Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [conj] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long as I know that I 'm right er and say well I 'm quite willing to look at the figures that you 've been given , but these are the figures that are right but I will look at them erm and I , and I certainly would n't er confront it much more than that . |
| 2 | ‘ I am sorry that I could not spare you . ’ |
| 3 | I am sorry that I can not be more helpful . |
| 4 | ‘ Should you come to town , I am sorry that I can not offer you a home pro tempore — pro trumpery indeed it would be , if I did not make any such offer — for unless you occupied the grate as a seat — I see no probability of your finding any rest consonant with the safety of my parrots — seeing , that of the six chairs I possess — 5 are at present occupied with lithographic prints : — the whole of my exalted & delightful upper tenement in fact overflows with them , and for the last 12 months I have so moved — thought — looked at , — & existed among parrots — that should any transmigration take place at my decease I am sure my soul would be very uncomfortable in anything but one of the psittacidae . ’ |
| 5 | I am sorry but I wo n't be in any more . |
| 6 | I am sorry if I can not fulfil your request on this point . |
| 7 | In private conversation he told Asquith " I am afraid that I shall have to show myself very vicious Mr Asquith this session . |
| 8 | I am afraid that I may be watching my own family and friends being killed . |
| 9 | I shall answer it as best I can , although I am afraid that I may burden Opposition Members with an answer that they have heard before . |
| 10 | I am afraid that I could not catch the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I agree with him about the importance that he attaches to the single market . |
| 11 | I am afraid that I could not find anything objectionable in his speech or in the regulations . |
| 12 | ‘ I am afraid that I can not venture an opinion as to the length of the weapon , until my examination , ’ he said , withdrawing the probe and wiping it on his apron . |
| 13 | I am afraid that I can not agree with you that all rivers should simply be recognized as public rights of way , attractive though that might appear . |
| 14 | I am afraid that I can not accept the reasoning which has led subsequent Divisional Courts to limit the ambit of that decision : Benson 's case , the Divisional Court in the present case , and Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Walsh , The Times , 18 December 1991 . |
| 15 | I shall certainly convey the sentiments , but I am afraid that I can not promise my hon. Friend an early debate . |
| 16 | Having said all that , I am afraid that I can not be as enthusiastic about the Bill as I should like . |
| 17 | I am afraid that I can not . |
| 18 | In response to R C Sneddon 's letter today , I am afraid that I can not offer any foolproof plan for economic recovery . |
| 19 | I am afraid that I must say frankly that I do not think I can open the columns of the Q.R. — at any rate , at present — to any one associated publicly with such a publication as Blast . |
| 20 | Mr Smith 's survival techniques are sound and I can not imagine that any accountant would gainsay them . |
| 21 | ‘ I will not say that they are wrong but I will say that I think they are definitely unwise in the present climate of opinion … . |
| 22 | ‘ There are some people , ’ Lydia had said , ‘ who , as it were , belong in my house , and there are some that I can tolerate . |
| 23 | Oh I am sightless but I can sense my environs and weary utterly of them . |
| 24 | But the actual letter survives and only a mind predisposed to suspect the sender could think it pompous : ‘ After the most careful consideration I have decided , if you are willing that I should do so , to recommend your name for the succession to the see of Durham . ’ |
| 25 | Mr Prescott said : ‘ I am delighted that I will be working closely with both Cyril Bleasdale and Alex Lynch in creating successor bodies to ScotRail . ’ |
| 26 | Mr Prescott said : ‘ This complicated task is a great challenge and I am delighted that I will be working closely with both Cyril Bleasdale and Alex Lynch in creating successor bodies to ScotRail . ’ |
| 27 | These really are dangerous and I would n't touch them myself . |
| 28 | She said hesitantly , not fully understanding how to frame the words , ‘ Two beliefs war within me : I am convinced that I will find my way back home again . |
| 29 | Well they are ignorant cos I would never say which part of . |
| 30 | Let me know if you 're interested and I 'll throw a saddle over her for you . ‘ |