Example sentences of "[pron] be [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the sport and television market appears to be a free-for-all to delight the most Darwinist of entrepreneurs , a scrutiny of those top five private networks soon reveals that four of them are in the hands of a holding firm called Finvest , which is itself the broadcasting vehicle of the Socialist-leaning businessman Silvio Berlusconi . |
| 2 | I am as I am through the choices I have made , and I will not whine at fate . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am under no illusions and therefore unlikely to get carried away , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ Faele , ’ she whispered , ‘ I am of the islands but a vagrant now like you … ’ |
| 5 | You are as familiar as I am with the processes of monetisation of debt and of the part which the money market in the City plays in the operation of that mechanism . |
| 6 | ‘ Have n't you realised yet how selfish I am with the things I own , protecting them , defending them ? ’ |
| 7 | I see all objects as mirrors and I am behind the mirrors in another world but the beauty eludes me and is gone and will never return . |
| 8 | I am like the leaves and flowers of ikebana , with roots cut off , stuck in a spiked metal holder ( kenzan ) instead of in the earth . |
| 9 | On that point I am against the defendants and , accordingly , would dismiss this appeal . |
| 10 | Even if I cast through this gap accurately , the speed of the cast must be faultless too , for the gap between the branches and the roots is a mere two feet : too far and I am in the roots , too near and my bait will not be lying where I want it . |
| 11 | As I write this article ( in July ) I am in the throes of finishing my new ribber video , ‘ English and Fisherman 's Rib ’ . |
| 12 | Every other time I 've been in somebody 's flat like this I 've known where I am by the books . ’ |
| 13 | Anyway , there are others worse off than me , I 'm under no illusions about that . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And while we would expect to win that game at home , I 'm under no illusions . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm under no illusions about the two of us , on me mother 's life … ’ |
| 16 | I 've dealt with many men like him over the years and I 'm under no illusions as to his character . |
| 17 | and then I 'd know where I am , huh , I just ca n't go to it from this end , right I 'm out tonight , I 'm at the joiners with friends so |
| 18 | You start to think , well of course , had I done so-and-so yesterday , had I done , and I 've missed on so- and-so , so you sort of , review the day for a couple of hours , and then it gets to about four o'clock and now you 're thinking , Oh my God , I 'm at the accountants the next day , I 'll be so tired , I 'll be you know , and it 's too late to do anything about it now , so now you 're having a bad day the next day as well because you 've got yourself all stewed up about that . |
| 19 | Right , I 'm off cos I 'm at the careers night , tonight . |
| 20 | Well I , well I 'm on a weeks ' holiday are n't I , at Easter ? |
| 21 | I 'm on the earlies in the morning now . |
| 22 | If I 'm on the earlies , right ? |
| 23 | ‘ I would do a work-out on the pitch before the match but when the games starts I 'm on the sidelines , ’ he says . |
| 24 | I 'm off the premises , ’ he said aloud . |
| 25 | It all makes me even more angry at the injustice of the situation , and then I worry that I am passing on that anger when I 'm with the boys . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm with the babies . ’ |
| 27 | But I grant you that I 'm behind the times in some ways . |
| 28 | I 'm like a corgi — I keep smiling while my teeth are firmly dug in . |
| 29 | You know , I 'm like the others |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm from the police . |