Example sentences of "i [vb base] be [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Peterborough , I mean is nice , certain parts , |
2 | Is that the general , I mean I do n't know for all you car drivers have any thing to say about public transport , maybe you do n't know any more but those of you who use it , I mean is hopeless the general view ? , yes |
3 | Yes , I mean certainly storage , I mean is important . |
4 | I mean be thankful she 's not like that . |
5 | I mean be sorry for him . |
6 | Do you sort of , I mean be truthful |
7 | They might think they 're getting away with it , a lot of people who , who , I mean being unemployed is n't , you tend , people tend to feel devalued and so if they can think oh , they 've put one over on that , on the er , benefit office , then they 'll go and brag down the pub about it . |
8 | Wright J. struck out paragraphs 18 and 19 of the order of Buckley J. despite paragraph 33 because ‘ the Crown Prosecution Service are not a party , and no order I make is capable of binding it . ’ |
9 | ‘ Everything I make is hand-cut from large pieces of glass and hand-soldered . |
10 | Now the choices and values are not only what I trust are right choices and correct beliefs ; they are my choices , my beliefs , my convictions |
11 | I hate being sick and one thing another well , it turned out |
12 | Cos I hate being sick you know . |
13 | I ca n't , I hate being sick , I can never make myself sick . |
14 | And he said , but he 's nothing to do with Surrealism , which I expect is true that he did n't belong to the party but then perhaps Spaniards are , in any case , basically surrealist . |
15 | That , that I , I say is reserved for Parliament . |
16 | ‘ If you think about it , you 'll see that what I say is true . |
17 | Er whether it 's er slight moderate or substantial er i is er I say is irrelevant but there certainly is significant benefit as a result of er of thirty percent reduction . |
18 | Think the only thing you can do is as I say be honest and say that , you know , you 're very worried about your fingers |
19 | The only quantifiable difference between what happened in this country and in Germany during that period is that the Germans produced many more traffic-calming schemes , which I acknowledge are complicated and in many cases quite expensive . |
20 | The service I provide is free and there is no obligation on you to buy anything . |
21 | All I want is easy knobs to turn with |
22 | Meanwhile Atkinson laughed off any fears of a hostile reception at Hillsborough and said : ‘ The only extra protection I want is thermal underwear . |
23 | When I stop being useful , she 'll ignore me . |
24 | So everything I earn is taxable . |
25 | I count being courteous as part of being professional — and the noise level of delegates and their guests chatting over the awards announcements was at best discourteous to other guests and at worse downright rude to the awards organisers . |
26 | Say only that this of which I speak is pleasing to you . ’ |
27 | This appeal presents an early opportunity in the life of the Children Act 1989 , to give what I hope is useful guidance to family proceedings courts and their clerks on the subject of findings of facts and reasons . |
28 | Give what I hope is curt nod , though double chins seem to go on flapping for ever . |
29 | ‘ The only circumstances in which I would anticipate the use of the remedies of certiorari and mandamus would be in the event , which I hope is unthinkable , of the panel acting in breach of the rules of natural justice — in other words , unfairly . |
30 | I have n't been able to explain this to Dr Grossman , because he would n't understand , but you will understand , and I hope be happy for me . |