Example sentences of "i be [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I am probably the only person around who is enthusiastic about At Play in the Fields of the Lord .
2 I am always and everywhere his place ; if I am the barren land he thinks to water into an oasis I am also the blight on his crops and the locust destroying grain ; I am both the ruined harvest and the shameful blood that sickens cattle .
3 But here I am without the distracting offspring and driving , or attempting to do so , with care and concentration .
4 I am not the only person left in the world .
5 I am not the only person who has had a tumultuous year , and I am immensley proud of the way the British face their problems and so often succeed despite them .
6 And I am not the only woman who wants a fulfilling working life and domesticity as well .
7 I AM sure I am not the only woman who wept in sympathy , shame and anger at the outrage done to the people of Warrington .
8 And if on your coming to England I am not the first person you look for , I shall be very hurt indeed !
9 My feeling ( although I am not the best judge ) was that the Workshop was a complete success in that it involved the participants in exploring the intellectual bases of their subject , and led them from there to the practical rethinking of their teaching methods and curricula .
10 I am not the slightest bit embarrassed by my holiday arrangements , ’ Mellor had told a reporter from the People .
11 Lo and behold , after further meetings , I am now the proud owner of a ‘ grant ’ .
12 I 'm afraid that my moment away from the phone also meant that I missed my opportunity to query whether I am really the right person for the job .
13 I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will not accuse me of ranting and raving as I am always the sweet face of reason .
14 I find it disappointing now that when I go to a completion meeting , I am often the only woman there .
15 We get involved in joint ventures with other parties and again I am usually the only woman there .
16 I 'm just the hired help and if I 'm still hired , I 'll find out how they 're doing it . ’
17 And what I hate even more is the thought that I 'm just the next number on your list .
18 I 'm just the same size I 've always been , Mum .
19 And tha that is one thing I 'm , I mean I 'm not I 'm not the best driver in the world , but that is one thing I do try not to do cos as you say no matter what the circumstances are , if I go up the back of somebody it is my fault .
20 I guess I 'm not the marrying kind . "
21 I 'm not the marrying kind , ’ he eventually said .
22 Oh no I 'm not the marrying kind .
23 You said er , I told , I told him I was fed up with the General Secretary of this union that had n't given us any backing and you said sorry Phil , but I 'm not the General Secretary .
24 I 'm not the Delphic sybil
25 After all , said Tony Davidson , ‘ I 'm not the traditional finance director ’ .
26 But I 'm not the least bit maternal .
27 I 'm not the swooning type , ’ Isabel bit out .
28 I 'm not the swooning type , ’ snapped fitzAlan , quoting her own words back at her .
29 ‘ It 's a big game for me , but I will not be overawed as I 'm not the nervous type .
30 I 'm not the first visitor to this little planet of yours , you know . ’
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