Example sentences of "i [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Forgive me for being a little cynical of that . ’ |
2 | He says , ‘ The superintendent wo n't recommend me for being a policeman . ’ |
3 | ‘ It 's always been that — I 've known it all my life — you 've never forgiven me for being a girl — that 's why you love Bri and you do n't love me — you wanted a boy — you always wanted a boy and all you got was a girl — all you got was me ! ’ |
4 | ‘ they 're going to give it to me for being such a nice chap and because I want this guitar so badly . ’ |
5 | You reproach me for being stupidly repelled by a taste of which I have never dared to become fully aware . |
6 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
7 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
8 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
9 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
10 | There was a girl called Carmen , she was the queen Reject , she just let me hang around with them so she could sneer at me for being a moony . |
11 | But I think Oliver likes me for being the way I am . |
12 | If I forgive you for being male and cruel and unreasonable , you must forgive me for being female and for carrying another man 's child and wanting you at the same time . |
13 | ‘ Forgive me for being flippant , ’ she sighed . |
14 | You ought to be thanking me for being so considerate . ’ |
15 | So excuse me for being a little thick . |
16 | ‘ So you keep on saying , but can you blame me for being sceptical when I recall the sort of facts you apparently deal with ? ’ |
17 | Forgive me for being so mean to you ? |
18 | She 's forgiven me for being such an ass with my ultimatum the other day , ’ he added , then sighed , ‘ I do wish she was coming back to her flat . ’ |
19 | ‘ Forgive me for being wary ! |
20 | People always take me for being drunk . |
21 | He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie . |
22 | That is the same as pardon me for being rude it was not me it was my food |
23 | Pardon me for being rude it was not me it was my food , it just popped up to say hello , and now it 's gone back down below |
24 | Pardon me for being rude it was not me it was my food |
25 | Pardon me for being rude it was not me it was my food |
26 | Pardon me for being rude , it was not me it |
27 | Pardon me for being |
28 | Pardon me for being rude it was not me it was my food |
29 | Pardon me for being so rude . |
30 | In terms of a planning process Anne was talking about , you 'll have to forgive me for being relatively new to Oxfordshire and coming from an area where we had a planning system which was largely the one I was describing , and the planning role that I saw I wanted to develop was very much already mentioned which was actually going round to small groups of people , to the local caring groups on a much more informal basis , and getting their contribution about that and then feeding it back into the system , which you say is there in a sense . |