Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [that] i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ( It may be objected that I am taking far too earnest a view of a wonderfully comic fictional character . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Never let it be said that I 'm not aware of your good points , ’ he drawled . |
| 11 | He wanted to know how I knew that they were nine miles towards Mali and seemed to be bothered that I was only guessing . |
| 12 | It should be noted that I am concentrating here on ‘ further treatment ’ and therefore assume a pre-existing relationship between the doctor and the patient . |
| 13 | ‘ Let it be understood that I was not mad with you , ’ he said as a bleak expression crept into his eyes . |
| 14 | Wilfred lets it be known that I 'm not an unpaid curate . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I let it be known that I was n't dead ; that I was safe . ’ |
| 16 | As some of his remarks in the Criterion commentaries made clear , he was not hostile to the idea of Empire , ‘ whatever the Daily Express may say ’ ; and if this should rouse the indignation of anti-imperialists , it should be realized that I am talking about a bygone era , since which the world-scene has been transformed , and the term colonialism is now employed usually in the service of invective . |
| 17 | While I am pleased to report that this particular source has not been replaced with high-quality material , suppliers of this and other ‘ green ’ materials should be warned that I am quite prepared to give them the widest publicity they 've ever had if they try fobbing gardeners off with sub-standard goods . |
| 18 | I was delighted to be informed that I was one of the prize winners , but my delight turned to disappointment when I realised just what accepting the prize would involve . |
| 19 | Six months after this promotion he again called me to his office to suggest , in his gentle diplomatic way , that while the CBC was happy with my work as Production Manager , it had been observed that I was still producing almost as many shows as before . |
| 20 | ‘ I keep being reminded that I am only 18 , but I am eager and enthusiastic to play . |
| 21 | Just as I had been told repeatedly that I was destined to ‘ do well ’ , so then I was being told that I was destined to be ‘ stout ’ . |
| 22 | I am determined that I 'm going to spend far more time with my child , ’ says Richard . |
| 23 | I hardly ever see him — I do n't even suppose he 's noticed that I 'm not there this week ! ’ |
| 24 | It is alleged that I am unpunctual sometimes , so certain members of the party arranged with the driver and the guard to make me run for the train . |
| 25 | Be assured that I am with you . |
| 26 | And just in case it is suggested that I 'm saying the end justifies the means , let me confirm that I 'm not . |
| 27 | I was told that I was being sent as C.O. 800X Squadron which was then forming with Fulmars at Donibristle . |
| 28 | One night , a Wednesday , I was told that I was leaving Holloway the next day to go up to Risley remand centre because my judge was at Sheffield . |
| 29 | but when I made enquiries about taking up the loan , I was told that I was not eligible for the funds because I was an existing borrower . |
| 30 | Er and I was told that I was n't entitled to any money anyway because I was self-employed and I only paid the stamp . |