Example sentences of "i [be] [vb pp] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't forget that for tonight at least you and I are meant to be lovers . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But I am flattered at being considered . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I am determined to be a healing factor who brings people together . |
| 5 | I am determined to be happy despite your scolding ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I am determined to be involved for my country and my own career satisfaction . |
| 7 | ‘ I will never stir from your side , when I am suffered to be near you . |
| 8 | Although my brief has been to examine animal communication , I am bound to be asked whether the Darwinian approach can add anything to understanding the connections between what animals do and what we do . |
| 9 | She was a mutilated machine , and besides she has already forgotten him : I am meant to be comforted by that ? |
| 10 | Most British people and publications I am acquainted with are quite proud of their command of the English language and engage in quite a lot of patting themselves on the back . |
| 11 | Earlier this summer he similarly told the Observer 's Mark Frankland ‘ The more I am forced to be active in politics , the more I enjoy doing theatre . ’ |
| 12 | I am expected to be present where there is beer flowing . ’ |
| 13 | The only three fish I am left with are a Majestic Witch , which also has a white mark around the mouth , a Black Wedge , which is not feeding , and the Moon Angel , that is still in good health . |
| 14 | I am considered to be fairly outgoing but as a teenager I was painfully shy . |
| 15 | I am resigned to being addressed by the new name of Pax-Wanxie , but if she is to become a mere conduit of the Paxford philosophy it will be a very great bore . |
| 16 | I loved him ; that is why I am allowed to be harsh . |
| 17 | So I am encouraged in my perhaps natural naïveté , I am encouraged to be simpliste , by my knowledge of the value of complication in fogging up the real issues in politics . |
| 18 | ‘ When instinct tells me a dog would be better off with me than people who might just leave it on the motorway , I have to bite my tongue , but I 'm noted for being blunt . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm bound to be taken for the chauffeur , ’ he laughed out , mispronouncing the word with relish but he was not corrected as he hoped . |
| 20 | So I 'm bound to be recognised . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm bound to be a marked man because of the goals I 've scored this season , but there will be more along soon — I 'm sure of that . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm a sister , so I 'm bound to be a dragon . ’ |
| 23 | ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on . |
| 24 | ‘ I tell thee I ai n't got a bleedin' farthing and even if I had I 'm expected to be working . |
| 25 | The principal moment I 'm left with is a shot of two smoky essences in bottles , the sound of dry autumn leaves rustling through a chill night wind , and the voices of Cecil Kellaway and Veronica Lake , father and daughter , conversing from their adjacent bottles . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm encouraged to be more open and vulnerable with you when you … ’ |
| 27 | But there , at my age , I 'm permitted to be a little foolish . |
| 28 | Until all that has died down , I will only say that the only thing I 'm bothered about is the well-being of the club . |
| 29 | And I 'm meant to be on holiday . |
| 30 | I 'm meant to be an actor . |