Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] i have " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was going to be lazier than I had ever been in my life ! |
| 2 | It must be confusing and I have no answer to the criticism , except to blame the clearly short-sighted attitude on management . |
| 3 | This allows me to mix any colour I want , and to be economic as I have no need for numerous bottles of ink . |
| 4 | My work had to be spontaneous so I have n't time to work out lighting etc … |
| 5 | My work had to be spontaneous so I have n't time to work out lighting etc … = The Aymarians ( Andes dwellers ) are very shy people and if , and when , they did consent to be photographed , they 'd insist it did n't take long . ’ |
| 6 | It 's been three days now I 'm not sure though I could be wrong because I have n't slept very well I have nightmares of a man and they think it 's me but it is n't , is it ? |
| 7 | wrote to them and said yes I 'd be interested but I have n't heard anything since . |
| 8 | ‘ The situation might be clearer when I 've finished . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I asked you to be honest so I 've no right to complain because you 've spelt it all out . |
| 10 | ‘ To be honest if I 'd been on my own I would n't have gone ahead with it , ’ says Avril . |
| 11 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
| 12 | I could only be glad that I had never spoken of my plan to Joe , when he was looking after me . |
| 13 | I try to ride last so I can stop now and then to be alone , to look back and be glad that I have been able to come this way , but Tony has the feeling too and has bagged the back spot for the morning run . |
| 14 | Oh , I confess to feeling a pang when I first saw David again — I would n't be human if I had n't — but , as I said before , it was over between us a very long time ago , probably even before I fell for Paul if the truth be known . ’ |
| 15 | I am now twenty-six — soon I will be twenty-seven and I have done nothing — but change ! |
| 16 | I 'd be lucky if I 've taken 500-pounds . |
| 17 | I could n't bear to be married if I had n't … ‘ |
| 18 | It 'll be better when I 've finished unpacking . ’ |
| 19 | I 've often thought it might be better if I had more intimate knowledge . |
| 20 | Yeah well that is n't a prob well well perhaps that 'll be better if I had er long wheel base down here and do that first , that goes out first ? |
| 21 | Although I did what I could to try to conceive a girl , I could n't be sure that I had . |
| 22 | You may be sure that I have now placed a regular order with CRA St Albans , my local stockist , so that I am not disappointed in the future . |
| 23 | I do n't want you to be lonely so I 've spoken to Mrs Scott Wilson . |
| 24 | ‘ My mother is almost here and she would be startled if I had to kiss you into silence . |
| 25 | I tried to slacken pace but the slowest I went seemed to be faster than I had ever run before . |
| 26 | Their replies to my questions may not be those that I had in mind , but by telling them that they were incorrect I would probably have ensured that they would not be so willing to answer again . |
| 27 | and that 's what I 'm gon na be aiming to do , if it , if I break even in two years I 'd be happy cos I 've made money back and then I 'll be making profit after that , and you wo n't make it back in the first year , no way |
| 28 | I shall not be civilised until I have showered . ’ |
| 29 | LAGER , too , is trying to change the rules which govern employment , and I believe help would be available if I had to take action against an employer . |
| 30 | After the first week I came to the reluctant conclusion that Charlie Trumper was n't going to be pleased that I had sacrificed ten pounds of our money — six of his and four of mine — just to appease my female vanity . |