Example sentences of "and i be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dolores O'Riordan and three other blokes and me are sitting in a van that 's parked in a yard behind Charlie 's Bar where later on The Cranberries will bring tears to the eyes of grown men and ensure that all present can say ‘ yes ’ when asked if their weekend was happy and filled with nice things . |
| 2 | I am a staff nurse on a continuing care ward for elderly people and I am looking into ways of designing a new care plan assessment for our residents . |
| 3 | We have one possibility but the case is still under investigation and I am looking for possible motives . |
| 4 | And I am looking for 100 per cent loyalty . |
| 5 | Now they have brought forward a plan which is that they should lend me sufficient money to rent another house in which Mr Landor is to have the first floor , comprising three rooms , a book closet , and a terrace , and I am to reside on the ground floor and care for him receiving £30 a year for my trouble . |
| 6 | The experience of being on Iona is nothing less than magical and I am moved to tears . |
| 7 | Notwithstanding the views that have found favour with others I consider this to be a reasonable construction of the statutory provisions and I am comforted in the fact that , apart from an attempt to tax airline employees , which was taken to the special commissioners who decided in favour of the taxpayer , this has been the practice of the Inland Revenue in applying the relevant words where they have occurred in the Income Tax Acts for so long as they have been in force , until they initiated the present cases . |
| 8 | An alkali will obviously have to be introduced to neutralise the acid and I am toying with the idea of lime in one form or another . |
| 9 | And I am speaking of the so-called infamous Gorbals . |
| 10 | This is now starting to burn oil and I am thinking of changing the engine to a diesel , The reasons for a diesel engine would be greater fuel economy and cheaper fuel as well as greater torque . |
| 11 | Time buckles and I am skewered to this one moment . |
| 12 | I get to the border , and I am questioned for hours , endless interrogation , and if I am travelling in a car , they open it up and they search it . |
| 13 | ‘ Take me in by your fire for I am shivering with cold and I am lost in the forest … oh be merciful and let me share your fire and give me a cup of milk to sup and a mouthful of bread … ’ |
| 14 | The rock is utterly dry , without seepage or dampness , and I am struck by its temporary appearance . |
| 15 | Suddenly , Stairway to Paradise is echoing through the theatre and I am stepping into the spotlight sliding faster and faster . |
| 16 | He mentioned then a touring display on the poet Hugh MacDiarmid , and I am writing to you now with some more information on the display . |
| 17 | I hope therefore that the enclosed design will be adopted more widely , and I am writing to ‘ Cycle Digest ’ ( the magazine sent to all local authorities ) to suggest an article on the subject . |
| 18 | I am delighted that he has chosen to introduce a Bill on nurse prescribing and I am honoured to be associated with it as one of its sponsors . |
| 19 | So maybe we would have been great to have the skills before I did it , and that 's why I am on the course this Erm , the only thing that I can think of that 's erm , something that I do believe and I am committed to getting changed , is er , a system in our offices , in one of our departments , but I do have erm , authority over the people that I would be talking to , so , I know at the end of the day , I could just say , do it , but I 'm trying to get them to believe in changing erm , and just sort of certain benefits of it . |
| 20 | ‘ I can not deny that I have had my troubles off the park , or that my mind was on other things for a while , but my head is down and I am concentrating on making a contribution to the team once again . |
| 21 | It is a really virtuoso performance — can I put the tip down on my tax form as ‘ entertainment' ? — and I am reminded of R2D2 , the smaller robot in the Star Wars films . |
| 22 | ‘ This car would love the autoroutes through France , ’ she said , and I am reminded of Françoise Sagan , who motors from Paris to Nice without recourse to the brakes , such is her command of the gear-box . |
| 23 | As the ball hangs there , moon-white against the wall of cloud , everything in the world seems briefly up for grabs and I am seized by two contradictory feelings : there is so much beauty in the world it is incredible that we are ever miserable ; there is so much shit in the world that it is amazing we are happy even for a moment . |
| 24 | ANOTHER Budget bites the dust and I am assailed by the sobering realisation that though I 've been subjected to a fair number of them now , I have n't really understood any . |
| 25 | Sometimes at work I feel I have had enough and I am overwhelmed by the material so that I thirst for meditation which can be a rededication and a balancing of our lives . |
| 26 | It is one in the morning before the sun finally disappears and I am left with twilight rather than lowlight . |
| 27 | Wherever I play , I seem to be confident in myself and I am revelling in my return to fitness . |
| 28 | I have been involved in local politics for several years and I am running in South Ward for the second time . |
| 29 | ‘ I am practising hard to try to find the answer and I am playing in several events in the next few weeks and hope it comes right . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You are my guest and I am attempting to be nice to you . |