Example sentences of "[verb] i [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 2 | Besides , if I marry Saul now , she will think I am provided for and leave the house away from me . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't think I 'm constructed for physical labour . |
| 4 | I do n't think I was fired on once . |
| 5 | Some people might think I was approached by Harper Collins with a check for half a million pounds and asked to write the book — in a way I wish I had been . |
| 6 | Kicking and struggling I was forced to the floor and lay there , face down , while three boys sat on top of me and others pulled my shoes off . |
| 7 | Well , as near as possible because , erm , I mean I was appointed to , to Africa while I was still in college |
| 8 | I said , ‘ Harvey thinks I am employed by Midwinter to check up on him ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Have you forgotten I 'm engaged to your brother ? ’ |
| 10 | I do not want my new friends to know I am connected to a boring man like you . |
| 11 | Indeed my wife believes that if when I die I am cut in half , the letters ICI will be found stamped through me from top to bottom , like Blackpool rock . |
| 12 | ‘ But I do feel I 'm viewed with more respect these days . |
| 13 | ‘ If by that remark you mean you hope I was thrashed within an inch of my life , then I have to disappoint you . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ My insurance company will never believe I was hit by a flying cow . ’ |
| 15 | You ca n't really believe I was engaged to Sir Thomas , can you ? ’ |
| 16 | Even so , I do n't believe I was prepared for the facts . |
| 17 | ‘ You obviously did n't realize I was separated from my husband ? ’ |
| 18 | Unfortunately , I completely forgot I was attached to the table — all the lunch things fell off , the wine spilt and the glasses shattered . |
| 19 | Soon after we arrived I was interrogated about my parents and our home life . |
| 20 | When we arrived I was introduced to the medium , Helen , a quite ordinary , sandy-haired woman in her mid-thirties , and the rest of the group , Dora and Leo and Katy and Humphrey , and everyone made a great fuss of me . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Sometimes I think I 'm invisible and I can pour myself into places like I 'm made of water . |
| 23 | Now I 'm aware that many parents bring their children for baptism from reasons of superstition or custom or anything you like I 'm reminded of a certain tax gatherer who , inspired by sheer idle curiosity , climbed a tree curiosity maybe took him up the tree but it was the grace of God that brought him down . |
| 24 | Melanie already knew I was popular with the fair sex , but when she discovered I was tipped for the top in my career as well she decided it might be a good idea to marry me . ’ |
| 25 | Remember I am trained to not give in , |
| 26 | And I remember I was sent to er a neighbour 's house the day of the funeral , I was erm seven . |
| 27 | Oh about eight , seven or eight , but when we first went there the honourable S G W was the vicar , fourth son of the Earl of and er , oh you he was there then afterwards er Father came , and I used to do altar serving oh I was never interested in it you know I was forced into it . |
| 28 | I know I 'm seen as an untidy person , for example , but I 'm not . |
| 29 | He raged : ‘ I 'm hurt and angry that after five years here I heard I was sacked on my car radio . ’ |
| 30 | The tailbacks are now beginning to ease I 'm told by Thames Valley Police , due to the accident being cleared away from the carriageway at the moment . |