 9 | I am on the radical wing of the ‘ leave-them-alone ’ camp and spurn the US Army research which proved that 80 percent of carefully burst blisters reattach to the skin over time . |
| 10 | ‘ I am on the third row , third from the right . |
| 11 | I suppose I am plump — according to the ‘ Height and Weight ’ charts I am on the heavy side of OK , but my weight has stayed the same since I was fourteen , so I know it 's not true that I 'm overeating , or greedy . |
| 12 | The reason I am writing to Mamma is to show her that I know my duty and that I am with the deepest respect her devoted son . ’ |
| 13 | It is impossible to express the Hopes , the Fears , the various Conjectures , and Reveries , that your humble Servant must undergo this important Season , I am like the unhappy Gentleman mentioned in the Guardian ; and can scarce endure the bare Pronunciation of the Letter S : The hissing of the Tea-kettle distracts me ; and if I meet a Goose , I shun him as I would a Lion , or a Crocodile . |
| 14 | And the 1991 Wimbledon champion declared : ‘ I am in the best shape ever . ’ |
| 15 | Or maybe I am in the perfect position to write it , as I have spent the last week slumped on the sofa , watching the war . |
| 16 | Patrick Scott , managing director of BSB Datavision , said : ‘ I hope I am in the embarrassing situation of earning more than BSB . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I am in the latter part of my career , not the beginning . ’ |
| 18 | About half-an-hour before his death , he said , ‘ I am dying ’ , and soon after added , ‘ ‘ I am in the high road to heaven . ' ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I am in the same case as you , ’ said the abbot , and smiled . |
| 20 | Do I , she asked herself , imagine that because I have lost a man I am in the same category as spotty Betty ? |
| 21 | ‘ A part of your father 's gift I think you have , if you can learn not to deface it for spite because I am in the same world with you . ’ |
| 22 | Nadia : I am from the General Union of Palestinian Women and it 's good that I am participating in this meeting at this time because I am having major problems with the British Feminist Movement and the Western feminist line . |
| 23 | I am from the Scottish Region and a member of the Technical Crafts Section . |
| 24 | I 'm at the long ledge below the final wall of the Nose , where the Direct , Superdirect , and other routes not mentioned by Ron James converge . |
| 25 | Er , yes sir my current position er , at the moment I 'm at the licensed house trainee manager for Boddingtons Brewery and I 've held that position for five and half years . |
| 26 | I 'm at the same hotel as we stayed at last time-but it 's not the same without you and Rosie . |
| 27 | If he finds me at it again he 'll be convinced I 'm on the slippery slope . ’ |
| 28 | I know I 'm on the right route when I spot a bus marked ‘ Pensioners Touring Kerry ’ . |
| 29 | Yes I am at the moment , I , I 'm the highest earner at the moment and I 'm on the highest grade but I have n't been there the longest . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm on the other line , ’ Jude said . |