Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [pron] [be] the " in BNC.
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1 | And anyway yesterday morning she said oh she said I 'm in luck today so I said what 's the matter then and she said . |
2 | I would be lying to you if I said it was the same now . |
3 | Campos , who last year won the Three-Quarter Ton Cup in the Farr-designed Lone , would like to be skipper , but is realistic : ‘ I will be the skipper if I feel I am the best . ’ |
4 | Cos I know they 're the things that seem |
5 | Well what el what 's the other alternative for this VAT ? cos I mean it was the Tories who brought this VAT system into operation , I mean it 's wrong |
6 | Can I propose that we vote either to go for Southwell Centenary cos I think they are the fav either or , and then we also have another vote for Bramley or Brinkley and then we have a vote between the winners of either of those two , |
7 | ‘ I killed her in the field because I believed she was the devil . ’ |
8 | No , because I know ours are the best . |
9 | I shall work in , because I mean I 'm the one who 's been pushing to get them on this . |
10 | I wanted to run it because I thought it was the only way we stood a chance . |
11 | We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out . |
12 | At the moment erm because of the extra time we 've got available because production investment has been delayed because of ministerial decisions , we 've set in train three further studies and they will look collectively at alternatives , comparison in combat modelling and also in the numbers and if I could describe those three very briefly because I think they 're the they 're relevant to what we 're talking about . |
13 | Yes , I picked the Froggy because I think he was the most important player who 's LEFT Leeds United . |
14 | I say that because I think it 's the logical way free rock climbing will progress . |
15 | ‘ I am standing to win because I believe I am the best candidate to lead the Labour Party to victory next time but also because it is imperative that we have a contest in which a proper debate can take place , ’ he added . |
16 | My top objective is to get on board because I believe she is the best person for the job . |
17 | I sit shivering in the armchair in this first-floor flat in Deptford , and I feel I 'm still trapped in a cupboard , listening for strange noises , till I realize they are the last images of the dream , slipping away like ghost bodies melting on the floor . |
18 | ‘ It 's not a question of whether I feel I 'm the best man for the job . |
19 | I was so afraid of losing you to Maria Luisa , dreading her return , then it was just too terrible when I thought you were the father of her baby . ’ |
20 | When I say it 's the sort of answer you want I mean it 's the sort that might help you ! |
21 | Then , when I see there is the doubt , that when I tell him about the baby . |
22 | Just when I think you 're the kindest man in the world you suddenly get the glooms again . |
23 | When I enquired what was the matter she said , ‘ I ca n't remember what my mummy looks like . ’ |
24 | As far as I know they are the original studs , measuring 23mm across . |
25 | Yeah but as I say it 's the same as when you know we come over when we went up to the |
26 | But as I say he was the most conscientious removal man and after two years when he came in he was so upset . |
27 | ‘ It is leap year and I lost no time in popping the question as I think he is the right man to lead Claro and Grindlewood Park into the twenty-first century . ’ |
28 | He would n't say what was n't working out , though I guess it was the sexual frustration and not being able to put a date on setting up home together . |