Example sentences of "be [adj] that i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am conscious that I speak in parable ; but all that vast organisation and provision which must be made for the old in the coming generation will bring disappointment unless the purpose at the heart of it is one that satisfies . |
| 2 | I am sure that I speak for all district society presidents when I say that this is just not true . |
| 3 | Well , the gravestone certainly stands by the porch and it does have a hole drilled through it , said to have been where the iron stake was hammered through the stone into the coffin , but I 'm afraid that I agree with the general consensus voiced around the bar of the Sun Inn and the George and Dragon that George Hodgson was guilty of nothing but old age , that the only thing he sucked were his gums , and that the hole in the stone was made for a railing or gatepost . |
| 4 | Their replies to my questions may not be those that I had in mind , but by telling them that they were incorrect I would probably have ensured that they would not be so willing to answer again . |
| 5 | I mean it 's about sort of you know in it 's about increasing the erm where we are within our own particular sphere and it 's far too much I mean people it 's interesting that I mean for the , it seems to me an and once again correction but it seems to me the last five years the empowerment thing was really strong and now managers are moving away from it and saying it 's jargon as a means of diluting it . |
| 6 | It is this that I had in mind in proposing at the outset my three notions and calling one of them , the last , language as replay . |
| 7 | I do that new bit cos it 's hard that I go through it about eight times . |
| 8 | I think there 's I think there 's quite a few and I think this is what swayed it , the fact that they have had erm , I know of at least ten say ten , there 's one , two , three on the other side of the road which is good because Bob which is another one , so that 's four , there 's which is the other side of the shop , is five , there 's us , six , Jean seven , the eight , erm the guy the other side of the which is nine , there is Ginny over the and the erm old persons ' home , that 's ten that I know of for certain about , er and then I 've heard of other people were gon na be writing in , now whether they actually did or not I do n't know |
| 9 | Jo Spence I think it was then I was ill that I understood for the first time what it was to be a victim . |
| 10 | Incidentally I was glad that although I did n't feel one hundred percent I was glad that I wandered round Liberties . |
| 11 | But I was surprised that I got round the room , cos I 'm awful at remembering names I think I 'm gon na have to try and |