Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in the end , even the chairman agreed I was right . |
| 2 | My mum thinks I 'm having a great time , as I tell her that I am but it 's a lie , and it has n't got any better . |
| 3 | She added apologetically , ‘ Sophie thinks I 'm too romantic , and I suppose I am , but I must admit I 'd love to be protected . ’ |
| 4 | I said , ‘ Harvey thinks I am employed by Midwinter to check up on him ? ’ |
| 5 | Russells Hall pupils ' comments were along the lines of ‘ Ca n't they come back this afternoon ? ’ but also included : ‘ Dipak can draw well ’ and ‘ Marcelle thinks I 'm a really good writer . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to convert the minute Bernard thinks I 'm serious enough . |
| 7 | But I know enough about myself to know that as long as I get eight hours sleep I 'm alright ’ . |
| 8 | I was a bit nervous about that because , even at the best of times , Jean thinks I 'm a pain in the neck . |
| 9 | Pakistan also have strong support from ex-Test stars from other countries such as Australia 's respected former captain , Richie Benaud , who says : ‘ On the opening day of the final Cornhill Test I was privileged to witness some of the finest swing bowling in the 44 years that I 've been in the game . |
| 10 | I did not want our enemy to know I was here , but I wanted to be near enough to make sure that you and Sir Henry were safe . |
| 11 | But I do n't care , as my Mummy says I 'm unique because my ears stand up when they should be down . |
| 12 | He 's got a musical test which says do n't they 're tired they 're tired and then he said the pig says I 'm not and then the people said Oh dear and then he said I 'm hungry and then they said they 're hungry and he says I 'm not and he 's sleepy . |
| 13 | Marie s filling the kettle with water and Satan 's sleeping on the windowsill and the house is quiet and Marie says I 'm handsome . |
| 14 | ‘ As soon as I 've got the car going I 'm off . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't want them to ask me any more questions , so what I do is I lie back in the sofa and shut my eyes like I 'm asleep . |
| 16 | If you look at the history of the band , songs like I Was Made For Loving You , which had a kind of dance feel , we could have done much more of that and been successful with it . |
| 17 | She rubs the tops of my legs like I 'm cold and she 's trying to warm me up . |
| 18 | BELVILLE : [ desperately ] Once the Countess discovered I was married she resolved we should enter into a system devoted to Platonic Love , in which sex was to have no manner of concern … |
| 19 | I got out of bed , packed a suitcase , wrote a note for Richard saying I was leaving him , and walked to the station . |
| 20 | ‘ Mr Dysart paid over the odds for charring , and my Wilfrid thought I was mad to give it up , but I was glad to go , believe you me , glad to be out of that house for good and all . |
| 21 | ‘ Fortunately , I was given a good assessment on the first 45 minutes , and apparently the experiment proved I 'm very fit . |
| 22 | Her most ingenious moment on Whose Line Is It Anyway ? was one the public never saw : ‘ We once did the nativity play in which I portrayed a paranoid shepherd convinced I was n't following a star , it was following me . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't want the lads thinking I 'm some sort of wimp , that ca n't cope with a bit of shock . ’ |
| 24 | Marie said I was a handsome devil ! |
| 25 | Half time came and the fans artound me were a bit pissed off because a ) Leeds were n't actually playing all that well and b ) Rocky was nowhere to be seen ( ironic when you consider it was his picture on the front of the program along with an interview where he said Wilko came to him & said ‘ you 're in the team , just go do it ’ — or something like that- ) . |
| 26 | I reckon Marie likes me being round her , and doing things for her . |
| 27 | Aunt Lilian said I was thin and ordered two extra pints of milk a day . |
| 28 | And the Chief said that does n't compare he said that does not concur with a visit I had last night in Glasgow whilst asleep when he awoke to a gleaming light at his bedroom and he said who are you and this figure said I am God and the Chief Fire Officer said well God , all I want to know is one thing , will I get my southern fire station ? |
| 29 | In the course of this kind of research work I am describing , a social scientist is continually being pressed to examine his own imagos , his own inner world with its stored subjective experiences . |
| 30 | That was my auntie and that was the l the woman who gave me that tea set I were telling you about . |