Example sentences of "[adj] i [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry I 've been to disability Scotland |
| 2 | How generous I have been with my genius . |
| 3 | This is the most upbeat I have been for more than a year . ’ |
| 4 | I mean , I did get work at his mill in the summer of ‘ forty I 'd been on t'dole for four years , since I left school — but he went into the RAF not long after , and I did n't see him again till late ‘ forty-six . |
| 5 | How glad I 'd been in those first nights with him . |
| 6 | I can have one of these now I 've been the worst I 've been for about six months I really ! |
| 7 | In the early 40s I remember being at the Hilker house off South Granville Street when Yehudi Menuhin was in town for a concert . |
| 8 | I must be good I 've been round your mum every day but I have n't got it . |
| 9 | Where it 's not quite so good I feel is on her face . |
| 10 | All I had was in that crate , its death |
| 11 | All I seek is to be judged on my record and the record of this group . |
| 12 | Who said ‘ all I desire is to be left alone ’ ? |
| 13 | He said : ‘ All I ask is for the manager to believe in me and to be wanted . |
| 14 | Ferguson senior added : ‘ All I ask is for the United fans to judge him on what he does on the pitch and not as the manager 's son . |
| 15 | ‘ We need the supporters and all I ask is for them to stay with us for the 90 minutes . ’ |
| 16 | All I ask is to be left to get on with my work , and enough support to make it possible . |
| 17 | ‘ All the same , ’ she said , ‘ all I meant was for her to break a leg . ’ |
| 18 | And you kept trying all those complicated ways of pleasing me , but all I wanted was for you just to want me . ’ |
| 19 | Now all I wanted was for James to ask me out and I would 've when out with him you know . |
| 20 | All I wanted was to be left alone to get on with the job I 'd been trained for and loved . |
| 21 | All I wanted was to be away from Hampton Court before I further incurred Henry 's wrath . |
| 22 | Even after I mean , as I say , we went out on the Wednesday and he said , all I need is for you to do this book again for me . |
| 23 | All I did was to out on a raid — unofficially . |
| 24 | ‘ All I want is to be able to go out and play with my friends , ’ she says . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's so wonderful — all I want is to be with her and I get terribly possessive . |
| 26 | ‘ He ca n't hold my grandmother 's misguided behaviour against me when all I want is to be part of the family , to know I belong . ’ |
| 27 | and all I want is to type down there , cos that 's all I do |
| 28 | Do n't you know that all I want is for you to be happy ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ All I want is for him to come here , take Jennifer in his arms and face me . |
| 30 | ‘ All I want is for you to be happy , Peachcake . |