Example sentences of "[be] [adj] that i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , and you 'd have been grateful that I 'd gone . |
| 2 | ‘ I am sorry that I could not spare you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am sorry that I am late this morning , Mr Tranter , ’ she said . |
| 4 | Mr Sproat arose and declared : ‘ I am sorry that I feel compelled to enter a gently discordant note into the debate . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I am sorry that I have been so ungrateful in the past for your many generous acts , ’ it began . |
| 6 | I am sorry that I have made them |
| 7 | It read , Dear Sir Geoffrey , I am sorry that I was out of the office when you telephoned this afternoon . |
| 8 | I am sorry that I had to deceive you just now ; I am from the Military Police Special Investigation Branch . ’ |
| 9 | He said , ‘ I never meant to frighten you and I am sorry that I did , truly sorry . |
| 10 | I am sorry that I can not be more helpful . |
| 11 | I am sorry that I so rattled the Prime Minister with my question at the previous Prime Minister 's Question Time that he has not come to the House today . |
| 12 | ‘ Should you come to town , I am sorry that I can not offer you a home pro tempore — pro trumpery indeed it would be , if I did not make any such offer — for unless you occupied the grate as a seat — I see no probability of your finding any rest consonant with the safety of my parrots — seeing , that of the six chairs I possess — 5 are at present occupied with lithographic prints : — the whole of my exalted & delightful upper tenement in fact overflows with them , and for the last 12 months I have so moved — thought — looked at , — & existed among parrots — that should any transmigration take place at my decease I am sure my soul would be very uncomfortable in anything but one of the psittacidae . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I am afraid that I do not understand ! ’ he exclaimed . |
| 16 | I am afraid that I have been indiscreet . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I am afraid that I told him to go away and not be silly . |
| 19 | In private conversation he told Asquith " I am afraid that I shall have to show myself very vicious Mr Asquith this session . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I am afraid that I may be watching my own family and friends being killed . |
| 22 | However , I am afraid that I am simply unable to attend . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I shall certainly convey the sentiments , but I am afraid that I can not promise my hon. Friend an early debate . |
| 26 | I am afraid that I could not find anything objectionable in his speech or in the regulations . |
| 27 | Having said all that , I am afraid that I can not be as enthusiastic about the Bill as I should like . |
| 28 | I warn the House — I am afraid that I have been an awful bore in continually pointing this out — that , as we extend the concept of health care out into the community , we shall find more and more unsatisfied demands that have not previously been recognised . |
| 29 | I shall answer it as best I can , although I am afraid that I may burden Opposition Members with an answer that they have heard before . |
| 30 | The young lady in question ( who I shall call Mrs X because I am afraid that I omitted to catch her name ) began by asking me what the bad points were within the embalming profession . |