Example sentences of "[conj] i be [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps where I 'm taking you is to the nearest police station … ’ |
| 2 | There 's quite a lot of the broch showing , too , almost the complete circle , with one very high bit where I 'm told there are steps going up to what 's left of the top level , with a view . ’ |
| 3 | where I 'm told it ‘ foundered ’ and ‘ caught fire ’ . |
| 4 | Where I was stretching I used to itch all over and I used to get very upset . |
| 5 | R.B. And of course where I was sat you see you were waving your hands through the air and I noticed it … |
| 6 | Or I 'm taking my caravan off here right now . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm just pleased I had the idea and that anglers with a lot more skill than me are showing what can be done with it , ’ he said modestly . |
| 8 | Although I was complimented it did not prevent my being officer of the watch . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ I was with him when the call came in to do the video so I was listening to the call , although I was minding my own business . |
| 10 | They begin with a lukewarm rendition of their second single ‘ Suzanne ’ and exude a self-conscious hesitancy , although I 'm told they 're a roaring juggernaut of assurance compared to their earlier live self . |
| 11 | ‘ I see myself as a guardian , although I 'm making my own marks with a herb garden and wild flower garden . ’ |
| 12 | It may be they know that I am meeting somebody they are trying to affect through his hierarchy ; or it may be they need to find out something which they think I am in a better position to find out than they are . |
| 13 | ‘ The main reason that I am contacting you is that I thought you might be interested to know that John ( stage name Joan Rawson ) was awarded the Eric Rowley Trophy for the artist who has done the most for charity over the last 12 months . |
| 14 | If I was setting an exam paper for summer it would be something I would think about putting in not that I am setting it in case you think I had n't . |
| 15 | ‘ I can not believe that I am hearing you aright , my darling . |
| 16 | This is to let you know that I am leaving you . |
| 17 | I am already aware that I am beginning myself to use the acceptable university jargon that saturates the material that is presented within these diploma courses . |
| 18 | I will tell my steward that I am taking you on to the staff as — ’ he paused for thought for a moment' — as a tax consultant . |
| 19 | ‘ The point is that I am teaching them a difference , ’ Diana told a friend . |
| 20 | The fact that I am conning myself , and know it , does not , strange to say , seem to render the technique ineffective . |
| 21 | I happen to have half a dozen , and there is one , just one , that I am allowing you the privilege of riding , because I think you are capable of coping with it . |
| 22 | ‘ It may be , sir , that I am thinking what you are , if you follow me . ’ |
| 23 | Not that I am encouraging you , mind . |
| 24 | I am sorry if the Minister finds it difficult to understand that , when I say ’ personally ’ in this respect , I mean that I am expressing my view and the view of my party . |
| 25 | And if her husband comes back , as he is apparently hinting he might , or if she moves , or gets a job , as she is always threatening to do if he does n't , or if my colleagues in the DSS find out that I am paying her , then even this hopeless arrangement will come to an end and I shall be back to the agencies and the advertisements , back to the interviews and the references , back to strangers in the house . |
| 26 | It pleases me that she called me my darling and not my little prodigy as she once did ; this is the best sign yet that I am winning her back . |
| 27 | I quote from my account of it in a letter to Elizabeth , ten years later : it will be seen that I am answering her questions . |
| 28 | ‘ For myself , I can scarce believe it is true — that I am to accompany you on so grand a venture . ’ |
| 29 | He thinks that I am selling her for the night . |
| 30 | However , I do n't see myself as a jack of all trades ; instead I believe that I am broadening my range of expertise while remaining a commercial lawyer . ’ |