Example sentences of "[adj] i [verb] [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry I 've been a while , I went into mum 's to take her shopping in and Uncle Philip was there . |
| 2 | I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry I 've been a bit steady getting there , but I think it 's an important issue to tackle that , quality is horses for courses and we have to accept the fact that we 're gon na get prestige type jobs and quick slick jobs , especially in the beginning of March every year . |
| 3 | Sorry I 've been a time . |
| 4 | I 've written a great many books for children and some for adults about children ( several from both categories have caused a wave of national commotion ) , broadcasted , televised , been translated into every language including some I had n't realised existed — and what about a bizarre unidentifiable Japanese edition that is put out as one of my books , that for all I know is a codebook for terrorists or drug-runners ! |
| 5 | Last night , , this Sunday , all I had was a banana at lunchtime , had n't eaten all day or drunk , I had two glasses of water |
| 6 | All I had was a promise of a pair of boots from Jack Riordon , a quartermaster in the Green Howards Regiment . |
| 7 | All I had was a testimonial from Harold Fletcher of G.C.H.Q. , which was no testimonial in that it gave a potential employer absolutely no enlightenment because it could not do so : |
| 8 | I began to feel myself being pulled further and further under the water , I screamed and swore but nobody seemed to hear or believe me and then my head went under and all I remember is a feeling of despair as I squeezed the tree trunk only to find that it simply crumbled in my hands . |
| 9 | All I heard was a crash as the lorry hit me . |
| 10 | All I got is a ball of string and some bits of paper . |
| 11 | Mind yer , all I got was a load o' lip . |
| 12 | ‘ I have not eaten and I am in rags and all I ask is a share of your fire before I am turned out into the cold night again … |
| 13 | ( In anguish ) All I ask is a change of ground ! |
| 14 | ‘ All I ask is a corner to warm my cold hands and a sip of milk … oh let me in … ’ |
| 15 | I try to see Oreste , or used to before I gave up the torture , but all I see is a baby , fat and dimpled … ’ |
| 16 | All I needed was a chorus pedal and a booster . |
| 17 | But all I wanted was a bit of independence , a chance to find myself and discover what I really wanted from life . ’ |
| 18 | All I wanted was a tin of paint . |
| 19 | All I need is a wildcat strike over pin-ups . ’ |
| 20 | All I have is a list of the names of over 100 donors . |
| 21 | All I want 's a bit of cooperation . |
| 22 | All I want is a chance to prove myself . |
| 23 | ‘ All I want is a bed for a few days . ’ |
| 24 | But all I want is a knob to say right film tonight |
| 25 | Just now , all I want is a glass of this rather splendid champagne . ’ |
| 26 | All I , all I want is a carrier bag . |
| 27 | After reading your All I want is a room somewhere , I decided to write in case any of your readers were considering a home to Carla . |
| 28 | The Arts : All I want is a room in Soho |
| 29 | She is always turning from what has been offered her to say with a demure little sigh and smile , ‘ Oh , please , please … all I want is a cup of tea , weak but not too weak , and the teeniest weeniest bit of really crisp toast . ’ |
| 30 | The first I knew was a call from your old chum Roy Bliss not ten minutes ago . ’ |