Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , on some sites you might say , no , I , well I can control the labour costs and I can control the er , plant usage , but I do n't buy the materials myself the only way I can affect them is by altering the wastage . |
| 2 | But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those ‘ super-apostles ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ They must think I 'm on the way out . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I meant , why would you think I 'm from that part of America ? ’ |
| 5 | One of these days I 'll go out like this and scare the whole population , 'cos they 'll think I 'm in me bare pelt . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't think I 'm in love any more |
| 7 | ‘ Why d' you think I 'm in Washington ? |
| 8 | I do n't think I was on the same wavelength as the Prime Minister almost from the start , although I did work for her beforehand and try to pull together some of the policies . |
| 9 | It was a nightmare , anyone reading the papers would think I was on my last legs . |
| 10 | Even Gran 'd think I was off my head . |
| 11 | I did n't even think I was in contention ’ . |
| 12 | She thought I was carrying on , and she did n't think I was in labour . |
| 13 | ‘ Why do you think I was in the Mafia ? ’ |
| 14 | I do n't know whether David would agree , but my experience as a teacher was that I certainly encountered , I realize now , in my teaching career , children with dyslexia and yet no-one had told me , in my training , anything about this condition and I do n't think I was in a position until later , in a sense , to recognise that I had seen children with this difficulty . |
| 15 | You 'd think I was round the twist if I told you . |
| 16 | He 'd probably think I was after spendin' the entire night in a shebeen . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If you must know I was with somebody , ’ I said reluctantly . |
| 18 | ‘ Did n't know I was on your tail , old chum , did you ? ’ |
| 19 | Oh well I 'm sorry I did n't know I was on record and er I withdraw all the remarks and I shall deny everything in court . |
| 20 | ‘ How did you know I was at the Holiday Inn ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , so would you if you 'd spent all night in them tunnels ! — How did you know I was in there , anyway ? ’ |
| 22 | I woke up about 12.30 that night , and I really did know I was in labour by this time . |
| 23 | ‘ The girl did n't know I was in my room when she was changing the linen . |
| 24 | How did you know I was in the garden ? ’ |
| 25 | Do you know I was in Birmingham yesterday . |
| 26 | But I do know I was in the presence of a very dangerous man . ’ |
| 27 | Yeah but you , you did n't know I was in amazing pain though , I do n't think . |
| 28 | He says he told Hunt , when the latter came barging into the Lotus motor-home in protest , that if Hunt ‘ did n't know I was alongside him , he was like a horse with blinkers on ’ . |
| 29 | How do you know I 'm on a diet ? |
| 30 | If you start that , then I 'll know I 'm beyond redemption . |