Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 31 | No , I am sorry but I am not taking it until after the statement . |
| 32 | I am sorry but I wo n't be in any more . |
| 33 | I am sorry if I sound harsh . ’ |
| 34 | I am sorry if I can not fulfil your request on this point . |
| 35 | ‘ I am sorry if I do not make sense . ’ |
| 36 | I am sorry if I appeared to spring the letter on you and I fully understand your desire to get it right . |
| 37 | I am sorry if I did not reply . |
| 38 | ‘ We are doing our best to ensure that fans are well-behaved and I think players have a responsibility too . ’ |
| 39 | Not only have your reports been first-lass but I have been particularly pleased that you were able to establish and maintain such good relations with the girl 's family and with the police . |
| 40 | Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy . |
| 41 | But I could have been wrong and I had no means of checking my suspicions . |
| 42 | I could have been free if I were n't a coward . |
| 43 | I think that , had the girls been from today 's society the situation may have been different but I will assume they are from the same background as the boys were . |
| 44 | Basically , the things I 've been involved in have always been different and I 've been lucky . |
| 45 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 46 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 47 | I am afraid that I must say frankly that I do not think I can open the columns of the Q.R. — at any rate , at present — to any one associated publicly with such a publication as Blast . |
| 48 | ‘ I am afraid that I can not venture an opinion as to the length of the weapon , until my examination , ’ he said , withdrawing the probe and wiping it on his apron . |
| 49 | ‘ I am afraid that I do not understand ! ’ he exclaimed . |
| 50 | I am afraid that I have been indiscreet . ’ |
| 51 | I am afraid that I can not agree with you that all rivers should simply be recognized as public rights of way , attractive though that might appear . |
| 52 | I am afraid that I told him to go away and not be silly . |
| 53 | In private conversation he told Asquith " I am afraid that I shall have to show myself very vicious Mr Asquith this session . |
| 54 | I am afraid that I can not accept the reasoning which has led subsequent Divisional Courts to limit the ambit of that decision : Benson 's case , the Divisional Court in the present case , and Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Walsh , The Times , 18 December 1991 . |
| 55 | I am afraid that I may be watching my own family and friends being killed . |
| 56 | However , I am afraid that I am simply unable to attend . |
| 57 | I am afraid that I could not catch the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I agree with him about the importance that he attaches to the single market . |
| 58 | I am afraid that I have to confess that we allow a substantial number of people to remain simply because we have not had the staff to pursue their claims to remain through the various hoops available to them . |
| 59 | I shall certainly convey the sentiments , but I am afraid that I can not promise my hon. Friend an early debate . |
| 60 | I am afraid that I could not find anything objectionable in his speech or in the regulations . |