Example sentences of "[pron] i [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard about the first one pretty soon , the next night in fact , because everyone I knew was talking about the arrival of the new beauty . |
| 2 | Lucille Walker had n't brought me clear over to Hollywood just to tell me I 'd been played for a sucker . |
| 3 | His friend held my other hand and told me I 'd been brave . |
| 4 | She told us : ‘ The first time I saw this lady from the Foundation for Global Unity in Canterbury , she told me I had been a young boy in one of the Balkan countries , where slaves were being used to cut down all the trees . |
| 5 | Then he admitted as he shovelled manure at a tree-planting ceremoney in his Huntingdon constituency : ‘ It occurs to me I 've been up to my neck in this stuff for the last month . ’ |
| 6 | I see me I 've been coming off my and she turned round and says , No . |
| 7 | Yes I suppose it 's true that for somebody like me I 've been involved in quite a lot of different groups over over the years and the quarry men 's support group is it 's difficult to put in words really er exactly how it 's erm you know I think it 's very easy f for groups to become sort of s set really and er well I 've always wanted it to involve everybody and I think it does that in a way it sort of er it 's quite special to all of us in in a funny sort of way it 's er you know we feel quite committed . |
| 8 | And I opened the door and let him in and he was telling me I 've been here half an hour trying to get in . |
| 9 | This one was hard because this one to me I think was the hardest because it was was theoretical |
| 10 | ‘ Nothing I do is simple , Shih Tong . |
| 11 | I used to wonder why nothing I did was right . |
| 12 | Wendy was still living in Old Wolverton , and because of her shift work I did not see her very often ; and most of those with whom I had been friendliest were billeted in outlying areas . |
| 13 | The one to whom I had been speaking was shivering audibly . |
| 14 | He turned out to be an inspector of taxes with whom I had been conducting a mini back-duty enquiry and which was in the concluding stages . |
| 15 | A couple of years after coming out , I met a heterosexual woman with whom I had been particularly close before I had blasted our cosy set up out of the water . |
| 16 | Here again I learnt to admire and like these people , with whom I had been so recently at war , and to see clearly both the differences and the similarities between people of different nationalities and the fantastic ability of people to respond to leadership tuned to their needs . |
| 17 | In alluding to Ronald Duncan and The Criterion , he was referring to a proposal by Duncan — with whom I had been in correspondence , though I did not meet him until after the war — that I should write for The Townsman ( a magazine which he edited from an ancient mill situated in a valley on the Devon/Cornish border , where I was later to live and write about ) , an article analysing the reasons why The Criterion , after flourishing for seventeen years , had so suddenly come to an end . |
| 18 | Tagalog concepts are directly relevant to the present discussion because the Buid with whom I lived are in daily contact with Tagalog speaking immigrants from neighbouring islands . |
| 19 | I found it tiring to have somebody in the house whom I knew was not really enjoying what she was doing . |
| 20 | I am delighted to say that both previous Prime Ministers under whom I served are avid and enthusiastic collectors of that porcelain . |
| 21 | Some decided that they would not pay the poll tax , but the people about whom I worry are those such as the elderly lady suffering from a form of senile dementia who came to me because she was being harassed about the poll tax . |
| 22 | Returning on the bus from Medenine I noticed a solitary blonde whom I assumed was a stray package tourist from one of the hotels on the west of the island . |
| 23 | Er as well as applying for er vacancies that appear in newspapers as well as er registering myself with er agencies with whom I 've been in contact |
| 24 | Many of the Free Presbyterians to whom I talked are themselves confused about their political philosophy . |
| 25 | Time and time again discussions about tears came back to the central theme of the wish to be cared for-not all the time , the women with whom I talked were quite clear about that . |
| 26 | I can think of only one or two in my acquaintance , but in order to find an answer to the perennial argument of the single millionaire , I asked someone whom I believe is a millionaire . |
| 27 | ‘ I am dependent on people with whom I have been associated in the past inviting me and I must say they could not have been more gracious . ’ |
| 28 | I find it strange that people with whom I have been associated should now accept that independent bankers control so much of our destiny . |
| 29 | The trouble is my boyfriend , with whom I have been living for six months , thinks I should use the money to pay off our overdraft . |
| 30 | Even the kindest of souls , and the housekeeper for whom I work is certainly that , have no idea of the magnitude of the demands they make on one . |