Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If my financial researches are right I have to say the most likely suspect for that particular activity is Wheeler . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ As soon as I am rich I mean to engage some of the very finest artists in their respective lines to paint figures into the landscapes , but these must be of a large size , and if executed in a superior manner will find many admirers ’ . |
| 3 | A number of backing off formulae are possible which aim to provide the best approximations to the probability of the transitions . |
| 4 | I am sorry we have taken sometime to respond to this consultation paper , but it has had to take its place in the queue ! |
| 5 | PAMELA : I am sorry you seem to think it warrants an oath to convince me of the truth of it . |
| 6 | She said , ‘ Angharad is out on the hills alone , so I can not come to the Fair ’ , and she said , ‘ I am sorry you have had a wasted journey ’ , and she said , ‘ Have a nice time at the Fair . ’ |
| 7 | I am sorry it has taken so long to send you a copy and return your slides . |
| 8 | I am sorry I omitted to mention our guest lecturer for the year in the letter sent out with the QT programme . |
| 9 | WILLIAMS : I am sorry I have incurred your displeasure and the more as I have been told by Lady Jones that you had a more honourable view than at first was apprehended . |
| 10 | ‘ His timing was impeccable , and he ended up the hero but you set your own standards and once they are high you have got to keep up with them . |
| 11 | ‘ I am afraid you have lost my wife 's vote , ’ he said . |
| 12 | I am afraid you have missed the last serving of supper . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I am afraid I had to dismiss Master Nan . |
| 14 | ‘ I am afraid I 've kept you too long and tired you . |
| 15 | ‘ I know you wanted to speak to Rhoda Brocklebank but I am afraid I 've jumped the gun . |
| 16 | ‘ I am afraid I do expect it , Paula , in this case . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , no , thank you , but I am afraid I have to hurry home . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I am afraid I have come to the conclusion , reluctantly , that the different people and races of the world were never intended to meet . |
| 19 | I am afraid it has met with a cool response from our colleagues , and in view of this , I am sorry to say that we will not be taking up your offer to publish . |
| 20 | The British-born star said yesterday : ‘ I am afraid it has come back . |
| 21 | Well he was a bit mad Elsie you know that and I am afraid he has got worse now . |
| 22 | ‘ I am delighted he has agreed to the council 's request and sees the need for urgency , ’ he said . |
| 23 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 24 | ‘ Hello Joe , where are you going ? ’ would stop me every 50 yards ( unless you wear a turban they are convinced you have come from the US ) . |
| 25 | Yes you 're right I 'd forgotten that boat trip . |
| 26 | He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me . |
| 27 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 28 | ‘ At its most mundane ’ , he remarks , ‘ there are advert spaces on the tube , and if they 're empty we have to put something else there instead . |
| 29 | If you 're sick you have to get a medical certificate . |
| 30 | Even if they 're sick you have to fight to get them to leave class . ’ |