Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I know how we got talking to this girl in the Post Office cos I erm I asked her for some stamps as well , you see , I wanted some cos I happen to be sending stuff of for Germany tomorrow . |
| 2 | Unfortunately the op went wrong and I had to be readmitted . |
| 3 | ‘ You mean you want to be alone with me as much as I want to be alone with you ? ’ he enquired . |
| 4 | Everything went on as normal and I tried to be as pleasant as I could and as loving towards Anne as I had always been , but she must have noticed that a part of me was absent : simply somewhere else . |
| 5 | The haunting intensity of Johnny Marr 's echoey guitar cut across a slow paced rhythm to create a sense of evil and Morrissey 's line , ‘ I am human and I need to be loved … just like everybody else does … ’ , only succeeded in adding weight to the darkness . |
| 6 | Afterwards Hirst said : ‘ My goals ratio is very satisfactory and I hope to be in competition for a place in the next England squad . ’ |
| 7 | I know Gilbert Racy and I happen to be on holiday in Hereward 's parish . ’ |
| 8 | However , in the winter months , on a roof top it was cold and I had to be wrapped in blankets , even though the sun beat down mid afternoon . |
| 9 | Fine , I 'm better than I deserve to be . |
| 10 | God bless you all and I hope to be walking alongside you during the seventy fifth year anniversary efforts . |
| 11 | Erm one interesting point about overtime and temps er generally is that temps apparently unl are costing us around about fourteen K with overheads which is a lot more than I believed to be the case . |
| 12 | Having said this , let me try to make clear what I do not mean to be claiming in this section , lest I be taken to be arguing for more than I intend to be . |
| 13 | And we stood there , me with a great big frown on my face , quite mystified that William could n't see what I was getting at … and William smiling but looking equally puzzled that I appeared to be incapable of understanding what he meant . |
| 14 | Oh hang on I 'm leaving at ten cos I want to be there a little early and start them but I hope to get some perks . |
| 15 | I was happy as pop singer , the last couple of years I was n't happy when I ceased to be a pop singer and I was er headed on a road of being an entertainer . |
| 16 | And I 'd like to fight him because he 's undefeated and I want to be the first man to beat him . |
| 17 | Say , well I 'm awfully sorry I 'm off at five but I got to be back at eight . |
| 18 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 19 | ‘ It 's ten o'clock ; they 'll be back from the coach tour at two and I want to be there to meet them . |
| 20 | ‘ And I want him to win because he 's unbeaten and I want to be the first man to take the H out of Holyfield . ’ |
| 21 | He has been having rehabilitation sessions at Lilleshall , attempting to strengthen the joint , and says : ‘ The whole thing is very frustrating but I have to be philosophical about it . |
| 22 | ‘ Not as sharp as I needed to be , though , ’ she said . |
| 23 | In fact , it was earlier than I wanted to be in front , but then he galloped on in his stride all the way to the line . |
| 24 | I have seen at long last that I need to be free of my beloved mistress and even as I write that word it is hollow for how can I love one who no longer has the least regard for me ? |
| 25 | I 'd go mad if I had to be tidy as well as everything else . |
| 26 | I and I 'm not a I 'm not a moaner , I try to be I 'm a Christian and I try to be a Chris Christian spirit to everyone . |
| 27 | Indeed I own myself unworthy and I long to be the servant of even the least religious in the Church of God and I hope by God 's grace to be made a sharer with them … |
| 28 | As they carried away a pannier of my blood , I felt almost as bad as I pretended to be . |