Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] i " in BNC.

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31 These thoughts lead quickly to avoidance of the feared situation and include , ‘ I 'll be OK if I run home now ’ , ‘ Get away and you 'll be all right ’ .
32 I 'm going to be lively until I get a cat , if I do n't get a cat I 'm going to be lively for ever .
33 ‘ I want you to be free before I make love to you , not morally tied to another man . ’
34 Well I 'm freer to do , I mean I , I got , I wanted to be free because I was getting tied up with that and I was getting tied up with persons , but not agreeing everything
35 But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know .
36 Well , you know , it you see , time were , I do n't know I suppose , I do n't know but I never seemed to be afraid and I used to have my or something round my waist , a belt with the keys hanging on and they supplied me with a as well , one of these , I do n't know what they 're made of they were n't all that heavy but still they were heavy enough to keep on .
37 The windscreen was full of horrible light , and I knew we must be crashing because I could see the wheel spinning in John 's hand … ’
38 Whichever I chose would be empty and I 'd wait , wide-eyed with disappointment , till with a flourish he produced a small toy or sweets from behind his back .
39 Well I thought I 've got ta be careful that I do n't sound too
40 " I had to be careful lest I did n't say to myself " I 've served God and done something for Him , now perhaps here is a relationship that will offer me happiness and marriage " .
41 have to be careful because I 'm not an investment advisor , I 'm simply talking about the benefits of the tax exemption .
42 I 'm going to have to be careful because I shall be flying quite low .
43 I 'm going to have to be careful because I shall be flying quite low .
44 Got ta be careful when I 'm cooking , I shall have to have the window open me I 've got smoke alarms all over the place darling which is good in a flat .
45 ‘ I 'd be careful if I were you , Rose .
46 I 'd be careful if I were you — do n't even let him guess you 've got it .
47 I just have to be careful as I pick my way past the grubby piles of snow at the edges of the pavement .
48 So anyone who 's putting up a lot of their own money is untrustworthy and there should be limitation on how much people can stand , erm Mill actually goes into some figures at this point and rather quaintly says erm either fifty pounds or a hundred pounds ought to be adequate and I do n't know what that translates to now .
49 Personally , I always avoid fishing the corners of waters : I may be wrong but I simply feel that bream avoid such places .
50 Now the first disappointment in that respect was the appointment Now I may be wrong but I 'm I 'm I 'm s I think I 'm right here the appointment of the chairman of the railway executive , that 's what it was first called .
51 I mean it might be wrong but I ca n't see
52 I mean I do n't , I do n't believe that your government is stupid er it may be immoral on occasions , it may be wrong but I do n't believe it 's necessarily stupid .
53 It 's been three days now I 'm not sure though I could be wrong because I have n't slept very well I have nightmares of a man and they think it 's me but it is n't , is it ?
54 It would be wrong if I did not correct the inaccuracies that are contained within the letter .
55 ‘ Would n't it be funny if I was the next Lady Mellor ? ’ she giggled to a friend in the heat of her affair with the Cabinet Casanova .
56 He now recalls seeing a painter on his knees in a shop doorway and thinking , would n't it be funny if I , as a newcomer to this city , misunderstood the situation , and , anxious to please , knelt beside him … ?
57 ‘ Personally , ’ I said , trying to be funny when I did n't feel very funny , ‘ I think she 's had a lucky escape . ’
58 I have exerted myself to be as charming as I can be perhaps you will reassure me , Therese , that I can still be charming when I try ? ’
59 ‘ I 've heard that Linfield might be interested but I would prefer to remain with Portadown .
60 wrote to them and said yes I 'd be interested but I have n't heard anything since .
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