Example sentences of "[conj] [be] i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or am I simply what they expect me to be ? |
| 2 | Is this normal or am I just a good driver ? |
| 3 | Or am I just a moaning old crone ? |
| 4 | Or am I just plain incompetent — a liability to anyone reckless enough to venture onto rock with me ? |
| 5 | Yeah on the pensions one er are we a page missing or am I just a page missing ? |
| 6 | Perhaps I 'm still punishing him by penning this recollection , or am I perhaps finally laying the ghost ? |
| 7 | Most of the scriptures we 'll be looking at today is very familiar with us we know them and some of them we may be able to recite without even looking at the words , but er , if we can try and get you to think a little bit about them , then we 've achieved something , if we can get you to think that , you know , well am I dozing or am I really awake as I should be , then we 'll achieve more , in verse eleven it speaks there about er , you people knowing the season , well what people are we talking about ? |
| 8 | Was it an accident , was I pushed , or was I just plain stupid ? |
| 9 | Did anyone else get a copy of the mail order catalogue accompanied by a nice letter this morning , or was I specially chosen for the honour ? |
| 10 | ‘ It 's about how we 're living in dream time : how the past becomes a bit hazy like a dream , and how dreams and memories get mixed up — the way you sometimes think : did I dream that or was I really there ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's about how we 're living in dream time : how the past becomes a bit hazy like a dream , and how dreams and memories get mixed up — the way you sometimes think : did I dream that or was I really there ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ No , nor am I really , ’ said Constance . |
| 13 | I can not remember that particular meeting — nor am I very proud of it — but the point illustrates the sometimes passionate disputes which can erupt during the annual public-spending negotiations . |
| 14 | Nor was I well placed , not here in France . |
| 15 | But since the exceptions include Melbourne and Churchill , this ‘ rule ’ need depress no incumbent ; nor was I ever Home Secretary tout court . |
| 16 | I was not alone in the way I identified with the saga of the March family , nor was I alone in identifying with Jo ( and presumably all readers do ) in her hurts and disappointments , her longings for femininity that clashed with her dreams of independence and achievement ; and in wishing for the ultimate fairness of all things as they were shaped by those nineteenth century moral certainties . |
| 17 | Nor was I as isolated as might at first appear . |
| 18 | We have an Amstrad DMP 3160 printer , which seems fine to me , but occasionally I could do with some fancy fonts and am I really looking for DTP ? |
| 19 | But am I strong enough to watch him trying to fly over things and skim around things and fritter energy and search ? |
| 20 | ‘ But am I way off target ? ’ |
| 21 | But was I still wearing some of my clothes or carrying them all bundled in my arms ? |