Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't have been asleep when I lifted the ledger from her lap and scanned its pages : she must have been watching me all the time . |
| 2 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 3 | They may have even been friendly but I remembered the old saying , ‘ On a dark lonely road , one never meets a friend ’ . ’ |
| 4 | It 's just that today 's been strange and I thought maybe , oh . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , and you 'd have been grateful that I 'd gone . |
| 6 | I am sorry that I had to deceive you just now ; I am from the Military Police Special Investigation Branch . ’ |
| 7 | He said , ‘ I never meant to frighten you and I am sorry that I did , truly sorry . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , sir , I am sorry but I saw it lying there and the temptation was too much for me . ’ |
| 9 | I am sorry if I did not reply . |
| 10 | I am sorry if I appeared to spring the letter on you and I fully understand your desire to get it right . |
| 11 | But I could have been wrong and I had no means of checking my suspicions . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The young lady in question ( who I shall call Mrs X because I am afraid that I omitted to catch her name ) began by asking me what the bad points were within the embalming profession . |
| 15 | I am afraid that I told him to go away and not be silly . |
| 16 | Most slopes are outside but I went to the 30 metre slope at Calshot Activities Centre at Calshot Spit in the Solent . |
| 17 | Because of the track , navigation had been easy and I had been leaving my sextant in the Land Rover . |
| 18 | Like many others from the 1960s and before , I am fortunate that I missed the modern way and so view science as a richer and altogether more fulfilling experience . |
| 19 | They said there 's a possibility of one coming erm April in Kidderminster if you 're interested and I said well I would be interested |
| 20 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 21 | My sparrow had been lucky that I scared the cat off when I did . |
| 22 | That was the last time I used my LSI because I 've actually been ill since I got back — a touch of the Peruvian tummy-bug , which has put things out of the question ever since |
| 23 | But I am glad that I provoked him into an unqualified withdrawal of his disgraceful unjustified comments . |
| 24 | I am glad that I got that right . |
| 25 | I always felt that Basil was a very shy , warm hearted man with a special sort of honesty and I am glad that I knew him . |
| 26 | I am glad that I did not miss that intervention , because it has contributed so much to the debate . |
| 27 | Cantona , who flew to Paris for the top-rated chat show Sacree Soiree after his United debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , added : ‘ I am fit and I enjoyed myself in the opener against Benfica . |
| 28 | ‘ Supporters have been brilliant since I took over and I hope they will continue to back the team . |
| 29 | erm and I think maybe that you , you jumped in should n't have done that er because obviously M Martin got quite defensive at that point you know because you were only going there to do this financial planning service and er selling them anything , you were just offering this financial planning service and then you jumped in with these , when I come back with my recommendations erm tt I also thought that erm you know it was a little bit dodgy actually to say you , well you know erm tt we have found that our records are incorrect and I thought well then that maybe and erm you went ve you went very o when you were talking about the dependants erm you , you you did n't seem to get into er erm how many children have you got and is there any other dependants , it , you , it seemed to take you a long time to actually get there . |
| 30 | And you must understand : to appreciate the pessimism I feel today you would need to have been present when I formed the optimism. , |