Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I always had to be polite and caring . ’ |
| 32 | I always try to be nice to the kids . |
| 33 | I always like to be well-dressed . |
| 34 | I thank my hon. Friend ; I always like to be fair to Ministers . |
| 35 | It 's hard to tell , cos I always seemed to be awake , but then I remember waking up with a jump when this voice comes over the loud speaker . |
| 36 | ‘ I was not the great campaigning journalist , but I always wanted to be able to give facts , be they favourable or unfavourable to the authorities . ’ |
| 37 | There are things certain things I 'm committed to and to have time off means I still got to be able to do those things . |
| 38 | I still remain to be convinced that either Cantona ( or McAllister for that matter ) can stand up and be counted when the crunch matches come around . |
| 39 | In one way the length of the history was a good thing as I have benefited in the end from the latest surgical techniques available in London , and although I still have to be careful it has made a tremendous difference to my life . |
| 40 | And I still want to be that person ; I want to be happy ; I want to look good ; I want to command the situation I 'm in . |
| 41 | It is a claim additional to this , but one which I also believe to be true , that human conventions , at least beyond a certain state of elaboration , can be understood only with the help of history , and that the social sciences accordingly have an essential historical base . |
| 42 | I also needed to be knowledgeable about the procedures , likely outcomes and prognosis so that I could give full and accurate explanations to Mrs Allen . |
| 43 | I 'm sorry but I , I want to be fair to everybody , yeah and I also want to be fair to the debate that 's still to come later this afternoon , but I 've called for questions and I 'd like everybody to start their statement with the question which they 're going to put to the convenor . |
| 44 | It has taken me 30 years to come to terms with my own guilt , which I now know to be unjustified , and with my anger . |
| 45 | I now bring before you all the attitudes I now realise to be wrong . |
| 46 | ‘ If someone really wanted to be sure , ’ he added helpfully . |
| 47 | But then , how many ex-air commanders did I really expect to be female ? |
| 48 | ‘ They are growing up missing half their heritage , and I really began to be concerned when they said fish and chips were their favourite food . |
| 49 | I really want to be successful . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ Look , Laura , I really need to be clear about one or two things before I can see my way forward . ’ |
| 51 | Now what you want to do in the privacy of your own home in terms of art is one thing , but if I 'm using public money I really need to be able to justify it . |
| 52 | I really wanted to be close to the sea again , which I had not seen or even smelt for so long . |
| 53 | I th I 'm not challenging that , I simply wish to be clear what you mean by it . |
| 54 | And I then want to be able to collect information on sources of pollution around their sites , if they notice particularly busy roads , things like that . |
| 55 | I almost connived to be free at last |
| 56 | I think perhaps that I actually needed to be able to think the worst of you , however personally unpalatable that worst was to me , as some sort of a defence , so that I could despise you even if it meant despising myself as well . |
| 57 | I actually wanted to be upset again . ’ |
| 58 | I never expected to be much more than a character actor . |
| 59 | I never ceased to be conscious of his very rare and precious honesty , kindness , sensitivity and sincerity . |
| 60 | I never ceased to be amazed by its proportions and architecture and spent many happy hours during School holidays , sketching this wonderful building . |