Example sentences of "i [verb] be [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I tried being polite for a long time , Aunt Ruth , and it got me nowhere . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd been miserable for a long time . |
| 3 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 4 | I do that in the context of the proposals in the Bill , which I believe are vital for the future of Cardiff . |
| 5 | The Squirrel I flew was appropriate for the task , being owned privately by a pilot who bought it new and had flown just 60 hours before it was introduced to me . |
| 6 | I did what I thought was right for the most precious thing in the world to me . |
| 7 | I try to use ones which I think are appropriate for the shape and exterior of the animal . |
| 8 | I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital . |
| 9 | ‘ It feels like I 've been asleep for a long , long time . |
| 10 | I 've been asleep for an hour . |
| 11 | Anyway , I 've been sober for a couple of days now and it changes your perspective a bit . |
| 12 | Certainly I I 've been aware for a while now that there have been problems at Kingslane general in terms of of break ins erm not just specifically with the launderette but with also the community room er there and certainly I I 've been engaged in making one or two suggestions about how security measures could be improved . |
| 13 | Well , it 's about why I 've been ex-directory for the last , er , twenty years . |
| 14 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 15 | The fact is , over the past few months , I have been responsible for a series of small errors in the carrying out of my duties . |
| 16 | I says , I have been ready for the last week . |
| 17 | I think I have been dead for a long time now . |
| 18 | I have been dead for a long time and by day I circle the huge air above the hills and by night I sleep in the quiet rock , as quiet as the rock , and the little worms mean consolation as they eat me . |