Example sentences of "it be [verb] that i " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Let it be understood that I was not mad with you , ’ he said as a bleak expression crept into his eyes .
2 And beaming proudly the 47-year-old superstar declared at London 's Heathrow airport : ‘ Never let it be said that I do n't carry the baby . ’
3 Never let it be said that I visit empty-handed ! ’
4 ‘ Never let it be said that I 'm not aware of your good points , ’ he drawled .
5 Just do n't let it be said that I did n't warn you , that 's all . ’
6 I also wore my own garments with pride and let it be known that I would knit for others if they wished .
7 Wilfred lets it be known that I 'm not an unpaid curate . ’
8 ‘ I let it be known that I was n't dead ; that I was safe . ’
9 It wo n't be difficult then for me to let it be known that I do n't want you working here . ’
10 And if it 's discovered that I spent most of my childhood in care , then reporters could make enquiries and turn it into a big thing . ’
11 When it 's raining that I find depressing !
12 As someone who lives just outside Brighton and commutes to Autocar & Motor 's office on the outskirts of Teddington , West London , it 's fitting that I should be the Clio 's new keeper .
13 If a personal creditor of the heir has been sent into possession in order to protect his property , and has obtained an object left under trust to me , it is agreed that I ought not to be prejudiced by him in any way ; no more than if he had received that object as a pledge from the heir himself .
14 And just in case it is suggested that I 'm saying the end justifies the means , let me confirm that I 'm not .
15 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 .
16 Lest it be thought that I have singled out young persons as a special problem , let me hasten to add that I think that the behaviour of youth cultures has to be seen as a mirror image of the adult society .
17 I was glad to accept the honour not so much for myself but for the cutter service as a whole when it was confirmed that I was to attend at Buckingham Palace the following summer .
18 At eleven it was understood that I washed the breakfast things and scrubbed the kitchen floor before I started my homework .
19 At that point , it was accepted that I could use this material as a contribution to a Ph.D .
20 I had to agree to do so , and it was arranged that I would go to the Taibach house the following Sunday afternoon .
21 It was arranged that I should have only a very small amount of money for the next couple of weeks That was the point : to pretend to be poverty-stricken , to see how we would manage .
22 Six months in Switzerland was the first suggestion but later it was decided that I could combine business and health by making a trip to New Zealand and learning the pelt fur business from the practical source in the fell-mongeries there .
23 My book of personal stresses was examined and discussed , and it was revealed that I neither loved myself , nor saw myself as at all worthwhile or even worthy .
24 This was enough to make many come , and among them they brought before me many women who pretended to be possessed ( as is their habit when they want to leave their houses to meet with their lovers ) and it was hoped that I could deal with them .
25 In those days I was known as ‘ Horse ’ because it was said that I galloped , so the cries from team-mates Mike Powell and Ossie Cham were ‘ Come on , Horse ! ’
26 ‘ Because it was felt that I had got to know you two a bit yesterday .
27 All I was told is that you 're getting twelve months guarantee , but you 've got to have a three thousand mile service , and as the gentleman said erm I recorded the deliveries and sent them all back and on the third one , when I took it in I asked if they 'd put a new set of points in for me and erm unfortunately when it came out there was no compression at all and because because I it was suggested that I dug my heels in a bit and got an independent report and erm basically they told me to get lost because it cost fifty pound to do the report .
28 When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple .
29 It was agreed that I should see Owen on his home ground in order to assess his true behaviour .
30 We did an interview and , at the whim of my sadistic cameraman , it was agreed that I should be the " victim " .
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