Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [subord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am so disappointed because I had the chance . |
| 2 | You 've ruined me , Piers Morrison , she thought angrily , staring at her reflection in the mirror as the prospect of a dreary Saturday evening faced her ; I might not have been terribly nice before I met you , but at least I was n't filled with this pain and dissatisfaction . |
| 3 | It would perhaps have been entirely adequate if I had received it in any normal circumstances . |
| 4 | With a wry smile , Ellie admitted , ‘ It would n't have been so hard if I 'd known what he was talking about . ’ |
| 5 | I 've been so lucky since I saw you last , and I 'm so grateful for it ! ’ |
| 6 | I 've been so happy since I met Garry . |
| 7 | They 're always surprised when I tell them there is no bread being baked , but that at one time the room below was a kitchen . |
| 8 | Now what we 're on about yeah as I were on about , that er what I do is , with days like this , cos you can never guarantee if they 're gon na be dry , wet or what , so I watch to see if it rains , if it do n't they 're virtually dry when I fetch them in . |
| 9 | ‘ They 're quite disappointed when I tell them they 're welcome , but there 's not much point bringing their bike . ’ |
| 10 | The luncheon and exhibition had been more tiring than I had expected . |
| 11 | The instructors were all trained in the UK and could not have been more helpful when I asked at very short notice whether I could fly their Archer for £34 . |
| 12 | I had been at great pains to appear distant towards him and been more successful than I had thought I could be . |
| 13 | The results in my Mediterranean garden have been more successful than I 'd dared to hope . |
| 14 | It might have been more depressing if I had been otherwise ready to leave . |
| 15 | Some of the most exciting events have occurred in this imaginary place , and I am always disappointed when I visit Wood Green to find that no school , no schoolhouse , no children and , above all , no Miss Watson or Miss Fogerty are to be seen . |
| 16 | That was the point , I thought , but perhaps machines are more versatile than I have been informed they are . |
| 17 | ‘ You are more beautiful than I remember , ’ he murmured , his eyes alight , ‘ in spite of reducing yourself to a scarecrow . ’ |
| 18 | Dear Irene , you are more beautiful than I remembered … |
| 19 | Situations are more dynamic than I have been able to describe . |
| 20 | I 've done it now about four times and I am still scared when I do it . |
| 21 | Now I have already criticized recall and memory as a guide to advertising effectiveness , so I am clearly vulnerable when I adduce this sort of thing as evidence for long-term effects of advertising . |
| 22 | You say someone such as myself , but I am as far as I understand the housekeeper of this house , while your father is the under-butler . ’ |
| 23 | Lake said : ‘ I was performing well and I am really disappointed as I have also had to withdraw from the doubles . |
| 24 | It has n't been as difficult as I thought it would be , so far … but I 'm determined not to have another smoke . |
| 25 | No , I would have done it exactly the same , I would have just hoped that I would have been as lucky as I have been . |
| 26 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 27 | It 's another day , I have slept for more than ten hours and am now famished as I follow the smell of cooking to a spot behind the barn . |
| 28 | Build quality and sound are as good as I expected , so these guitars are definitely not poor relations . |
| 29 | I think I ought to see her again — just once , to reassure myself that all the old feelings really are as dead as I believe . |
| 30 | You are as wonderful as I expected , and I worship you for it . |