Example sentences of "[verb] i [be] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those ‘ super-apostles ’ . |
2 | ‘ They must think I 'm on the way out . ’ |
3 | I do n't think I was on the same wavelength as the Prime Minister almost from the start , although I did work for her beforehand and try to pull together some of the policies . |
4 | ‘ Why do you think I was in the Mafia ? ’ |
5 | You 'd think I was round the twist if I told you . |
6 | ‘ I THOUGHT I was still standing and then I realised I was on the floor . ’ |
7 | No , I I mean I was on the phone and th , there was a knock at the door and this woman came round and said she was from from the |
8 | I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’ |
9 | like you just , they just went , oh and but I think it 's finally , I mean I was in the |
10 | But , now that , I mean I 'm in the second year of being a student , and I took on the position of women 's officer for the we , for the west of Scotland area |
11 | She just had to turn out , and there was nothing coming down , foot down , opened up , got I was at the top of the hill and she was nowhere in sight . |
12 | Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round . |
13 | ‘ How did you know I was at the Holiday Inn ? ’ |
14 | How did you know I was in the garden ? ’ |
15 | But I do know I was in the presence of a very dangerous man . ’ |
16 | ‘ I would do a work-out on the pitch before the match but when the games starts I 'm on the sidelines , ’ he says . |
17 | ‘ Say I 'm from the Ministry of Justice . ’ |
18 | I found I was outside the tent , standing up with my jacket clutched to me , the better to see them . |
19 | She said , no you write and he 'll , she 'll write back , you see but , and he went out to France and he was killed in three months and and his name , so they told me was on the er , on the board at er . |
20 | But , once again , let me be on the positive side because I mean there 's no doubt about it there are firms which are doing extremely well in spite of recession at the moment , and they are training people as well , but they 're not training in numbers we really need when we go across the patch as a whole . |
21 | ‘ He never let me be in the sodding pictures . ’ |
22 | When I was at school and I got a row , my mother and father would assume I was in the wrong . |
23 | From the deadness of sound , I judged I was in the main roof-space . |
24 | Then at the bottom of the page erm , he says I am in the history department and he says I shall probably tell you several more times and indeed he does in the play . |
25 | Stewart from Tamworth says I 'm on the dole and have to pay maintenance , Prince Charles should be doing the same . |
26 | I says yeah I says I 'm in the same boat . |
27 | When they were privatised I was on the Opposition Front Bench and did the job so well that I am no longer there . |
28 | Patrick Scott , managing director of BSB Datavision , said : ‘ I hope I am in the embarrassing situation of earning more than BSB . ’ |
29 | We started accumulating works of art and people just assumed I was in the business . |
30 | Nobody even noticed I was in the room ! |