Example sentences of "[subord] i be [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Robin Tavistock 's table , where I was honoured to be seated , was a superb square birthday cake , iced in Robin 's racing colours , with fifty tiny candles in miniature gold candelabras . |
| 2 | I 'm going out tonight so I 'm trying to be well today . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm a sister , so I 'm bound to be a dragon . ’ |
| 4 | ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on . |
| 5 | He wo n't have so much time for the horses , so I 'm going to be useful at least . " |
| 6 | I thought if I am going to be out of work , I might as well make some cash out of it . |
| 7 | I should be feeling disloyal to Fergus , I should certainly be wondering if what I am doing is right , and if I am going to be hurt . |
| 8 | But I could tell there was no real wish on her part to renew any old ties of love and friendship and if I am going to be honest no real wish on my part either . |
| 9 | So Shitvolumes started preparing his next show as if I were going to be in it , until one day , just before The Jungle Book was about to go up , he came into the dressing room . |
| 10 | However , if I was going to be able to maintain anything like good water quality , an essential requirement in any marine aquarium , my basic marine tank had to be a minimum size of 900 × 380 × 300mm ( 36″ × 15″ × 12″ ) with a capacity of 104 litres ( 23 gallons ) . |
| 11 | I did as I was told and flopped down on a chair , but it gradually got worse and worse , and I felt as if I was going to be sick . |
| 12 | as if I was going to be sick . |
| 13 | If I was going to be Peter Mottram , it might be better to give Mottram an address of his own . |
| 14 | I was damned if I was going to be last . |
| 15 | Well look the first thing to occur and immediately comes to mind is that if I was going to be really evil I would I 'd just stick it away in a quite drawer or wait until the day , and I 'd turn up when she was breaking the the bottle , the empty bottle over over the the skip , we 'd do a picture of her actually littering up the countryside . |
| 16 | If I 'm going to be a real actress I 'll have to know what makes people tick . |
| 17 | If I 'm going to be associated with someone , it 's got to be somebody I 'm proud of . |
| 18 | The Hollywood tough-guy , whose new movie Patriot Games opens next month , admits : ‘ Every morning I ask myself : ‘ I wonder if I 'm going to be able to act today ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 20 | If I 'm going to be honest , all the things I find annoying and frustrating are created by other people . |
| 21 | And if I 'm going to be leafleting thousands of people in conferences , or at least hundreds , |
| 22 | And it does n't look as if I 'm going to be able to either , thought Donna irritably . |
| 23 | If I 'm going to be a stand-in for him , even temporarily , like this , I really need to know more about him , and that seems as good a way as any . |
| 24 | And if I 'm going to be head boy , I ca n't afford to get stale . ’ |
| 25 | Why you 're doing this Christmas , it may be my last , John said what do you mean , I said well , I do n't know if I 'm going to be in a classroom this time next year , I mean , I really enjoy Christmas with the children , fifteen years since I 've done it , I 've forgotten how I enjoyed myself . |
| 26 | well , well if I 'm going to be going home , leave it , cos if I 'm going to go home it 's pointless |
| 27 | Cos I was going to be ordering carrier bags anyway . |
| 28 | I 'd I 'd like you to write letters for me at least this week cos I 'm going to be |
| 29 | Cos I 'm going to be getting it mixed in future now . |
| 30 | All the time I 'm either bingeing ( in secret ) or doing loads of exercise ; I really feel desperate to lose weight because I 'm going to be a bridesmaid soon , and I do n't want to look like a splodge at my brother 's wedding . |