Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] i be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if I am called to a meeting that does not have a purpose written on the agenda , I demand to know what the purpose of the meeting is , before we start . |
| 2 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 3 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 4 | Whether the ground actually became firmer or whether I was spurred on by fear I do not know , but I began to make better progress . |
| 5 | Then came Samuel Robert ( Sam ) , Etty , Louis and Jack ( or as I was mis-named on my birth certificate Ezra . |
| 6 | Nor when I 'm gone , speak in a Sunday voice . |
| 7 | I thought we 'd got such a good start , knowing my mother 's name and where I was born . ’ |
| 8 | My understanding from your letter of [ Date ] is that I am jointly instructed by the vendor , Mr D Smith , and the purchasers ( as set out in the Agreement between the parties dated [ Date ] ) and that I am requested to certify in writing to the parties , the value , in my opinion , of Mr D Smith 's shares at [ Date ] . |
| 9 | I tell him I am a writer and that I was robbed in Cuzco Airport and lost camera , films and all my writing , so I have come to a tranquil place to try to remember . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know that I ever 'ad one , the orphanage never said I did , but they did say me birthday was December the second , and that I was born in 1889 . ’ |
| 11 | Buyer 's guide tells you that I work for and , and that I 'm authorized to discuss 's products only . |
| 12 | Helen tells me you want to do farm work as well , and although I 'm told women vets are just as good as men I 've yet to be convinced . |
| 13 | I know this because these machines have a high curiosity factor with guitarists , and although I 'm used to my GR-50 , many players who have been eager to try it have fallen foul of mis-tracking . |
| 14 | I could see she was an unfit woman , and although I was resolved not to tell anyone now of my qualifications , except that I had been an ARP worker , I did try to be as helpful to her as I could . |
| 15 | Wahono quoted Suharto as saying : " If the people want it and if I am entrusted , then it is my duty to fulfil the will . " |
| 16 | You wanted to wake up with him right there in the room and to turn to him and quote the next line of the film right back at him , to whisper it to him , make me almost believe that we are a pair of young lovers without any shame , and I do n't mean that in some tragedy queen way , but in order to say of Boy that truly I do think that it is a beauty like his that makes it all worth while , and I do feel that if we are fighting for anything , and if I was asked in a questionnaire what it was I was fighting for ( and believe me I do feel like I am fighting , more and more I think that ) , then I would answer , beauty . |
| 17 | And a confident Hide said yesterday : ‘ I 've always known I was as good as people like Bruno and Lewis , and if I was offered a fight against Bowe in January I 'd take it . |
| 18 | I ca n't say we really got to talk properly until we played tennis together at Kyalami in 1976 , just before he took up his Lotus drive , but it was evident from the first that he was of sound mind and body and somehow radically different from any other driver I 've met before or since , and if I were pressed to say why that is so , it has to be because of his utter imperturbability . |
| 19 | There have been many books written about improvisation and if I were asked to choose just one it would be Keith Johnston 's Impro which is straightforward , understandable , and theatrically aware . |
| 20 | ‘ I knew that I was playing with fire ’ , he confessed ; ‘ I ran the risk , and if I were set free I would still do the same . ’ |
| 21 | Visit the neighbourhood centre at , and there I 'm in contact with residents associations , Asian groups , er all types of groups , and if I 'm invited to them I go . |
| 22 | ‘ Too chancy and if I 'm seen , it 's bound to be reported . |
| 23 | Right after the ground rules are laid down by the station when you go in they say , ‘ What is your title ? ’ and if I 'm interviewed on behalf of the branch P R O I say that , if I 'm an officer of Broadham District Council I say that , so the ground rules are there as to who you 're speaking for when the interview starts . |
| 24 | You got it right and you stuck to your guns and cos I 'm put a little doubt in your mind you changed . |
| 25 | ‘ I can not make it too abundantly clear that , under no circumstances whatsoever , will I support Mr Baldwin unless I know exactly what his policy is going to be , unless I have complete guarantees that such policy will be carried out if his party achieves office , and unless I am acquainted with the names of at least eight or ten of his most prominent colleagues in the next Ministry . |
| 26 | Once I 'm absolutely clear in my own mind I 'll put my plan to you — but here 's the encampment and unless I 'm mistaken that 's Boz coming out to meet us . ’ |
| 27 | And that 's why I 'm saying that , leading up to the Donovan Report and because I was caught up in a situation along with my colleagues , that we were changing a system er and you know , a new incentive scheme , that we were increasing production . |
| 28 | For whose efforts on behalf of the fund I I really do thank them and I 'd like to make a special thanks to Lady Chandler , Lucy stepped into the breach as acting chair about a year ago and since I was elected has done a tremendous amount to help me settle in quickly and I hope effectively . |
| 29 | So she was inexpressibly relieved when Tom Russell said , ‘ And since I 'm daunted by Faye 's problems as well , I 'll be visiting almost every day . ’ |
| 30 | " I had to go away for several days and while I was gone your mother saw some papers in Devraux 's desk . |