Example sentences of "[adj] i be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In 1971 I was in command of Venturous when she was sent to the North West Coast of Scotland , a winter patrol specifically designed to keep a check on the foreign fishing fleets engaged in " Klondyking " .
2 It 's almost like I 'm a refugee I felt right I 'm like , you know ,
3 ‘ There 's sorry I am about your mam , would have come to the funeral if I had n't had to work , mind . ’
4 After the lecture there were tea and refreshments and it was not until fairly late that I rang Emily just to say Hello , and how sorry I was to be too busy to get over to the house to see her this trip .
5 I wanted to tell you how sorry I was about Sybil Vane .
6 Sorry I was in Birmingham and I went you know where the er repertory theatre is ?
7 I mean , I 'm sorry I 'm like this .
8 after my second week he said I 'd got the gift of the gab or something and I always manage to wind people round my finger and always always get what I want and everything and I always took my way out of shit and I heard this from Matt , you can imagine how upset I was like on my I tell you er I heard about it on the field weekend cos I was here and Matt was here as well and , and I just thought my God I 've been friends with this bloke , we were having baths together when we were like two years old and , and I 've known him all my life and if you ca n't trust him well where does the , where , well you know , who can you trust ?
9 Now I 've found out how hopeless I am on my own … ’
10 In 1980 I was at the Cleveland debate between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter .
11 ‘ When I found out they were still alive I was over the moon . ’
12 After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’
13 To show you how grateful I am to you , I 'm offering to explain how to make it — then you will be able to destroy all your enemies ! ’
14 ‘ I shall try to think of some way of showing how grateful I am for your bravery .
15 I want to show you how grateful I am for that . ’
16 I should like to say how grateful I was to the kind gentleman who pulled me clear .
17 In passing , I would like to say how grateful I was for this friendly and sympathetic , as well as informative , advice from the Humanist Association .
18 I can see how hopelessly unsuitable I am for you ; all I ever do is misunderstand what you say , and weep .
19 ‘ I make men out of them and for that I 'm at fault .
20 Now okay you know the , you know the one person you ca n't do anything for but it 's the way this lass looked you know and then about a week after that I 'm in Princes Street and I always try and er you know buy the , the Issues
21 But then when you do peel them away , whether you can have a potentiality , like the when talked about he talked about either side of his face timeless void that you had to see the limit of it so that you could have erm that that I was in this body and there 's something about this body that I 'm going to go back into the body and then that could differentiate perhaps .
22 Just prior to this I was under a great deal of pressure to complete a computer program , and went in to work while I was suffering from the flu and not sleeping very well .
23 Erm no , I 'm normally I 'm , funny I was over that way last weekend cos er , you know , pop over to the beach and things .
24 He gets annoyed if I say anything about it , but that does n't stop him going on about how slim I was at 17 when we first met .
25 I read this fascinating article about him , now you can see how interested I am in Star Trek , ca n't you .
26 No matter how careful I am with this lead it gets a knot in it .
27 Well I had another I was in the er I got some much leave you know , then we had to come back to er at back of the er where it er .
28 Well , I 'm afraid I 'm against the erm , Sports Centre to be honest .
29 " I 'm afraid I 'm in something of a hurry but I was just passing and thought I would call in on the off-chance .
30 Praying that the real me is in touch with the real God .
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