Example sentences of "'m [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm for the artist speaking to the audience , backing them and letting them do what they want .
2 ‘ And yes , I 'm for the cottage that the Harris Agency advertised .
3 ‘ I 'm for the dustbin now ? ’ she said .
4 Silverstein immediately thought , ‘ I 'm off the hook ’ .
5 She says Chris , that 's her in office , she 's told me that I 'm off the subsidy now , she says I 've been on it twelve week and er
6 ‘ No , no ; I 'm off the morrow . ’
7 I 'm working Monday , but I 'm off the rest of the week .
8 I 'm off the premises , ’ he said aloud .
9 When I 'm off the road with Quo and doing pub gigs with mates , I use an old Marshall 4x10 , powered by one of their little 200 watt solid-state amps , and what did that cost ?
10 When I 'm off the island during the winter I spend most of my time stuck in front of a computer writing reports .
11 I reckon I 'm about the limit .
12 ‘ And you do n't believe I 'm after the Marc Alexander Vila millions any longer , do you ? ’
13 I 'm after the chemist in B , I 'm after a couple of er , chemicals to do a reviver , a french polisher
14 Hulme explained , ‘ I 'm of the species that has lots of testosterone pumping around its body .
15 All this mental harassment has affected me so much that my doctor has warned me that I 'm of the edge of a nervous breakdown .
16 I 'm of the opinion that this is not necessary to the extent suggested .
17 A great deal has been written of the Pilgrims Road and its travellers and its river crossings and I 'm of the opinion that more Pilgrims to Canterbury follow this route now than followed it in Mediaeval times ( howls of protest ) .
18 I 'm of the opinion that the reason they remain in opposition is that many of them have very little in common with the very people that they 're supposed to represent .
19 I 'd like to make the observations because I 'm of the opinion that most members came into this chamber this afternoon with their minds completely and utterly made up and there is very little that we can do in this chamber this afternoon to change people 's minds .
20 I mean personally , I 'm of the view that it 's better to erm , agree a set of , of proposals for consultation , see what the outcome is of those consultations , er , to see whether or not we stick to what we 're suggesting , to be frank .
21 ‘ I 'm past the age for romance . ’
22 ‘ Perhaps I 'm near the centre of the earth .
23 I 'm near the end of the trail , Dad .
24 But I grant you that I 'm behind the times in some ways .
25 You know , I 'm like the others
26 But I 'm like the walking dead .
27 ‘ I 'm like the rest of you .
28 ‘ I 'm like the rest of the fans .
29 I 'm like the rest : I want to preserve my job .
30 By this time I 'm like the ice-man and he 's still at boiling-point .
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