Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [conj] i be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held through the night , he wrote the following morning : ‘ I am treated like I was at home . |
| 2 | It was as if an addictive drug had been withdrawn and I was faced with the reality of life and had forgotten what to do with it . |
| 3 | I taught drama in an original and compassionate way , as I would like to have been taught when I was at school . |
| 4 | Yes , I welcome the substantial orders that have been received and I was pleased to see that in the past few days a number of them have come here . |
| 5 | And they came in an old-model passenger pod , out of a slightly battered Stellablaze cruiser — a line that had been discontinued before I was born , and a ship that was markedly smaller than mine , which was gratifying . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's been said that I am a much improved player this season ’ , Hamilton says , ‘ but I believe that the difference is merely that I am that much more confident . |
| 7 | I I think we 're all very interested in what 's been said but I 'm very concerned that we 're not actually talking about those silent majority of children |
| 8 | ‘ Promises have been made but I 'm a realist , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Erm , well we it 's been accepted and I was , I was something over and the lady was horrified . |
| 10 | His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour . |
| 11 | She could hardly say , ‘ I 've just been told that I 'm pregnant again , ’ because it was only a matter of a week or two . |
| 12 | I have n't been referred to a rheumatologist , as I 've been told that I 'm very young and prone to worrying too much about becoming disabled . |
| 13 | I went through a period of depression erm I 'd been attending the doctor I 'd been told that I was suffering from various illnesses , but nothing helped . |
| 14 | I 'm sure the minister does have a very good reason as to why these four statutory instruments are needed and I 'm sure both sides of the house recognise that they 're needed . |
| 15 | Bush had been inaugurated while I was in Australia , and when I came home , I started getting all the bizarre ideas that maybe I 'd had enough of tennis . |
| 16 | She was thus neither from a printing family , nor from a middle-class background , and felt obliged to counter rumours about her financial status : " It has been rumoured that I am a suffragette and a paid official : as a matter of fact , I an neither . |
| 17 | ‘ I have been introduced and I was not impressed . |
| 18 | This act of faith by the Department was one which I hoped would be justified and I was very much looking forward to the challenge . |
| 19 | I would expect to be consulted as I was . |
| 20 | Eight weeks later Dad went home to Hull , took one look at the nice convalescent home we 'd booked for him and said , ‘ I 'm buggered if I 'm staying in here . |
| 21 | This man has got to be caught and I am grateful for anything which helps . ’ |
| 22 | However , I shall certainly consider whether her suggestion could be included and I am sure that she is right to suggest the positive rather than the negative . |
| 23 | ( It may be objected that I am taking far too earnest a view of a wonderfully comic fictional character . |
| 24 | Now it might be objected that I am talking here about language knowledge and not communicative behaviour , about how grammar might be learned and not about the development of a language using ability . |
| 25 | The second question is the second certainly made by the Noble Earl was that the Department of Transport were urgently examining the situation , I trust with the Home Office at the same time and I would suggest that we might in fact discuss this matter if I might make er if I might make this suggestion to the Noble Earl , between now and the report stage , so that this matter can be clarified but I am sure that he will understand that we would not in fact be er feel able to erm ignore this issue er in the period between the beginning of the committee stage today and the third reading of this Bill , we do expect Government amendments to be introduced . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's a police whistle in case I 'm attacked while I 'm collecting the week 's takings . ’ |
| 27 | Thus completed , he signed the form ‘ accepting and submitting himself to the statutes , rules , regulations and ordinances of McGill University and of the Faculty or Faculties in which I am registered , and to any amendments thereto which may be made while I am a student of the university and I promise to observe the same . ’ |
| 28 | I quote from my account of it in a letter to Elizabeth , ten years later : it will be seen that I am answering her questions . |
| 29 | ‘ Never let it be said that I 'm not aware of your good points , ’ he drawled . |
| 30 | I 'd be shot if I was n't there to cheer . |