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Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Well , yes , I know that , O.K. , I said , you 're their mother , and you decided against their father for reasons I take to be desolate , but would n't some Asian studies in St. James 's Square at the Institute of International Affairs be less perilous until they are both over , say , four ?
2	The thread I have chosen to follow is that of houses I consider to be perfect period pieces or exceptional architectural masterpieces , and hence they are not always conventionally representative of their particular period .
3	‘ Guitarists I listen to are classical and pseudo jazz-classical players .
4	independence I like to be independent
5	The only place I seemed to be able to reach you was in bed .
6	In my job I have to be stern .
7	The gentleman I spoke with was unaware that light aircraft ADF equipment was unable to tune to the half kHz and seemed quite surprised to learn this .
8	‘ It 's a name I seem to be stuck with , but it really would be nice to be called something else for a change , says actor Nigel Havers , best known for his role in the ITV series of the same name .
9	Anyway , one day I started to be sick in reaction to some drugs , and this guy jumped out of bed — the nurses were busy .
10	The sorts of things I happen to like , the sorts of things I happen to be good at or bad at .
11	Lastly , to say I do n't enjoy life just because I fight for things I believe in is incorrect .
12	The only things I think about are calorie-counting and weighing myself , and making sure that I do n't put on the weight I 've lost , and passing my O levels .
13	The first person I ever came out to as a student was a person I suspected of being gay and everyone else thought he was gay ; in fact , he vehemently denied it after I came out .
14	Berry explained : ‘ We got into base camp with the group of trekkers on May 8 and one of the first people I ran into was Krishchaty , just by chance .
15	Means I 've to be strong .
16	Only a minority of teachers I spoke to were interested in the way of life of their Asian pupils and an even smaller number knew anything about it .
17	Because I love you , and I want what little private life I have to be steady and permanent , ’ Scott said .
18	It , I think I had a good life there and I 've got no regrets I think to be public transport is , is a good thing .
19	The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them .
20	But she had insisted , and although the room was warm , and the kitchen stove had already been made up for the night , I had gone — yet it was a strange experience to me , and rather a frightening one , to have been persuaded by someone near to me into doing even so small a thing I felt to be hazardous . )
21	I 'll go and stand in the corner I think for being naughty .
22	In the end I pretended to be worried that I had left my bicycle lamp on and dashed outside to relieve myself in a flower-bed .
23	Do n't spread it like putty you know , but , quite a lot I like to be able to taste it where Christine just likes the flavour if you know what I mean .
24	Many black adolescents I talked to were conscious of the differences between their own Creole and their parents ' .
25	So the only way I seemed to be able to keep Arthur was to become dependent on him . ’
26	Yeah , the clothes I had on was identical to that of P C .
27	After some physiotherapy I hope to be fit to play next week in Telford . ’
28	She says there is a need for a better east-west link.But I remain to be convinced that it 's a 3 lane highway , driving its way through Oxfordshire and Wiltshire .
29	I had this idea I had to be civilised , and wait until I 'd obtained spoken as well as physical consent from you — and then spent days regretting it !
30	‘ Watching it as a professional I had to be concerned about poor defending , but the decision to play three up front certainly caused Southampton problems , ’ he added .