Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] [conj] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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1 | Now you think that because I am I am forgiven and I preach forgiveness that I would be pretty good as up people , but that 's part of my human failure and I must admit that I 've given plenty of opportunity to practice at home and at work er the opportunity to forgive , but it does n't come easily and certainly it is n't a strong feature of the non-Christian world in which I work and which you will be working soon . |
2 | Oh , what pleasure would it be to me were there a good understanding between my mother and myself , when I am assured if I know my own heart , that I am so far from having any ill against her that I have almost undone myself to serve her … |
3 | I am doing that more and more now when I am stretched and I think I am improving in that area . ’ |
4 | My heart aches for him sometimes , but I 'm blessed if I know if he 's happy ; if he ever wants to marry , have a family , he keeps his thoughts , feelings very much to himself . |
5 | And in the end the child 's internalising , I 'm loved because I work hard , and this is what I have to do . |
6 | Heard about you being sick and put two and two together — though what the other two was , I 'm damned if I know . |
7 | But I 'm damned if I know where it 's coming from . " |
8 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
9 | ‘ Well , I 'm damned if I do , ’ said Joseph to Cobalt . |
10 | ‘ I came here to apologise , but if this is your attitude I 'm damned if I do ! ’ |
11 | ‘ I 'm damned if I have . ’ |
12 | I think the British end somehow managed to start itself up — though I 'm damned if I see how . ’ |
13 | One or two , maybe , and I 'm damned if I see how we 'll identify them in a hurry but … ’ |
14 | I enjoy the club atmosphere , I like amateur boxing , I 'm employed and I do n't want to turn professional . ’ |
15 | You go , Joanna — you know Ian Woodall , so that wo n't be embarrassing for you , but I 'm blowed if I want to meet Robert Sheldrake socially . ’ |
16 | ‘ I 'm buggered if I know what the point is , ’ said Wilcox sourly . |
17 | ‘ Then I 'm buggered if I know , but I 'll check the mechanics for you . |
18 | I 've definitely got one cos I remember her sheet now as I was looking at it , but where it is I 'm buggered if I know . |
19 | ‘ I 'm buggered if I understand that Army of yours . ’ |
20 | If not , it is their loss , for it is the catholicity of the education to which I was exposed that I have come most to value . |
21 | I 'm turned out of the house where I was born whether I want to go or no , the house and the business are handed over to … to that woman , and I have to share what is left in a joint legacy with Francis ! ’ |
22 | I was appointed and I 've got the job . ’ |
23 | I mean before you used to have your own , your own , like the job I 'm , I was started for I 've got sweep all the floor , the place where we work . |
24 | that 's what I was told when I come here . |
25 | Though I suppose I was chosen because I have a better understanding of what they are about than your average pen-pusher . ’ |
26 | ‘ You are reminded that I have the backing of the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council . |
27 | ‘ I 'm sorry you 're miffed because I do n't want to sell and I 'm sorry our views on the nuisance value of my workshop conflict , ’ Ashley said , ‘ but why do n't we wait until the villas are occupied and take a vote among the owners ? |
28 | ‘ It 's not because you 're loaded that I worry after you , ’ she shouted . |
29 | ‘ Will you be offended if I ask you a question ? ’ |
30 | In the excitement of buying a car , and you get this extended warranty , the customers think they 're covered and I do n't think they are . |