Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] i [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last , the visitor interrupts Paul 's conversation and comes to the point : ‘ You , I believe , have guessed where I 'm from . ’ |
| 2 | She did not know that I was to be there and came forward saying : ‘ My dear Elizabeth , what a very nice surprise . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was despair that made me believe there was one person in the world who might know that I was in despair . |
| 4 | I only wish that my father could know that I 'm at last setting up on my own … |
| 5 | I listened to others ' crises but did n't want to accept that I was in the middle of my own . |
| 6 | It is , of course , no consolation for you to know that I am in an equally awkward situation . ’ |
| 7 | He persuaded them that I was not employed by the Government , explaining that I was under the Emperor 5 personal protection , which accounted for my escort of soldiers . |
| 8 | After a moment , Samantha notices that I 'm on my own , smiles , and beckons me over . |
| 9 | I never doubted that I was on a road that led somewhere . |
| 10 | ‘ I would think that whoever took those things is very worried indeed now to find that I was with Harry and that he is alive . |
| 11 | Oh well last I got out I found that I was about a foot too far forward out into the |
| 12 | But there has been a lot of concern about the privatised er security contract at St Helier , er the way it was subcontracted by the original contractor , er without any member of the Health Authority actually knowing about that ; I certainly did n't know and I was on the Authority at the time . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't even know if I 'm against it . |
| 14 | How will I know if I 'm in the right place ? |
| 15 | go if you want cos I 'm in no hurry . |
| 16 | you see I 've got one in the front room and I had this one put in so then I say if I am in the kitchen , I say , I lift up the receiver , hello , and hear who it is and then I , I say hang on while I get round the chair and then you see I sit on the arm of this chair and talk because er it 's difficult to stand too long |
| 17 | My husband made me wait while I was in labour till a game finished ! |
| 18 | I am one of those in the Labour party — I do not know whether I am in the majority in the parliamentary Labour party — who believe in unilateral disarmament . |
| 19 | Erm I do n't know whether I was with you when I bought er rolls of |
| 20 | I do n't know whether I 'm on my head or my feet with him , and it 's kind of hard to cope with . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know whether I 'm in shock or just suffering from a hangover . ’ |
| 22 | Surrounded as I was by supremely negative images of homosexuality such as ‘ the man in the dirty mac living out a lonely old age in a filthy garret ’ , I still felt that there was for me a clear choice between expressing or repressing my homosexual desire . |
| 23 | Well I can mind us making a wreath at school when Miriam died , that was the only only body I ever remember dying when I was at school . |
| 24 | A reflective dream of my own occurred when I was in the midst of writing my doctorate on the role of REM sleep in consolidation of memories . |
| 25 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 26 | When I pushed open a door leading to a better-lit corridor , I realized that I was on an upper level of the main administrative building of the spaceport . |
| 27 | I do n't think that I 'm on my own . |
| 28 | I could think that I was at school again , lying in the long grass waiting to bat , or walking over Berkshire downs or along a Devon valley . |
| 29 | I do n't think that I was in a minority of one in finding this performance , particularly the absolutely shattering playing of the Finale , incredibly moving — the thunderous howl of approval that greeted the final chord bears that out . |
| 30 | ‘ I realised that I was in a good position , I had a little bit of work , which fitted in with my family life . |