Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't have been asleep when I lifted the ledger from her lap and scanned its pages : she must have been watching me all the time . |
| 2 | They may have even been friendly but I remembered the old saying , ‘ On a dark lonely road , one never meets a friend ’ . ’ |
| 3 | Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy . |
| 4 | Like many others from the 1960s and before , I am fortunate that I missed the modern way and so view science as a richer and altogether more fulfilling experience . |
| 5 | My sparrow had been lucky that I scared the cat off when I did . |
| 6 | And you must understand : to appreciate the pessimism I feel today you would need to have been present when I formed the optimism. , |
| 7 | It is truly a privilege to follow a maiden speech , and I am sure that I express the view of right hon. and hon. Members in all parts of the House in extending a warm welcome to the hon. Member for Hemsworth ( Mr. Enright ) and complimenting him on his words . |
| 8 | Al Phizacklea 's drawings are incomparable and I love the one of Gable Crag which , when the pages are folded back like in novelty production , mates up exactly with the frontispiece . |
| 9 | I 've a feeling that , that probably they are all together and that they are safe because I think the , the , the , the Soviets are probably trying to , to damp down the issue now by keeping quiet on it , because I think they 've been very rattled . |
| 10 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
| 11 | Look , I 'm feeling better , I could get great again , I 'm sorry if I wrecked the evening . |
| 12 | That will be possible because I made the scheme more flexible , so the FHSAs are allowed to use the funds that would previously have been limited to practice premises and ancillary staff to support the continued development and expansion of computerisation of primary health care . |
| 13 | In other words , I mean I 'm retired and I mean the point is that my erm experience goes back into the er into the dark ages I can almost say because in these days , you probably realise , I mean if anybody buys a video you do n't ask you do n't look for the book of instructions you ask about a five year old kiddy how to programme it ! |
| 14 | The King 's Cross scheme may not be perfect and I respect the views of local Members who say that it is far from perfect . |
| 15 | As someone who made little enough progress beyond Youll Cup school tennis and county junior teams in 20 years , I remain to be convinced but I enjoyed the three hours I spent reading the book . |
| 16 | His recent return to England brought with it a 120-day qualification ban and he admitted : ‘ This game will be crucial because I need the extra edge . |
| 17 | Then they condemn themselves as well and until society can say that 's perfectly alright , that 's a good situation to be in , whoever it is you 're living with , and that you as a child are okay and are valued then the children themselves will be okay and I think the Sco , we lose some of the erm secondary deprivation and emotional deprivation that children in single parent families |
| 18 | So I did — my mother had that drawing for many years — and then Mr Moore rang my mother and said that it was so nice having me in his class because I was so interested and keen , but there was n't really a lot of point , and would n't it be better if I played the piano ? |
| 19 | Ah , I would n't of imagine for one second he would want to watch , so it might be better if I buy the video and see |
| 20 | Just three of the qualities I possess that will be invaluable when I get the inevitable call to take up Football League management . |
| 21 | He is a most welcome supporter of the Bill It would be helpful if I brought the House up to date on what has happened during the past year , so that hon. Members can take recent developments into account when making up their minds if and when they vote later . |
| 22 | It may be helpful if I remind the House of the basis on which financial assistance will be made available to management-employee teams . |
| 23 | I I ca n't be sure where I got the information from but from that time until the end of my shift at ten P M I was gleaning information from all different directions about the and the connection . |
| 24 | I 'm reluctant to say I 'm hungry because I know the response will be : ‘ That figures ’ . |
| 25 | The only surprise was that the manual said that conversion of my 4.2 databases would not be necessary unless I wanted the benefits of the new release . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm mad because I had the money for them but I just could n't get time to shop with the hours we 've been working . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Lookit , I 'm local and I know the way of things here . |
| 28 | ‘ Sometimes I am proud because I have the King 's ear , but our royal master is a devious , sly man . |
| 29 | Again , I am amazed that I accomplished the job so quickly seeing that most of the work was done at weekends . |
| 30 | Trainee chef Tom Wilkinson , 20 , said : ‘ The action sequences were entertaining and I rated the whole thing as pretty good . ’ |