Example sentences of "i [pron] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hey , do n't tell me I 'm the first to arrive ? ’ |
| 2 | She told me I was the only person she could trust , though I often saw her around with other people , misplaced people , I suppose . |
| 3 | ‘ When I did get back she had a very strange and dangerous problem which she dumped in my lap , assured me I was the only man she could trust to handle it . |
| 4 | ‘ He 'd tell me I was the nicest woman he 'd ever been with . |
| 5 | But you 've got ta tell me which is the best season , say if I wann it to flower ! |
| 6 | " Dr. Howarth tells me you 're the senior biologist now . |
| 7 | Mrs Still who lived there and was born there in 1888 , tells me she was the youngest of twelve . |
| 8 | , it 's a boxing video the prize , tell me who are the three current world heavyweight champions please . |
| 9 | Er my biggest downfall was that the guy that employed me who was the eldest brother of the two that owned the company got killed in a bloody erm riding accident |
| 10 | But the children are quite sincere when they tell me we are the closest family they know . |
| 11 | Thought-disordered Speaker : Oh ! that 's because all women have a little bit of magic to them — I found that out — and it 's called — it 's sort of good magic — and nine is sort of a magic number + like I 've got nine colors here you will notice — I 've got yellow , green , blue , grey , orange , blue , and navy — and I 've got black — and I 've got a sort of clear white — the nine colors to me they are the whole universe — and they symbolize every man , woman and child in the world + |
| 12 | To me he 's the best . |
| 13 | Have had better atmosphere 's at funerals — i was in the kop just to the right of the goal and other than the odd comment from fellow fans around me it 's the quitest it 's ever been when I 've gone . |
| 14 | To me it 's the unhappiest house I 've ever been to . |
| 15 | But for me it 's the smaller scale works that really succeed : Harle 's enjoyable arrangement of Ellington/Mills 's Caravan for example is more like an Intercity 125 than a rolling camel train , while the exoticism of Isfahan ( from the ‘ Far East Suite ’ — available on RCA Bluebird , by the way ) is all but drowned in the sweet smell of strings ; compare to Ellington 's original spicy reeds ! |
| 16 | For me it 's the bass amp . ’ |
| 17 | but t to me it 's the biggest fire risk we 've probably got on the site . |
| 18 | For me it is the saddest part . |
| 19 | It was n't exactly a naturalist 's dream , but to me it was the Great Outdoors , an unexplored wilderness . |
| 20 | So I went to take the call in some confusion — confusion made worse by haste when Alexander told me it was the Prime Minister . |
| 21 | I was conducting Elektra in Berlin — I think it was around the time of his 75th birthday — and at the end he came and said to me it was the best performance of the opera he had ever heard . |
| 22 | John took it coolly enough , but for me it was the tenderest agony , particularly at first . |
| 23 | The number plate told me it was the same one I 'd followed earlier . |
| 24 | Can you tell me what is the maximum level of capital she is allowed to be eligible for this benefit ? |
| 25 | ‘ If a painter asked me what was the first step necessary for painting a table ’ Picasso remarked to a friend at this time , ‘ I should say , measure it . ’ |