Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And I would also support Mr Potters in the addition of the under-used term would I think be beneficial to the policy .
2 and she would I think be prepared to as she 's in charge of their sort of arrangements for where they dance , er it 's easier than ne negotiating with someone who who I 've only met once er very briefly .
3 Erm whereas if there were independent trustees responsible to the regulator and they were properly trained , they would I suggest be able to smell out very quickly any malpractice and would have straight to the regulator , if only to call a stop for someone to have a look at it .
4 Yes , yes er whereas if there were independent trustees responsible to the regulator and they were properly trained , they would I suggest be able to smell out very quickly an malpractice and would have a group straight to the regulator , if only to call a stop for someone to have a look at it .
5 He says there will I hope be improved protection for side impacts .
6 Can I have be bold ?
7 ‘ Anyway , that night they put a night-light in my room , in case I had nightmares , but the shadows were even worse than the darkness , and so I just lay there , under the covers , quivering with fear thanks to these damn dragons , and I wished Ken was back from University because sometimes I was allowed to sleep in his room , and I wished I was allowed a torch in my room , but I was n't , and I was wondering about crying really loudly , because that would bring mum and dad in to see me , but then what did I say was wrong ?
8 Everything Suzanna had made me feel was alive again , magnified a hundred times .
9 But it was a moment or so before Agnes obeyed and when she did her voice was stiff as she said , ‘ And your son has given her a — ’ How was she to put it ?
10 But everything beyond what he pays for and sees himself get is suspicious to him .
11 Just remember that the invisible spiritual force that makes them work is evil and harmful , so leave them all well alone .
12 ‘ I can see you 've been busy , and , as I said , I congratulate you .
13 Which do you think are good , entirely good ?
14 Switching , if I may , from Victorian novelists to more contemporary novelists , who do you think are good novelists of today ?
15 What do you think is fishy ? ’
16 What do you think is wrong with what the assistant is saying ?
17 ‘ So how much of the rest do you think is true ? ’
18 Do you think being serious is the same as being unhappy , Ma ? ’
19 Do you think being French helps ?
20 He said , erm , well what would you think was reasonable ?
21 She came at me with a stool in her hand — who do you think was terrified then ?
22 Do you enjoy being stupid , having a laugh , parties , good music ( no Bros fans please ! ) and making new friends ?
23 Which of the following features do you feel are important when choosing a cleaner ?
24 Which of the following features do you feel are important when choosing a bed ? ( please tick all that apply )
25 ‘ Now that you know he 's out — and around — will you mind being alone down there till Monday ? ’
26 Do n't you like being special ?
27 Could she have been right when she had thought , almost a week ago , that Roman was about to tell her he had asked Dana to marry him ?
28 And if Oliver had betrayed him , as he had betrayed all the others , what would she have been able to do for the Chartist candidate then ?
29 Nor could she have been aware of the matey tap with which the russet radical awoke the aforementioned scribe in the morning , a cup of tea grasped in his proletarian fist .
30 How could she have been foolish enough to let it happen ? she asked herself inwardly as the lift slowed and stopped , and its wide metal doors sighed open .
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