Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 2 | Now I began to wonder if my friends had not been right when they said I would never see him again . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , sir , I am sorry but I saw it lying there and the temptation was too much for me . ’ |
| 4 | But we are embarrassed because we got it wrong when usually we do not . |
| 5 | I am afraid that I told him to go away and not be silly . |
| 6 | When Harry had kissed Cora-Beth goodbye in Kentucky a week ago , he had been convinced that he loved her . |
| 7 | Her pregnancy had been uncomfortable and she feared she might not carry , but here it was - a girl for Bruce . |
| 8 | As a user and devotee of Wainwright 's books , I am convinced that he wrote them primarily as works of creative art , for sharing with those of like mind . |
| 9 | ‘ We 're sorry that we teased you — and I promise to wear my blue headband tomorrow , ’ Sophie whispered in her ear . |
| 10 | ‘ Ye 're sure that ye heard nothing . ’ |
| 11 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 12 | He had clipped up his shirtsleeves with steel bracelets above the elbow and was swathed in a coarse apron which had once been white and which covered him from the knot of his tie to his ankles . |
| 13 | But I am glad that I provoked him into an unqualified withdrawal of his disgraceful unjustified comments . |
| 14 | I always felt that Basil was a very shy , warm hearted man with a special sort of honesty and I am glad that I knew him . |
| 15 | I am glad that you found them useful . |
| 16 | Cantona , who flew to Paris for the top-rated chat show Sacree Soiree after his United debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , added : ‘ I am fit and I enjoyed myself in the opener against Benfica . |
| 17 | Before that , I recognised the building under the trees , de luxe bedroom suites now , but still the same structure , on the left-hand side of the drive , just before the sweep around to the hotel steps : ‘ The stables which formed part of the rectangle of low buildings out of which that archway to the henyard led , had long been disused but somebody swept them now and then , dusted the curved metal hay racks , wiped manger and woodwork and shone the brass tethering rings so brightly than whenever we pushed a door open and looked into the dusky twilight we were welcomed by a small round gleam of light . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It must have been terrible when she told you about Nicola 's affair with Parkin . |
| 19 | Arthur Conway had been married before he met her mother . |
| 20 | But I am sure that what determined her to write to me was this paragraph : ‘ The author we most admire has rightly said that people do not know about families ; but Stephen and I know . |
| 21 | He gave way generously to many hon. Members — and I am sure that they appreciated it — but I suspect that we were hearing the Minister 's swan song . |
| 22 | The lumps are heavy but I drove myself till my arms cried out and the sweat runs down my back . |
| 23 | When , she thought , had there ever been a moment when she had been unsure that she disliked him ? |
| 24 | I did n't even know if they had been responsible but I had nothing more to offer . |
| 25 | He worries that the children would be upset when they saw it , so he rubs it off the wall . |
| 26 | I 'm sorry that I told you now . |
| 27 | Mostly I 'm sorry that I hurt myself . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sorry that I accused you of taking them . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm sorry if I made you jump , son . ’ |
| 30 | By the way , I 'm sorry if I dropped you in the soup just now . ’ |