Example sentences of "[subord] i [be] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | where I 'm told it ‘ foundered ’ and ‘ caught fire ’ . |
| 3 | R.B. And of course where I was sat you see you were waving your hands through the air and I noticed it … |
| 4 | Although I was complimented it did not prevent my being officer of the watch . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Once I was born we lived in New Zealand for about two years . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I realise I have been the bane of certain UKCC officers ’ lives and I hope that if I am elected I will continue to act as a grain of sand in the oyster . |
| 8 | ( i ) If I am anaesthetized I do not feel the prick of the needle . |
| 9 | ‘ If I am invited I shall be delighted to go with them and then I will see if I play or not . |
| 10 | If I were given my head , which I never am or will be ( for I am impotent . |
| 11 | My responsibilities vanished but I think they suspected that if I were sacked there would be a public fuss so they had to proceed by stealth . |
| 12 | If I were took I would talk whatever |
| 13 | If I was asked what I felt characterised the walking around Wensleydale , I would say that it has all the expanse and sweep of the bigger dales like Wharfedale but that it also has jewels of villages like West Burton and Askrigg and the fine falls of Hardraw and Aysgarth . |
| 14 | Like , I suppose that way if I was hit I might stand a chance of only losing one arm or one leg . |
| 15 | It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue . |
| 16 | told that it has changed , but at that time , and I know my feeling was left that if I was raped I would n't never go to the police . |
| 17 | ‘ I would turn down ads for foreign foods if I was offered them , ’ added the Scottish-born actor , who owns a Jaguar and a Rolls Royce . |
| 18 | I 'll take that job then if I was offered it . |
| 19 | ‘ I felt if I was dropped it was not too bad to be dropped in favour of the second-best hooker in England . ’ |
| 20 | If I 'm offered it I take it , ’ but Moran was too consumed to respond and McQuaid went on . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes — but unless I 'm mistaken it 'll mean a lot more to the man who attacked Anna . |
| 22 | Anyway , because I 'm engaged it does n't mean that I ca n't appreciate other men 's attractiveness . |
| 23 | which I was , which I was very worried about because I was told it was a substitute for sex |
| 24 | I 'm angry because I was told it would be relatively straightforward to get a divorce and I did n't foresee any of this . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm angry because I was told it would be relatively straightforward to get a divorce ’ |
| 26 | Oh yes I I mean the Irish Water Spaniel well well we got ours because I was told it was the most intelligent dog in the world . |
| 27 | " I had to go away for several days and while I was gone your mother saw some papers in Devraux 's desk . |
| 28 | I was unable to use the public toilets since I was told I was in the wrong one whichever I went to . |
| 29 | After I was born she put on a lot of weight , and although eventually she lost most of it , my birth was seen as to blame for her weight problem , and throughout my childhood she reminded me of this . |
| 30 | Three years after I was born my parents decided to add another member to our family , my brother , . |