Example sentences of "[pron] be [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I am sure you are as appalled as I am at the use that has been made of the private letter of a schoolboy to his parents , but it is certainly a lesson for you in the ways of the world . ’ |
| 32 | I am not sure whether I am more appalled at the prospect of the Labour party being in government than I am at the prospect of having the support of the hon. Member for Eastbourne ( Mr. Bellotti ) and the Liberal party . |
| 33 | I am writing to convey how shocked and saddened I am at the news . |
| 34 | The wallpaper in the house is black from condensation and I am at the end of my tether . ’ |
| 35 | I wonder if I am at the right do and half-expect two boxers to make an appearance . |
| 36 | December 8 , 1924 : I am at the moment just recovering from a heavy bout of drinking . |
| 37 | So this is where I am at the moment . |
| 38 | So this is where I am at the moment . |
| 39 | ‘ I am at the moment , ’ said Joe . |
| 40 | ‘ Well , it 's true that one is n't always sure that life can continue under its present auspices , but I am at the moment , ’ he said , ‘ and especially today . |
| 41 | ‘ Then I 'll need to work at it even harder than I am at the moment . ’ |
| 42 | I explained before how on edge I am at the moment . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | Erm I think I am at the moment are n't I ? |
| 45 | I am into the kitchen like a mouse slips in its hole . |
| 46 | We are well fed and watered by our willing support and once more I am into the fear of the unknown . |
| 47 | I am much more sympathetic to that proposal than I am to the opt-out proposal advanced by the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland ( Mr. Wallace ) . |
| 48 | Seriously though , I am of the opinion that women need their own space to talk freely without the presence of men . |
| 49 | In condemning such acts of desecration , I am of the opinion that the only exception that could be made is in the case of books already seriously incomplete and in bad condition , when the completion of its unhappy disintegration may be forgivable . |
| 50 | I am of the opinion that it should be stressed that these are the intentions of the organisers who are in the hands of the operators of Network SouthEast . |
| 51 | For the reasons given above , I am of the opinion the judge 's answer to the question posed was correct and I would dismiss this appeal . |
| 52 | For these reasons , I am of the opinion that Wickes ' argument that the council should be required to give an undertaking in damages has no justification in Community law . |
| 53 | For the reasons I have given , I am of the opinion that he was also correct to hold that it was a matter within his discretion to decide whether or not to require the local authority to give an undertaking in damages . |
| 54 | FLETCHER MOULTON L.J. : I am of the opinion that by that transaction between the plaintiffs and Sir Richard Temple the debt on the promissory note became extinct . |
| 55 | Certainly I am of the opinion that if such a scheme can be brought into existence it will mean a great enrichment not only of the national life of Scotland , but of the policies and public life of the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 56 | Having considered the terms of condition 8.1 , I am of the opinion that it can not be construed merely as a clause of retention of title but that it is truly an attempt to create a security without possession in which the machinery of a trust under Scots law is sought to be employed . |
| 57 | I am of the opinion that it will not … |
| 58 | There was no duress in a sense of an actual or threatened interference with the person or property of Woolwich as occurred in many of the cases ( though I am of the view that the notion of duress or coercion should not be narrowly confined ) . |
| 59 | So be it but , remaining as I am of the view that they were a correct expression of the law , I repeat them as part of the ratio of my decision in this case . |
| 60 | ‘ Given the acrimony between the parents who both vie for the children 's affection and blacken each other 's characters and motives in the process , I am of the view that the children have become pawns in their game of hurt and ascendency . |