Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun sg] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've , I 've been through death and I 've conquered death . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 3 | I know that you are behind schedule and I do n't want to incur the wrath of your moderator ! |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Every moment is an effort , an ache , but I am in control and I feel good . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I 'm in control and I know what 's going on ; all communication comes through me . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I feel like I 'm in prison and I do n't understand the crime , ’ she told him once the preliminaries were over . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | To tell you the truth , before I went to prison I used to meet people who had been to prison and I did n't want to talk to them because I thought they were funny . |
| 13 | It 's not been without pain and I pay tribute to our staff 's willingness to embrace the changes that we 've had to make . |
| 14 | So in in response you said that they they were for accuracy and I pointed out to you that that at site thirteen there was a sixty percent error from your forecast for three years hence , nineteen ninety six and what is in fact being achieved at this very moment in time . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , they were behind schedule and I had to make do with a curry-house scene . |
| 16 | I told him they were in bed and I dashed up the stairs , two at a time , to fetch them . |
| 17 | Councillor is on record , in fact not long after taking his job , that he does n't care much for state education , he prefers , grant maintained schools , the assisted places scheme , which I 'm pleased to say , Lord Mayor , we do n't operate in this district and neither did the Tories when they were in power and I applaud them for that |
| 18 | The few people I treasure were in touch and I told them exactly what was wrong . |
| 19 | I mean I can remember being underneath the platform , being on fire and I mean I I just kept saying to myself that this was n't really happening . |
| 20 | But it is of concern and I do hope that in the next forthcoming er house er when the the house sits in the forthcoming rounds , that they will be mindful of the representations which have been made nationally and that the Police service and the proposals contained , particularly in the Police bill , will not be fully implemented in the way that they 're currently proposed on the white paper today . |
| 21 | Erm first of all may I move the officers ' erm recommendations on the paper if that 's in order and I hope erm to save er to comment on the |
| 22 | I think Alwin and Pat use an auditor cos as you know he 's in business and I 've got a feeling that Alwin was asking me about the auditors the other day , so whether there 's would be , whoever he is , would be er willing to do it , I do n't know . |
| 23 | Er I hope that wo n't disturb you or er Sir my comment briefly is I I did indicate in my opening er statement er yesterday , that there is in existence and I do n't wish to make too much of this at this particular enquiry , but you should be aware of a new settlement proposal in the Leeds district , outside the statutorily defined greenbelt . |
| 24 | Oh Lord comfort and secure all those who are in trouble in sorrow or in need all those who are sick , especially we ask today for Mary who is in hospital and I understand has had an operation . |
| 25 | She was off duty and I did n't call her . |
| 26 | ‘ He was off balance and I did not think it was a penalty . ’ |
| 27 | His reason for wanting to go , he said , was because ‘ I had heard it was for charity and I knew Elton John . |
| 28 | Late night I was in bed by twenty past ten , I was in bed and I say I must of been asleep by half past , |
| 29 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 30 | I only got off the bus to catch the bus that was in front and I missed that . |