Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] i [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , and you 'd have been grateful that I 'd gone . |
| 2 | I am sorry that I had to deceive you just now ; I am from the Military Police Special Investigation Branch . ’ |
| 3 | I am sorry if I appeared to spring the letter on you and I fully understand your desire to get it right . |
| 4 | The young lady in question ( who I shall call Mrs X because I am afraid that I omitted to catch her name ) began by asking me what the bad points were within the embalming profession . |
| 5 | He had a good knowledge of Scotland , particularly the bagpipes , and I am sure if I had offered to go along to Brigade HQ to fetch my bagpipes he would have had me marching up and down the orchard playing his favourite tunes , much to the consternation of the other Commandos , and possibly the annoyance of the Germans just a short distance away . |
| 6 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
| 7 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 8 | ‘ My mother is almost here and she would be startled if I had to kiss you into silence . |
| 9 | He thought , ‘ I 'm happy that I went to see Conway . |
| 10 | LAGER , too , is trying to change the rules which govern employment , and I believe help would be available if I had to take action against an employer . |
| 11 | After the first week I came to the reluctant conclusion that Charlie Trumper was n't going to be pleased that I had sacrificed ten pounds of our money — six of his and four of mine — just to appease my female vanity . |
| 12 | you know I always said would n't it be lovely to be thin and I said thank God |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | likes the short sleeves anyway , been shocked if I 'd got sleeves |
| 15 | ‘ You were cold and I had to get you warm . |
| 16 | These notes were invaluable when I came to write up the results of the study . |
| 17 | It was only because they were short-handed that I agreed to help out and … ’ |
| 18 | Earlier I said that on the whole our food was not bad : salads , fruits and nuts were plentiful but I had taken on my parent 's tastes . |
| 19 | My grades were excellent and I had had hands-on work experience with marketing agencies in the West End . |
| 20 | If he 'd been following me he would have to have been close because I had gone straight to the camera , and I would have heard him , even in the wind . |
| 21 | He 's er he 's saying that er the shifting of the ground 's political but I 'd to remember him that er , th it 's the council that 's doing their job , he 's not doing his job . |
| 22 | The bail arm button at the front is responsive and I found gets better with use . |
| 23 | I know it 's easy but I had to think of something to finish the week off with . |
| 24 | If your joints are good , no cramping is necessary but I did put a couple of webbing cramps on my chair just to be on the safe side . |
| 25 | ‘ T is true that I came to warn you , but also to beg you to take me with you . ’ |
| 26 | It 's true that I did feel that way at the time . |
| 27 | I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there . |
| 28 | I was right when I said having you here would do more for me than all the medicines in the world . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Sounds as though I was right when I decided to poke into the activities of INCUBUS — and Hauser … ’ |
| 30 | The road was wet and I kept telling him to go slower . ’ |