Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been some time since I had visited Ingleborough , so last summer I went back with a couple of friends to rediscover some of its hidden treasures . |
| 2 | 'Cos I 've been this morning and I 've cleared fireplace out , washed |
| 3 | My hands are real cold cos I lost my gloves and my fingers wo n't work proper — they 're all sort of numb . |
| 4 | okay , pretend that you 're that building and I want you to describe yourself and and I want the rest of the class to see if they can guess what it is and how long they take it they take to guess okay , and if you think you know what that person is , put your hand up do n't do n't shout out . |
| 5 | cos some of them are three ply and I thought I 'm not gon na sit and knit three ply . |
| 6 | He has been discouraging enquiry and I think we live with that legacy which produces apathy in our general population about health care issues . |
| 7 | I I 'll tell you I will be I will be popular daddy when I get home . |
| 8 | It will be some time before I have the figures to show how serious the second recession has been — how many firms have closed , how many jobs have been irrevocably lost , and how the finances of the survivors have suffered . |
| 9 | It will be some time before I forget the sight of Greg Hicks in a mini-skirt , fishnet tights and Rod Stewart wig , first furiously threatening Lillibet with a knife and then chewing up a wine glass in his torment . |
| 10 | Well you 're right yes , it would be this year but I did n't go much at the end of last year did I ? |
| 11 | up until then I still was n't too worried , but I think then it started to dawn on me that this was n't going to be much fun and I felt a bit scared . |
| 12 | So And o , also when it 's the day before I , I 'm working I 'm very conscience that I do n't want her to be upset in the morning , same with Christopher I do n't want any upsets in the morning . |
| 13 | I mean and I think it is the lack of the regulate the er the regulatory control of city actions , I mean one of the points that we 've been recently been advised on is that one of the city institutions which has already been er fined , er from its London office on a technicality is in effect the New York and London offices are deemed to be one entity and I think that er what we 've been advised is that erm I forget the phrase , I wrote it down here somewhere , that what we would be advised to do is to take action against that particular city institution in New York , because that er it is deemed that the London and New York actions are in fact one and that the that er what in fact the er and I think the f yes , there it is , that , that in a way though what we 've been advised is that the basis of that action would be that the organisations London and New York operations are essentially the same operation and bound by a strict know your customer rule as mandated by U S Securities Law , you know . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's going to be harder work than I thought , tidying your life up . ’ |
| 15 | It would be best procedure if I began to answer a series of questions in a room from which Clements was excluded . |
| 16 | Come back dinner time and they were saying well no you see you ca n't just a borrow a car to go to dinner in , yeah that 'll be alright man and I had n't even been in it since Roy bought it back ! |
| 17 | The ben Issachars of this world are enthusiastic punishers- and I suppose he thought he was doing the rest of the human race a favour by getting Kokos off the scene . |
| 18 | Now Er well th er th members of the Parish Council if there are any present as I imagine there are , will have heard my question . |
| 19 | I do n't know what they were this year but I mean that was not much dearer than that . |
| 20 | As for Forrester , Whelan , Bowman etc I got the impression that it was more desparation that made him turn to the younger players , granted their performances were top notch but I think the injury situation had more to do with it than Wilko 's judgement , after all where are they now ? ? ? |
| 21 | I was given a couple of interviews straight off which , though unsuccessful , were useful practice and I felt confident that something would soon turn up . |
| 22 | inspection to proceed , that 's why were partial explanation and I have the English to explain that for you |
| 23 | My grass roots were general practice and I liked talking to people and solving problems , but as you get promoted within a firm you lose that personal contact . |
| 24 | I gather this is normal practice but I find it a little unreasonable . |
| 25 | they do n't want to have some er official or or some management consultant who 's eager to get a job and get extra money paid for him by a dumb government department , if those people are going to tell us what sort of people we want on that on police authorities , I think it is total insolence and I trust that whatever happens to this Bill that that answer that was given on the 17th of January is removed and replaced by something else , if it has to be replaced at all . |
| 26 | It is eleven Year since I have seen my Figure in a Glass . |
| 27 | I think when he was so near to death I thought bloody hell I bet it 's that nightmare but I 've not mentioned , do n't mention it |
| 28 | It 's interesting work and I learnt a lot . ’ |
| 29 | It is some time since I heard news of him . |
| 30 | ‘ It is some time since I heard that last piece played so well . ’ |