Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] i have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result now , after over three months , is that the tanks are stable and I 've lost no more fish . |
| 2 | Deep in my heart there was still hope that one day I would receive a letter saying , ‘ I am alive and I have not forgotten you . ’ |
| 3 | Appeals chief Dorothy Roberts said : ‘ I am upset if I have offended anyone , but the care of the patients must come first . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , and you 'd have been grateful that I 'd gone . |
| 5 | I am sorry that I had to deceive you just now ; I am from the Military Police Special Investigation Branch . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I am sorry that I have been so ungrateful in the past for your many generous acts , ’ it began . |
| 7 | I am sorry that I have made them |
| 8 | Not only have your reports been first-lass but I have been particularly pleased that you were able to establish and maintain such good relations with the girl 's family and with the police . |
| 9 | But I could have been wrong and I had no means of checking my suspicions . |
| 10 | Basically , the things I 've been involved in have always been different and I 've been lucky . |
| 11 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 12 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 13 | I am afraid that I have been indiscreet . ’ |
| 14 | I am afraid that I have to confess that we allow a substantial number of people to remain simply because we have not had the staff to pursue their claims to remain through the various hoops available to them . |
| 15 | I warn the House — I am afraid that I have been an awful bore in continually pointing this out — that , as we extend the concept of health care out into the community , we shall find more and more unsatisfied demands that have not previously been recognised . |
| 16 | I am delighted that I have been able to hit on that point , because the flexibility means that the Opposition can not claim that they will not have enough time to debate those clauses . |
| 17 | It has n't always been easy but I 've always kept my self-respect , and I have n't let anybody take that away . |
| 18 | Because of the track , navigation had been easy and I had been leaving my sextant in the Land Rover . |
| 19 | Cos they 're lovely and I have a pair . |
| 20 | I do n't suppose you 're overjoyed that I 've got a friend in the rival camp . ’ |
| 21 | I am conscious that I have set discovery learning in the past . |
| 22 | I am conscious that I have visited somebody a while ago and noticed the name of somebody e in the book in which rang very loud alarm bells in my mind |
| 23 | She 's made me angry with her anger , and then turned it around so that I 'm eaten up with guilt because she 's been ill and I have n't noticed , and now she 's taking the blame on herself and making me feel worse than ever . |
| 24 | My discussions with the café owner have always been amiable and I have paid for car parking ( when asked ) and have gone about my business in an unobtrusive manner . |
| 25 | Well , I have n't been married but I have , did recently graduate , and that was a very important day for me |
| 26 | The four Strauss songs are unremarkable as I have already inferred , but the Sibelius , Rangström and Grieg , the texts fully comprehended , are all given considered readings . |
| 27 | He had a good knowledge of Scotland , particularly the bagpipes , and I am sure if I had offered to go along to Brigade HQ to fetch my bagpipes he would have had me marching up and down the orchard playing his favourite tunes , much to the consternation of the other Commandos , and possibly the annoyance of the Germans just a short distance away . |
| 28 | I am concerned that I have recently received from the National Westminster Bank an invoice for £10.58 which they have debited from the Parish Council account for ‘ Audit Certificate Fee ’ , apparently on your instructions . |
| 29 | I am concerned and I have mentioned briefly to Mr erm something which was er said to me by a local resident who 've read the paper this morning that British Rail are gon na start using their car parks to hold er car boot sales . |
| 30 | I did n't even know if they had been responsible but I had nothing more to offer . |