Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animals within them are therefore extremely vulnerable , mainly because the populations within them tend to be too small for safety . |
| 2 | but I mean , but like I said , I said , I mean , I went , I went to the like I changed then , I mean to be quite honest I did n't like it , I did n't like it |
| 3 | I got to be more careful and watch where I 'm walking . |
| 4 | I tend to be rather disorganised when packing gear , so anything that helps me keep things in the right place has got to be a bonus . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I tried to be as quiet as possible . ’ |
| 7 | I tried to be as patient as I could and I think David 's mother has realised for quite a long time that I was quite a good daughter-in-law to her ( although I was n't a daughter-in-law at that time ) but as a girl friend , I could understand her finding it obnoxious that her son brought some strange person into the house . |
| 8 | In the first instance , her comment that ‘ ethnic and sexual minorities were pandered to ’ I found to be blatantly racist and most offensive . |
| 9 | Any tasks not completed by the due date on the ‘ to do list ’ can be automatically carried over to the reminders list , a facility I found to be very useful . |
| 10 | Any tasks not completed by the due date on the ‘ to do list ’ can be automatically carried over to the reminders list , a facility I found to be very useful . |
| 11 | A lower compartment with a curved zipper offers easy and quick access to things like waterproofs or extra sweaters , and the main bag itself has a zip-out divider , which I found to be quite useful . |
| 12 | I pretended to be very foreign , ashamed to hear my country so misrepresented by an Englishman . |
| 13 | I pretended to be as puzzled as everyone else was about the nature of my ‘ mysterious illness ’ . |
| 14 | I pretended to be still unconscious . ’ |
| 15 | Not that I have to make the same choices as someone I acknowledge to be more discriminating , since my differently constituted palate may react differently , but my own choice will be better informed if I heed nuances which I would have missed if he had not pointed them out . |
| 16 | In this chapter , I want to be very critical of the ‘ theoretical reformism ’ this kind of work represents , and the assumptions about language that underlie it . |
| 17 | Thank you Mr Mayor , erm I I want to be very brief Mr Mayor , that the debate on houses and rent increases has taken place and has been well aired over recent weeks and I do n't have any intention tonight of re-debating those issues . |
| 18 | I want to be so unpleasant that he gets no pleasure from having me . |
| 19 | low fall I want to be absolutely sure about it . |
| 20 | I do n't want to start haunting Chambers ’ doorstep , yet I want to be absolutely sure that the moment we pick is the right one . ’ |
| 21 | I do have a question and , and it has n't made , that has n't made it particularly clear as to where we are , you hinted that , and I think that was also seconded here that there might now be a post of some kind to carry on for instance the thing that I 'm particularly worried about is that there 's a sort of hiatus in the heartbeat awards , which I think would be a tragedy if that happened , and I want to be absolutely sure that that is , is n't so . |
| 22 | I want to be absolutely clear precisely what he is saying . |
| 23 | I want to be as famous as Snoopy . |
| 24 | ‘ I want to be as good as them , the Pitts . |
| 25 | I hope you like its new look and find its approach to yours needs to be equally professional . |
| 26 | It was long , slow , difficult work , and during the next months I learnt to be very clever with my tools . |
| 27 | ( 39 ) A hand which I noticed to be surprisingly powerful . |
| 28 | basically I hope to be more effective in talking to as I can |
| 29 | ‘ It 's a mug 's game and I happen to be very good at it . |
| 30 | ‘ My friends are people that I trust and I do n't have to put on airs with them — they know me and do n't assume that I 'm a terrific snob if I happen to be very quiet . ’ |