Example sentences of "i be [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am as I am through the choices I have made , and I will not whine at fate . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Faele , ’ she whispered , ‘ I am of the islands but a vagrant now like you … ’ |
| 3 | You are as familiar as I am with the processes of monetisation of debt and of the part which the money market in the City plays in the operation of that mechanism . |
| 4 | ‘ Have n't you realised yet how selfish I am with the things I own , protecting them , defending them ? ’ |
| 5 | I see all objects as mirrors and I am behind the mirrors in another world but the beauty eludes me and is gone and will never return . |
| 6 | I am like the leaves and flowers of ikebana , with roots cut off , stuck in a spiked metal holder ( kenzan ) instead of in the earth . |
| 7 | On that point I am against the defendants and , accordingly , would dismiss this appeal . |
| 8 | Even if I cast through this gap accurately , the speed of the cast must be faultless too , for the gap between the branches and the roots is a mere two feet : too far and I am in the roots , too near and my bait will not be lying where I want it . |
| 9 | As I write this article ( in July ) I am in the throes of finishing my new ribber video , ‘ English and Fisherman 's Rib ’ . |
| 10 | Every other time I 've been in somebody 's flat like this I 've known where I am by the books . ’ |
| 11 | and then I 'd know where I am , huh , I just ca n't go to it from this end , right I 'm out tonight , I 'm at the joiners with friends so |
| 12 | You start to think , well of course , had I done so-and-so yesterday , had I done , and I 've missed on so- and-so , so you sort of , review the day for a couple of hours , and then it gets to about four o'clock and now you 're thinking , Oh my God , I 'm at the accountants the next day , I 'll be so tired , I 'll be you know , and it 's too late to do anything about it now , so now you 're having a bad day the next day as well because you 've got yourself all stewed up about that . |
| 13 | Right , I 'm off cos I 'm at the careers night , tonight . |
| 14 | I 'm on the earlies in the morning now . |
| 15 | If I 'm on the earlies , right ? |
| 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 | I 'm off the premises , ’ he said aloud . |
| 18 | It all makes me even more angry at the injustice of the situation , and then I worry that I am passing on that anger when I 'm with the boys . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm with the babies . ’ |
| 20 | But I grant you that I 'm behind the times in some ways . |
| 21 | You know , I 'm like the others |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm from the police . |
| 23 | I 've got my shoulder , my stomach er , I 'm in the wars today |
| 24 | In the five minutes spent walking fast enough to shake them off , I 'm in the crowds in the main square , Djemaa el Fna . |
| 25 | I 'm in the sets above them . |
| 26 | Keith says , ‘ I 'm in the quarter-finals of the nude mud-wrestling at the Bricklayer 's Arms . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's coincidental , but I used to be in a band at school called The Frogmen now I 'm in The Crickets , ’ says Alex . |
| 28 | I 'm in the cars . |
| 29 | Again I find I 'm in the headlines , and again for all the wrong reasons . |
| 30 | When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and |