Example sentences of "[noun sg] i be [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course I am only the humble second wife . |
| 2 | The next minute I was up the tree with him . |
| 3 | All I can say , in mitigation , was that to my knowledge I was never the one to start trouble . |
| 4 | The week I was there the Stornoway Gazette had a page three article celebrating a fourth contract for the firm that would mean 120 jobs . |
| 5 | They are and I I think the whole trouble with Jenny was that not having , I mean , I was alright as a sort of mum subject I was n't the same as a bona fide mum that could be called upon in all weathers , at all times , to do everything |
| 6 | In 1985 , he claimed defensively , ‘ There 's black and white proof I 'm not the killer I 'm supposed to be , I 've only been sent off twice . ’ |
| 7 | I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market . |
| 8 | Well we 'll try and get some erm we 'll look down , the next time I 'm down the library and look and see if they 've got any Enid Blyton because that might just be a way in . |
| 9 | 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 . |