Example sentences of "[adj] that i have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have lost so many big barbel on the Hampshire Avon , Dorset Stour , and the Severn through this that I have been ready to dispense altogether with swimfeeder fishing for big barbel . |
| 2 | He said the area had ‘ an extremely unfair image because the majority of people on this estate want the best housing facilities and the best education for the children and that is certainly my view in the year and a half that I 've been at the school ’ . |
| 3 | I am afraid that I have been indiscreet . ’ |
| 4 | I warn the House — I am afraid that I have been an awful bore in continually pointing this out — that , as we extend the concept of health care out into the community , we shall find more and more unsatisfied demands that have not previously been recognised . |
| 5 | The American legal system is so odd that I 've been told I could get Tristram deported in my custody . |
| 6 | It really should not strike you as odd that I have been enquiring into your affairs — if I may so phrase it . |
| 7 | ‘ I am sorry that I have been so ungrateful in the past for your many generous acts , ’ it began . |
| 8 | Dear love , I get plenty of time to think about us these days , and I 'm more than ever grateful that I have been given such a wonderful person as you to be my wife . |
| 9 | She said , with a catch in her voice , ‘ I — I wish very much that I 'd been able to meet him . ’ |
| 10 | I am delighted that I have been able to hit on that point , because the flexibility means that the Opposition can not claim that they will not have enough time to debate those clauses . |
| 11 | I try to ride last so I can stop now and then to be alone , to look back and be glad that I have been able to come this way , but Tony has the feeling too and has bagged the back spot for the morning run . |
| 12 | I am acutely conscious that I have been a source of aggravation to Pa recently over my stupid allergy to vegetables ; it can not be pleasant to see the products one has slaved over summer and winter being regurgitated on to the dinner plate of one 's elder child . |
| 13 | ‘ It is obvious that I have been exploited for propaganda purposes in a film in which I should never have allowed myself to appear , ’ he bitterly commented afterwards . |
| 14 | I was not sure that I had been baptized ( having shrunk back from the outstretched hand with water in my late teens , believing baptism a piece of medieval nonsense ) , while wanting to be a member of the church . |
| 15 | The , finally remembering all that I had been told , I capsized myself and grabbed onto the canoe and paddle and headed for the nearest bank . |
| 16 | I did n't tell your mum that I 'd got it on you see she said now all that I 've been saying ! |
| 17 | But he added : ‘ That said , I must say I am extremely pessimistic about the future of the plant , given all that I have been hearing these last few days . ’ |
| 18 | All that I have is yours ! |
| 19 | And Jesus says , all that I have is yours . |
| 20 | I 'd been excited about Brownies for so long that I 'd been warned about wishing my life away nearly a hundred times by the week of my first Pack meeting . |
| 21 | He found it extraordinary that I had been able simply to get into a car in Britain and drive unhindered to Roztoky . |
| 22 | Instinctively I went into a steep spiral dive , furiously angry that I had been beaten at my own game . |
| 23 | In spite of the rain 's best efforts , I was pleased that I had been able to observe and film interesting mink behaviour . |
| 24 | After the hearing the woman said : ‘ It 's ridiculous that I have been brought to court . |
| 25 | Silicon Amnesia Sir : I bought your magazine for the first time this month and was very annoyed that I have been missing out on an excellent value piece of publishing catering to beginners ( me ) and experienced alike . |
| 26 | I checked through my notes to make sure I had the correct dates , aware I had the correct dates , aware that I had been finding it hard to concentrate . |
| 27 | And I 'm aware that I 've been called too bland on occasions . |
| 28 | My wife Pam has been for some time aware that I have been having an on-going relationship with Suzannah , who I believe is known to some of you . |
| 29 | In his Chicago lectures , for example , he described how certain passages of Notes toward the Definition of Culture had been exposed as a " mass of contradictions " and , at the end , he also made a rueful disclaimer — " I am quite aware that I have been trying to persuade , although I may not be quite sure of what " . |
| 30 | Is the Minister aware that I have been asking this question , mostly of him , for the past 13 years and that that reply reflects how serious is youth unemployment in Scotland ? |