Example sentences of "be [conj] i " in BNC.
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1 | I mean are you learning these as they are or I mean |
2 | I am that I am . |
3 | Oh , how glad I am that I did n't die . |
4 | But first I want to say how sorry I am that I had to send Dawn to you instead of coming myself as I promised . |
5 | Yes I am 'cause I want some . |
6 | I wish I had been 'cause I took CSEs at school and I got sort of fairly average grades ( 1 in music ; 2 in English ; 3 in history , general science and woodwork ) . |
7 | It seemed to me that it was wanting in every detail , but the objective facts are that I was five feet two and a half , weighed eight stone five , and had my fair share of acne . |
8 | The positive things that have come out of the divorce are that I have a much better relationship with my children and I can read a book in bed and not have a jealous partner by my side trying to prevent me . |
9 | The facts are that I asked Warren Beatty not to cast Sean Young in the role for Dick Tracy . ’ |
10 | ‘ But probably the chances are that I will be looking for some sort of change , ’ he added . |
11 | I walked fast , to keep warm , so it may have been that I was a little above myself by the time I reached the school where the classes were held , because that night , try as I would , I could not believe anything our teacher was telling us . |
12 | 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 . ’ |
13 | ‘ One of my problems over the last few years has been that I 'm amazingly optimistic — really stupid in fact ! |
14 | I have had lots of tanks almost from the beginning , and have probably worked out most of my fantasies regarding sizes from 15″ × 10″ × 10″ up to 48″ × 18″ × 18″ — the only problem has been that I always want to keep more species than I have room for . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | She 's like you when you 're when I 'm on the phone . |
17 | Those I 'm not interested in producing reports and publications out of evaluation studies , I 'm interested in affecting the situation and affecting it to the mutual satisfaction of the people involved in it , and in fact when we 're when I 'm working with people on an evaluation , or discussing evaluation in general , one of the major items of our discussion always is how can you consult other people , how can you get them involved ? |
18 | ‘ They 're as I want them . |
19 | and the other may or may not of been like I said just the fact I 'm shaking your hand , weapon he goes and does a frenzy test but the evidence on those three were , was n't very , was n't very conclusive and it |
20 | I 've been cos I have n't been to the R A F club for ages there . |
21 | Yeah , I have been cos I 've been bored really so all I do is study . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Perhaps in his way he was the sort of cricketer I would like to have been if I had possessed the talent . |
24 | ‘ You , that have not been near me all day , and would n't have been if I was dying ! ’ |
25 | I do n't know what would have been if I 'd stayed . |
26 | How much better life would have been if I 'd known about that or used it ? |
27 | What use would it have been if I had gone into the lounge without something like that ? |
28 | I often wondered how different my life might have been if I had had a wife and family to come home to all these years . |
29 | Do you know what the total price of the tickets would have been if I had to pay for this , one hundred and ten pounds |
30 | It would have been if I 'd have carried on . |