Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've , I 've been through death and I 've conquered death . |
| 2 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 3 | I told you I sleep in that chair , did n't I ? — It must have been about midnight because I 'd just watched this film and that did n't finish until half eleven . |
| 4 | ‘ Miss Braithwaite , ’ he turned towards her with warmth ‘ I realise of course that you 're on holiday and I hate to intrude on your leisure , but since you have some knowledge already , I wonder , would you feel able , discreetly , of course , to make one or two enquiries ? |
| 5 | I know that you are behind schedule and I do n't want to incur the wrath of your moderator ! |
| 6 | But I saw , I went into town yesterday , have n't been into town and I saw er , I 'm just going up past the job centre I had to go to council about me money and I thought well I suppose I ought to make an effort and look in the job centre cos I , I ai n't done because I 've been in catering all the while |
| 7 | I 've never told any of my girlfriends that I 've been with prostitutes because I know they would be horrified . |
| 8 | I am in Europe and I have lots of mountains . |
| 9 | I am in politics because I wish to achieve power and to transform Britain and its economy . ’ |
| 10 | Every moment is an effort , an ache , but I am in control and I feel good . |
| 11 | We 've seen a very controlled and steady growth over the thirteen years that we 've been in business and I think as you can see there year on year we have consistently increased turnover and increased profitability . |
| 12 | ‘ I have been around certain bands and been in bands and I 've never actually seen a groupie . |
| 13 | Er but I used to tell people and they you know people near me that had a lot of children and er they 'd moan and groan about it , I heard one woman say erm , she 'd had quite a few children and I I 'd been in hospital and I said er , er a certain person that 'd had a baby had lost it . |
| 14 | I foresee a time when there will be degrees in Community Interpreting as there are in Australia and I hope that there will be a recognition of equivalencies will allow interpreters to work in the countries of both of their languages . |
| 15 | Anyway , look I 'll find out from Bob about this restaurant and see if there 's a possibility that it might be worth booking before I go . |
| 16 | Let me be buried in lead at Claydon next to where your father proposes to lie himself , and let no stranger wind me , nor do not let me be stripped , but put a clean smock on me , and let my face be hid and do you stay in the room and see me wound and laid in the first coffin , which must be of wood if I do not die of any infectious disease , else I am so far from desiring it that I forbid you to come near me . |
| 17 | If I start thinking of It as a person , entitled to a dignified end , the next thing will be of course that I have no right to end It at all . |
| 18 | I said oh if I 'm in Beck and I 've got a free couple of hours I 'll come round but I do n't think I 'm going to this week . |
| 19 | Erm , I 'm in favour because I had a walkabout with therefore I would like to say on five point three the and on five point six I would like to say B can we just have some traffic calming on the boundary , such as Lane , Road ? |
| 20 | I 'm in control and I know what 's going on ; all communication comes through me . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I feel like I 'm in prison and I do n't understand the crime , ’ she told him once the preliminaries were over . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm in Seabourne and I 've found that the pet shop is already open . |
| 23 | Would you mind telling her that I 'm in Seabourne and I think I 'm going to be late for our appointment at two o'clock ? |
| 24 | I 'm in balance if I remember Changi ; because there I was as near death as I possible could be , and if I can relate to that , what else can anybody do to me ? |
| 25 | him and he goes out , I 'm in charge once I get out sa out of the yard . |
| 26 | And , ’ he went on , before Marc could interrupt , ‘ you happened to be in Paris when I came over for them . |
| 27 | Like if he was hitting something and he accidentally hit his ha his thumb or his finger he used to be in agony for I mean it used to hurt him for the rest of the day . |
| 28 | By some mix-up , my papers did n't seem to be in order and I had to hold on there until the proper American visa came through . |
| 29 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll obviously be in touch if I have any news . ’ |