Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know how much sense it makes to say that I am tiring of Tod 's company . |
| 2 | He wishes he had been there , and I realise that I am pleased that he was excluded . |
| 3 | ‘ The decision to do so was one of the hardest I have ever made : but now that I am committed ( by dint of posting the letter before I had time to change my mind ) I began to be afraid of opposite extremes — afraid that I am merely indulging in an orgy of egoism . ’ |
| 4 | In truth , I suspect that I am bland . |
| 5 | Or that I am unhappy , and feeling insecure . |
| 6 | This is one case where , again , I make the point that I am proud to stand here and support the policies of the Adam Smith Institute which every Tory Member should also support , but unfortunately they are afraid to do so because they are facing a general election , knowing that they will be out of power within six months . |
| 7 | ‘ In any case , a glance through the lens will convince you that I am right . |
| 8 | I much prefer to find my own swims , not because I think I can find better swims than anyone else , but because I get a great deal of satisfaction from being able to study a piece of water , select a swim as a likely chub haunt , and then find that I am right . |
| 9 | Anger responses can quickly degenerate into self-pity , self-indulgence or self-righteousness ; a desire to teach the other person a thing or two — even an exaggerated desire to show that I am right after all , and I told you so ! |
| 10 | But I know that I am right . |
| 11 | Come and look through my telescope , and you will see that I am right . |
| 12 | I believe that I am right in saying that in the most recent 20 cases , there have been at most 22 counts . |
| 13 | I think that I am right in saying that regulation 3 provides that the changes will not affect pending applications for review . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman should withhold judgment and hope that I am right , and that we shall succeed in achieving those results . |
| 15 | I believe that I am right in saying that the Secretary of State is a direct descendent of the famous Scottish writer J. M. Barrie . |
| 16 | First of all can I check that I am right in saying that the difference between the H B F's figures of fifty three thousand and the County Council 's figure of forty six thousand is explained by the vacancies , concealed households , death rates etcetera . |
| 17 | ‘ To believe that I am reckless , immoral , unprincipled ? |
| 18 | The fact that I am hopeless , useless , and ca n't play any more does n't really matter , as I am an amateur player . |
| 19 | I think that I am correct in saying that the two original high level computer languages were Cobol and Prolog , which were for developing business and general/scientific applications respectively . |
| 20 | Mr. Walker:I believe that I am correct in saying that , percentage fall in unemployment , the North-west of England , the west midlands and Wales have been the three best regions of the United Kingdom . |
| 21 | ‘ As it has never impressed me either , you can pretend that I am normal and address me by my name . |
| 22 | ‘ Wish that I did have the courage to kiss you , querida , ’ he rasped , ‘ but I have standards and a level of decency to live up to and they are more important to me than a moment of weakness to prove that I am immune to you . ’ |
| 23 | All I can tell you with certainty is that I , for one , have no self , and that I am unwilling or unable to perpetrate upon myself the joke of a self . |
| 24 | And there is no point denying that I suffer from Denial , because this means only that I am guilty of Deep Denial . |
| 25 | ‘ That I am guilty of making wholesale judgements about women such as you . |
| 26 | Tell yourself , ‘ The very fact that I am alive gives me the right to a new beginning . ’ |
| 27 | As the protagonist in Kafka 's Conversation with a Suppliant confessed : ‘ There has never been a time in which I have been convinced from within myself that I am alive . ’ |
| 28 | Then I remembered you always get up in the morning before Aunt Emily , so I 'm sure you will find this before anyone else sees it ; and I want you to know that I am alive and well . |
| 29 | The situation basically is that I am confident I can come to accommodation with Norfolk from my way of thinking as the neighbouring Highway Authority , those the people we 've got to er to make certain are on site , I 'm sure , I 'm confident enough to do that . |
| 30 | It is not that I am heartless . |