Example sentences of "i [be] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How successful have I been at various jobs ? |
| 2 | Of course I would have enjoyed the occasion much more had I been in better shape , but in the event it all went better than I had dared hope even if I was near to passing out at times . |
| 3 | My right hon. Friend the Minister and I are in frequent contact with the president of the National Farmers Union about all aspects of the agriculture industry , including the beef sector . |
| 4 | Chancellor Kohl and I are in frequent contact by telephone to discuss matters of mutual interest . |
| 5 | ‘ Yury Vladimirovich is my closest friend , he and I are like two brothers , we used to play football together when we were little . |
| 6 | I have heard Shirai and Höll do nothing better than their reading of this cycle which , sated though I am through repeated hearing of the work , I found gripping from start to finish . |
| 7 | ‘ That is because I am under this roof . ’ |
| 8 | It is not , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , that I am under any illusion on this score . |
| 9 | I am at that crossroads . |
| 10 | A while ago I considered changing my snookering nickname ( which I am at complete liberty to do , because I 'm the only one who uses it ) , to take account of the New Weather : global warming , and so on . |
| 11 | But I must say I am at some loss as to why you should be so concerned with these most trivial of errors . ’ |
| 12 | How clever I am at these things . |
| 13 | I am as well darling ! |
| 14 | It would have served as a substitute-gratification for their own sadism ( i.e. , ‘ I can not retaliate against my father , but I can against my younger brother ’ ) ; but also as a defence on the part of the ego ( i.e. , ‘ I am spared the anxiety of being made the object of an attack if I can instead become the attacker ’ ) ; finally , it would also have contributed a first , rudimentary focus for the superego ( i.e. , ‘ My father is not now the attacker — I am — hence I am to that extent my father ! ’ ) . |
| 15 | Unused as I am to public scribbling , and tardy to boot ( I 've just read your December/January issue ) , I felt I had to thank you for saving me time and trouble ( not to mention hard-won shekels ) , in a search for something which obviously does not exist . |
| 16 | The reception , a buffet , so glad you could come , yes did n't she , yes I am , O ha ha Uncle Tom 's sozzled ha ha good old Uncle Tom , accustomed as I am to public speaking , a glass of champagne cider each , I give you the Bride 's parents I My own parents looking a bit sick of all the tipsy Irish . |
| 17 | Looking at her he thought , ‘ Do I realize how important I am to this woman ? |
| 18 | ‘ I am to some extent on home ground there , ’ she said , reluctantly and not looking at him . |
| 19 | My wife is travelling without a maid or nurse and I am of little use in a sickroom . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I am as sure of it as I am of this water . ’ |
| 21 | Almost as frightened as I am of this gang . ’ |
| 22 | Garments can be as big or small as you wish and , just to get you going , I am including two patterns for small easy to knit Duomatic items . |
| 23 | I am on delicate business . |
| 24 | I am on friendly terms with a dog who is intoxicated with the pleasure of travelling in motor cars . |
| 25 | For I am on equal terms with someone for the first time in my life . |
| 26 | I am on common ground when I remind the House that this case was immensely serious . |
| 27 | I have no doubt that there are many colleagues more expert than I am on this subject already planning their drafts ! |
| 28 | Here I must admit that I am on shaky ground . |
| 29 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |
| 30 | I do n't know where I am with this girl , that 's the trouble . |