Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , yes , I know that , O.K. , I said , you 're their mother , and you decided against their father for reasons I take to be desolate , but would n't some Asian studies in St. James 's Square at the Institute of International Affairs be less perilous until they are both over , say , four ? |
| 2 | The thread I have chosen to follow is that of houses I consider to be perfect period pieces or exceptional architectural masterpieces , and hence they are not always conventionally representative of their particular period . |
| 3 | independence I like to be independent |
| 4 | The only place I seemed to be able to reach you was in bed . |
| 5 | In my job I have to be stern . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's a name I seem to be stuck with , but it really would be nice to be called something else for a change , says actor Nigel Havers , best known for his role in the ITV series of the same name . |
| 7 | Anyway , one day I started to be sick in reaction to some drugs , and this guy jumped out of bed — the nurses were busy . |
| 8 | The sorts of things I happen to like , the sorts of things I happen to be good at or bad at . |
| 9 | Means I 've to be strong . |
| 10 | Because I love you , and I want what little private life I have to be steady and permanent , ’ Scott said . |
| 11 | It , I think I had a good life there and I 've got no regrets I think to be public transport is , is a good thing . |
| 12 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |
| 13 | But she had insisted , and although the room was warm , and the kitchen stove had already been made up for the night , I had gone — yet it was a strange experience to me , and rather a frightening one , to have been persuaded by someone near to me into doing even so small a thing I felt to be hazardous . ) |
| 14 | In the end I pretended to be worried that I had left my bicycle lamp on and dashed outside to relieve myself in a flower-bed . |
| 15 | Do n't spread it like putty you know , but , quite a lot I like to be able to taste it where Christine just likes the flavour if you know what I mean . |
| 16 | So the only way I seemed to be able to keep Arthur was to become dependent on him . ’ |
| 17 | After some physiotherapy I hope to be fit to play next week in Telford . ’ |
| 18 | She says there is a need for a better east-west link.But I remain to be convinced that it 's a 3 lane highway , driving its way through Oxfordshire and Wiltshire . |
| 19 | I had this idea I had to be civilised , and wait until I 'd obtained spoken as well as physical consent from you — and then spent days regretting it ! |
| 20 | ‘ Watching it as a professional I had to be concerned about poor defending , but the decision to play three up front certainly caused Southampton problems , ’ he added . |
| 21 | I do n't think I should say sorry for doing what at the time I believed to be right , ’ said the Prime Minister , receiving his loudest ovation of the night . |
| 22 | It 's like I 'm real light — you know , like one of them silver balloons — and every step I have to be careful not to float off . |
| 23 | In this context I continue to be uneasy about the role of the Voluntary Sector Environmental Forum whose terms of reference are clearly relevant to Wales but whose work is largely related to England only . |
| 24 | As I got to know Russell I began to be angry at this woman who was still causing him misery . |