Example sentences of "[conj] i [be] [adj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I was unemployed I paid my subscription as I knew the money would be put to good use . |
| 2 | As he lifted , I shoved , although I was aware I was n't really helping . |
| 3 | ‘ I think I can read most things , Miss Honey , ’ Matilda said , ‘ although I 'm afraid I ca n't always understand the meanings . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ It gave me something that I am sure I can put back into the local community , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I hate sauces. ’ 'And that I am sure I was meant to hear , ' he said . |
| 7 | I suppose this is erm , a caricature , a self portrait this little , I , in fact I was , really actually hilarious as I felt that , I , I , do n't actually know an awful lot about Gaugin , but if , if I knew nothing about him at all , I would of thought he was having a bit of joke of himself with this , but er , being the person that he was I ca n't image that he had that quality , that , I do n't believe he would be laughing at himself , erm , erm , the symbolism erm and conflict of this painting its dazzles me more than , than the colour or at least as much as the colours in it , but there 's a , there 's a half eaten , well it is n't half eaten , but there 's half an apple at the top and , and that was the , the way into me finally , for , for writing about this , this again is a shopping list , I call it a shopping list , this is just visual images that , that will be opened out at some point and turn it into something , and my images were erm Shoulders of the matador smoking snakes , dare to bit an apple , see one half gone and still I wear a halo intact , that I 'm sure I 've completely wrong about him as a , a person , but as the painting that 's obviously something else , erm , I found that one of the things that were he 's , I , I think probably that everybody who writes is that you 'll come to a point when you ca n't write , you stop writing , you have n't got anything you want to write about , or your frightened of writing , and I devise exercises so that , that does n't happened to me , I think writing is like any skill you have to keep doing it to be able to do it , its , you , some of it is a game and the rest of it is hard work , and one of the exercises I , I delighted using erm a portrait of a woman erm , its about erm the er still life , its the back one , yes this one here , I have , I , I hope to use this as a writing exercise I found the , the maths in this and the colour of the piece of fruit in the background , very interesting because most of the colours to me seem a , a lot less vibrant then many of his other paintings , and so they , they attracted me and have a , a strong sense of erm , er a hidden desire in that and so it , to use it as a writing exercise which I intend doing , it will be able about a situation of character 's with erm something that 's hidden , some desire , I do n't , the , not even spoke about to themselves or , or generally , erm I like to sort of say that came from those two little , just this amounts of colour which seemed to be saying such a lot |
| 8 | I do n't want to encourage anybody to take on such a formidable task , just to say that I 'm glad I followed my heart and not my head for once . |
| 9 | He makes a strange , strangled sound that I 'm afraid I 'm going to describe as a short , sharp chuckle . |
| 10 | It 's that I 'm afraid I would disappoint you . |
| 11 | In fact the room was so warm , and I have this tired feeling such a lot these days , that I 'm afraid I fell asleep ! |
| 12 | And more than that I 'm afraid I can not tell people . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose now that I 'm penniless I 'm no longer suitable for the wonderful Craig Grenfell . |
| 14 | I told them not to worry , that I was sure I 'd see them again — on the scene . |
| 15 | It was so hard and stiff that I was frightened I would break the wrist . |
| 16 | All I can say is that at the time everything fitted together perfectly into so glaringly obvious a pattern that I was amazed I had never seen it before . |
| 17 | I choked back the tears and mumbled that I was glad I 'd had cancer . |
| 18 | I explained that I was afraid I was jinxed , that I brought death and destruction upon all those near me , and also that I was afraid I might get sent to prison because people would think I had murdered Esmerelda . |
| 19 | I explained that I was afraid I was jinxed , that I brought death and destruction upon all those near me , and also that I was afraid I might get sent to prison because people would think I had murdered Esmerelda . |
| 20 | Now that I was alone I thought bitterly of the people I lived with . |
| 21 | I was unaccustomed to exploring my own body so I was relieved I had plenty of time before my lover was expected . |
| 22 | ‘ So I was upset I said I did n't want to , I was crying and it made him madder . ’ |
| 23 | on Easter Monday so I 'm sorry I wo n't be there with your oranges , Dorothy . |
| 24 | Carl is 15 months now , and he 's fine , so I 'm sure I could cope with another baby . |
| 25 | I have to go to a cocktail party at the Library Association this evening , ’ he went on , ‘ so I 'm afraid I sha n't be able to be the ministering angel . |
| 26 | My contact at the Yard is n't working over the weekend , so I 'm afraid I ca n't find out much for you . |
| 27 | Justification by faith means that once I am accepted I can begin to live with myself . |
| 28 | I used to be able to , but just lately I 've found it 's impossible ; once I 'm awake I start worrying about the silliest things . ’ |
| 29 | But I know myself and I am confident I have the beating of him . ’ |
| 30 | But I have stayed on the park for every day in our championship matches this season and I am confident I can last the full five days of the Test . |