Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if I perceive you to be friendly , then I am likely to act in a friendly manner towards you . |
| 2 | He wanted to rush round straight away but I asked him to be patient . |
| 3 | I asked her to be my wife , and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms . ’ |
| 4 | My regard for her was reflected in the fact that I asked her to be my son , Giles 's godmother . |
| 5 | ‘ I asked you to be honest so I 've no right to complain because you 've spelt it all out . |
| 6 | Not that I mean it to be a breathless race , but rather that I somehow do n't see life in an ordinary manner , not even this sere and monotonous existence in Africa ; granted , it browns me off sometimes , but I do pretty well on the whole ; and if I can still enjoy this incredibly austere and disciplined life , how much more shall we not enjoy life together ? |
| 7 | What 's more , if I deem it to be necessary I shall call upon the Duke of Marlborough to give evidence on our behalf . ’ |
| 8 | I propose to call her , but if in the event I judge it to be unnecessary then I shall invite because I do n't want to add unnecessarily to the length of these proceedings . |
| 9 | I judge you to be a born city person . |
| 10 | After the heavy rains of the past days I expected them to be full , and they were , a lot fuller than when I had seen them the year before . |
| 11 | I expected him to be with me , his stentorian ubiety transmogrifying the spacious library into somewhere shabby and small . |
| 12 | I 've been lucky : Scathach has returned only four years older than I expected him to be . ’ |
| 13 | " I want to please you and you 're not a bit as I expected you to be . " |
| 14 | ‘ I expected you to be … more considerate . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , to be honest , by now I expected you to be shrugging your shoulders and turning the car for home . |
| 16 | ‘ I expected it to be hard because , when we tested here last February , I did a full race distance and it was hard work , very painful . ’ |
| 17 | I expected it to be light , cos I thought it was morning on account of all the people all hurrying about . |
| 18 | The Arctic was everything I expected it to be , and much more in the way of high seas than I had bargained for . |
| 19 | In my warm , sleepy contentment I expected it to be Toby , the Toby of before . |
| 20 | I expected it to be preserved and labelled , like the sites around Hadrian 's wall . ’ |
| 21 | was more valuable than I expected it to be ; |
| 22 | So I do n't know about anybody else but that 's cheaper than I expected it to be . |
| 23 | I expected it to be either genetics or haematology , after what you must have seen this morning . ’ |
| 24 | I mean , I write things in a certain way , so I expect them to be played in a certain way . |
| 25 | If I expect her to be startled , I am disappointed . |
| 26 | I have a contract which I honour and I expect it to be honoured . |
| 27 | The GATT round is regularly discussed at the Agriculture Council and I expect it to be considered again at the Council on 30 and 31 March . |
| 28 | This year it 's on profit , on budget at the half-way stage and I expect it to be on budget by the end of the year . |
| 29 | Er , it 's like , it 's like the foreman on the shopfloor for some reason , there 's a er , in the systems or whatever , er , the warehouseman er , the night porter er , when he takes over , he knows what he 's doing , he knows what I want , because I 've spoken to him about it , erm , he knows what items I want to leave for stock people , erm , and Sue , the checkout manager , she 'll know if I want extra people on the shopfloor because we 're quiet , or I expect it to be quiet , erm , she knows where they 've got to be , and I 'll come back and review it with her . |
| 30 | In all things I expect you to be a lady . |