Example sentences of "[subord] i be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julian Charley , to Edward England , my publisher , and to St. John 's College , Nottingham , where I was at that time principal , and by whose Governors I had been given study leave in order to write the book . |
| 2 | But although I was in great pain , I was desperate to know if Magwitch was safe . |
| 3 | I have no doubt that there are many colleagues more expert than I am on this subject already planning their drafts ! |
| 4 | ‘ Others more qualified than I am in these matters can comment on the economic sense or otherwise of the proposed pit closures . |
| 5 | That was John Russell , no older than I was at twenty-one and no more Apache than I was . |
| 6 | I 'd only drink half a pint , so I was in great demand — the sergeant would have the rest . |
| 7 | Once I was in that job , I started looking to see where the bodies were buried . ’ |
| 8 | If and in so far as there are any presumptions which assist in my conclusions ( and I instinctively dislike introducing presumptions in reaching a decision of fact as crucial as this ) , the presumption that a state of affairs continues until the evidence suggests that it no longer pertains is more to the point than the submission of Mr. Levy that the sanctity of life is so vital an interest to protect that if I am in any doubt that should take precedence . |
| 9 | I 'm far too tired , even if I were at all tempted . |
| 10 | if I were in real distress , and I was told , Mary , that you pitied me , it would n't cheer me up at all . |
| 11 | If one wants to be accepted as a mainstream , serious film-maker it does n't strike me , if I were in that position , as a shrewd career move . |
| 12 | ‘ My friends were n't going to take any nonsense from me and if I was at all |
| 13 | no I 'm not no when I am I ca n't eat anything , if I was like that I just could n't bear to be even in the same room as anybody who 's eating , so no the urge of chocolate is possibly to do with fat |
| 14 | Now I would n't talk to you individually , I 'd overwhelm you if I was like this . |
| 15 | One of my boyfriends said that it 's as if I was from another planet . |
| 16 | I actually feel , there was a time I used to think it would n't happen to me because if I was in that situation I would do this , I would do the next thing and when it did actually happen to me it took me ages to get over |
| 17 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 18 | But if I was in better shape , I 'd be sitting up there . |
| 19 | You did n't care if I was in any danger , just so long as I was suitably humbled ! ’ |
| 20 | And even if I was in some way trying to do this , I certainly did n't succeed . |
| 21 | If I 'm over that way . |
| 22 | They think my Yorkshire accent is amusing , and Nicola , my boss , tells friends that I 'm ‘ from the country ’ , which makes me feel as if I 'm from another planet . |
| 23 | I need a lot of practice , too , but if I 'm in two minds on the range , I tone down the practice , get through the week and go home for a lesson . |
| 24 | Oh I quite agree because I think that there people that have , I 'm a car driver , but if I 'm in inner city I tend not to use that , I use public transport |
| 25 | I 'd never even been on a train until I was past thirty and if you recall that was no joy-ride , simply a mercy dash to get Renée out of one of her scrapes . ’ |
| 26 | The fact that you are physically fit , like I was in 1984 and Graeme is now , has no bearing on things . ’ |
| 27 | Tony Barton , former Northampton manager , said of the heart attack he suffered : ‘ The fact that you are physically fit , like I was in 1984 and Graeme is now , has no bearing on things . ’ |
| 28 | so , I could n't of got out the way if I 'd of wanted to , cos I was about that much from the curb , I thought he 's |
| 29 | I had a paper to say and they said there was too much money coming in here a week , because you were working that I could n't get anything and I , it said , I wrote , it , it all come when I wrote to say could I have relief off of prescriptions cos I was on that H I V at the time |
| 30 | I did fucking , I did five years of normal paperwork and plus for the last three years I did double as well cos I got kicked out of french , so I was in metal work like , four hours of metal work every week the last three three years and , cos I was like nine times out of ten I was the only bloke there , the er , the er metal work teacher got on really well , he was showing me all sorts of stuff and I never got to do the actual metal work lesson |