Example sentences of "[verb] be [conj] i [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's always been surrounded by people who think everything else he does is marvellous , but one of the points of our relationship has been that I 've always criticised his work , and for me those double portraits of the Seventies came perilously close to Photo-Realism . ’ |
| 2 | What matters is that I need never question that there is a course which is objectively the best for me , and that when most aware I am nearest to it . |
| 3 | The cold of the night was deepening and I was weaker than I 'd been when I set out . |
| 4 | Yes , we have , mm , but I suppose I 'd been because I do n't want the bother of , yes . |
| 5 | But the point you seem to have missed is that I do n't know the lines . ’ |
| 6 | All I hope is that I do n't end up in an office again . ’ |
| 7 | Mother and lots of other people would say we were too young to love truly , they would have us wait for our ‘ years of discretion ’ ; at what age one is supposed to be abnormally discreet I do not know , all I know is that I have not arrived there yet , and I hope I never will . |
| 8 | The only reason that I am speaking is that I do not believe that the guillotine motion has anything to do with speeding up the Education ( Schools ) Bill because time was being wasted . |
| 9 | It it should have been because I put in . |
| 10 | the other day but yeah it must have been cos I have n't seen any papers since Monday how many thousands do n't pay on not paying their television licence . |
| 11 | What , what you 're saying is that I mean broadly this is , is quite an incentive based system , at least on the face of it |
| 12 | If I 've got this right , then what you 're saying is that I do n't need to feel any jealousy about the multiplicity of your sexual partners , because you 're married . |
| 13 | Well what I am saying is that I do n't think it is his primary concern . |
| 14 | ‘ Nick , ’ he continued with a tone of wry honesty in his voice , ‘ there are some mighty clever people who say I could be President of the United States three years from now , but what no one seems to realise is that I do n't care about that . |
| 15 | Well I you 'll forgive me the disadvantage , I 'm not trying to cop out , but the disadvantage of not having been immediately involved is that I have n't seen that quotation from Michael . |
| 16 | ‘ But all that means is that I know damn well what not to do . |
| 17 | What I mean is that I 've finally been forced to admit that the large-animal side of veterinary practice is still controlled by men . |
| 18 | The thing is , it 's been so long since I 've been that I have n't got a clue how much tickets are likely to be . |
| 19 | I 've been cos I have n't been to the R A F club for ages there . |
| 20 | Right , well I 've been waiting since er what is it twelve o'clock this morning , what on earth this question can be and I certainly did n't er come up with this possible , erm all I can say is that I have always got on extremely well with Tony and . |
| 21 | ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works . |
| 22 | All I 'd say is that I do n't quite agree with Stuart 's description of that summer with Oliver . |