Example sentences of "i [be] [vb pp] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( I am persuaded of the untenability of Hare 's version by what Wittgenstein says in part 11 of the ‘ Brown Book ’ . |
| 2 | What she wo n't want to hear is that I am cured of the madness which kept me from sleeping at night and the imagination which played havoc with my peace of mind during the day . |
| 3 | I am reminded of the time when we were leaving Italy after a while in the Dolomites and spent all our Italian cash in the last café making a phone call , only to find that the café owner was adding a surcharge to the bill . |
| 4 | I am reminded of the ant who asked the centipede in what order he put his feet to the ground . |
| 5 | Here again I am reminded of the words uttered by a sage : ‘ The wise man seeks Perfection — only the fool would expect to find it . ’ |
| 6 | While on the subject of identification , I am reminded of the old lady who , many years ago , before the importation of tortoises was quite rightly banned , purchased one from our pet department . |
| 7 | ‘ While on the face of it seems a very simple matter to decide on , I am reminded of the complexities not so very long ago surrounding the understanding of so-called ‘ brain-death ’ . |
| 8 | I am reminded of the lesson I took in a school in Sylhet which I described in my first article and the way the understanding of the task helped the children to understand the English I was using . |
| 9 | I am reminded of the period in the 1980s when I was directly involved in the negotiations on these matters . |
| 10 | I am reminded of the famous poem , by Robert Southey , about the battle of Blenheim , when little Peterkin asks : ’ But what good came of it at last ? ’ |
| 11 | Here I am reminded of the staff in the Life & Work office and the member of Broughton-McDonald Church who never fail to respond . |
| 12 | I am reminded of the sincerity of your faith a faith which was the light in your your grandmother and Eunice your mother before you and which I am confident now lives in you . |
| 13 | ‘ As soon as I 'm shot of the house , I 'll be off . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Nana , I 'm feared of the monster . |
| 15 | I 'm reminded of the story about the time when a British Rail advertising contract was up for grabs . |
| 16 | ‘ Normally I 'm accused of the reverse , ’ he says dryly , adding that you could not slip a playing card between him and the rest of the shadow Cabinet on policy . |
| 17 | ‘ Of all the low points I suffered , one of the worst was when I was deprived of the chance of winning a third world cross country title because I was n't allowed to compete in 1988 , ’ explained the 26-year-old . |
| 18 | I was told of the story by a friend who knew the old platelayer who we shall call Fred . |
| 19 | ‘ Each year seems to bring a new craze , anything but study ’ , he continued , as I was told of the ‘ talking about reform ’ craze in 1985 , before the student unrest ; that of democracy in 1986 ; falling in love in 1987 ; and in 1988 the preoccupation with ‘ doing business ’ . |
| 20 | I was reminded of the black iron horse silhouettes which decorate the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury railway line in England . |
| 21 | I was reminded of the priest 's tale of the Mountbatten murder . |
| 22 | I was reminded of the Brecht poem in which the politicians decide that they can not trust the people and that they had better elect a new one . |
| 23 | WATCHING the collapse of the opinion polls ' projections of a hung Parliament early last Friday morning , I was reminded of the 1970 General Election . |
| 24 | I was reminded of the techniques of early home-construction by a piece in Radio Bygones , a magazine devoted to the radio art of the past . |
| 25 | Dear Guitarist Catching Nirvana 's ‘ performance ’ on the recent MTV Video Music Awards I was reminded of the time when , as a youngster , the guitar-smashing exploits of my heroes — the likes of Townshend and Hendrix — left a bad taste in my mouth . |
| 26 | I was reminded of the Javanese guru we had recently interviewed who claimed to teach his students how to walk through rain without getting wet ! |
| 27 | Talking with students about their personal reading , I was reminded of the school library 's role in extending interests and opening up new ideas and experiences . |
| 28 | I was reminded of the Beaufort Scale for wind strength which describes gale conditions ashore as " whole trees in motion " , and made a mental note that in Shetland where there are no trees it must be " whole roofs in motion " . |