Example sentences of "[conj] i [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found the article very interesting , & I was glad to be reminded of the pictures . |
| 2 | ‘ Why , Wilson , ’ Mrs Browning said , opening her eyes wide , ‘ it had not occurred to me , nor I am sure to my husband , to think Ferdinando might not go with us . |
| 3 | Although I was grateful to Jack Bowdry for the experience , I never tried the sport of skiing again — even during visits to Switzerland in later years . |
| 4 | Although I was anxious to be there I did n't get the chance because Mrs Smith gave birth to a baby girl in the early hours of the morning later that week . |
| 5 | I understood that this was my mother 's wedding , and although I was necessary to it I was expected to do nothing but be there and appear contented . |
| 6 | " Not really , although I 'm grateful to you for your tolerance . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | It is them that I am appealing to somebody because of the erm the the th thought transference that I am using is feeling now compelled to pick up the phone O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 9 | If I , being ignorant , ask a mathematician about his work I must expect , if I am to understand him , to be led into a realm of abstraction that I am unaccustomed to . |
| 10 | ‘ Please tell her I 'm sorry she 's ill — but that I 'm pleased to be able to stand in for her . ’ |
| 11 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 12 | ‘ What still comes as a shock , ’ she said with a toss of her head , ‘ is that I 'm impervious to your charm . ’ |
| 13 | Moderator and friends let me say first of all that I 'm glad to be able to make these speeches on behalf of the member churches of and I 'd like to also on , particularly on behalf of the England and Wales , though I did realise having said that that you have a minister of the University of Penryth is also a member of this Synod , and therefore , you 've got me three things ! |
| 14 | I eat , I eat everything that I 'm allergic to , virtually . |
| 15 | I was going to say that I was grateful to the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) for raising this issue , because I agree with him that it needs to be properly debated on the Floor of the House . |
| 16 | Someone lifted me up on to a high chair , so that I was close to his nose . |
| 17 | I simply did not want to play and confess that I was close to giving up completely . |
| 18 | Nour said ( he really did say it ) that I was disobedient to him to persist in feeding the cat . |
| 19 | Although the subject was never directly mentioned , it was subtly intimated in various ways that I was beholden to the Parsons for what was after all a free holiday , and was therefore expected to do rather more than my bit when it came to chauffeuring , chaperoning , shopping and suchlike chores . |
| 20 | He tried to force his grin … he held his ground and the fear once again welled up inside me so that I was sick to my stomach . |
| 21 | " When I began the WNAS diet I was asked to cut out bread , biscuits and cakes as well as cutting down on dairy products and sugar , I found that I was sensitive to wheat . |
| 22 | It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way . |
| 23 | It was just after this that I was privileged to be able to visit the British Museum and by the courtesy of Mr Rex Barker , son-in-law of the landlord of the Five Bells , Mr McCaffery , I was able to view and handle the remains of our oldest inhabitant . |
| 24 | It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots . |
| 25 | I realised that I was lucky to be able to go to England and teach . |
| 26 | She has told you that I was kind to her in the summerhouse , though I 'll assure you I was quite innocent then as now , and I desire you to keep this matter to yourself . |
| 27 | The only person not wholly in sympathy with this plan was the bartender who complained that I was supposed to be off duty and that the passengers should come to the bar to buy the drinks themselves ; I was syphoning off his tips . |
| 28 | To have insisted would have been to demand more details about Montaine , and more explanations about their love , than I was entitled to . |
| 29 | I have also enquired extensively about a suitable drill to power the attachments , without success , so I am appealing to other readers to help . |
| 30 | I am male which means I can not have children , I am somewhat reserved by nature so I am unlikely to be the life and soul of anyone 's party , and my chances of becoming King are very slim . |