Example sentences of "be [adj] i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am afraid I am cynical enough to believe this is just another round of a giant game of poker , where the only thing that will matter in the end will be the size of the cheque . |
| 2 | ‘ I am afraid I am not quite clear what you are saying . |
| 3 | I am afraid I am giving you a great deal of trouble . ’ |
| 4 | I am afraid I am not satisfied with your reply of 6 August to my letter of 14 April . |
| 5 | Today , I gladly mention the illness in my main column again , but I am afraid I am not aware of any further developments from research into ME . |
| 6 | I am afraid I was not born to obey ! |
| 7 | ‘ I am afraid I was ashamed of the dear good fellow — I know I was ashamed of him — ‘ |
| 8 | We only have forty seats so if you are interested I 'm . |
| 9 | Gillian 's always been convinced I 'm a complete nut , and one of the advantages of being a known nut is that one can always get people to believe one 's acted in a nutty way . ’ |
| 10 | Clever , I am clever I 'm the cleverest one here |
| 11 | Yeah , you 're right I am ! |
| 12 | They they will have the same script almost and say this is a free of charge item , all we need from you is this this and this and if you 're interested I 'm gon na ask a marketing executive to come in and agree a contract with you . |
| 13 | ‘ They 're convinced I 'm American . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're convinced I 'm American . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're lucky I 'm feeding you , not eating you . |
| 16 | yeah , as a possibility but given th give that you you 've gone for it in this direction y'know kind of if you 're happy I 'm happy sort of thing . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're angry I 'm here , are n't you ? ’ |
| 18 | You 're scared I 'm going to tell . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 're satisfied I 'm not going to sabotage your chances of becoming world champion for the second time ? ’ |
| 20 | We are right' I am saying , in distinguishing between sense and sentence . |
| 21 | I remembered how once when I had been in a crowd teasing an awkward boy at school I had noticed his terror and been glad I was not him . |
| 22 | ‘ I am confident I am just as good as I ever was and in some ways I am probably better than ever . |
| 23 | ‘ You are sure I am up to it ? ’ she remarked a little naughtily ; it would help if he underrated her — another of Papa 's precepts she had found worth following . |
| 24 | so that you are sure I 'm not conning you . |
| 25 | If this is it , I am sure I am going out on the highest note possible . ’ |
| 26 | In my case , and I am sure I am not alone in this , I can picture in my mind 's eye every summit I have reached in a long life without confusion of identity . |
| 27 | In retrospect I am sure I am right . |
| 28 | I am sure I am not alone in lamenting the major record companies ' gross neglect of Earl Wild 's pianism in recent years . |
| 29 | But if knowledge is to have any substantial meaning , what I must never say is , ‘ I know ’ , and then add , ‘ but I am sure I am wrong . |
| 30 | I am sure I am sun kissed |