Example sentences of "[conj] i be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was fogged in on board the Amerada Hess AHOOI where I am now working . |
| 2 | We finally settled for a modern house in a village three miles away , where I am still living . |
| 3 | In alluding to Ronald Duncan and The Criterion , he was referring to a proposal by Duncan — with whom I had been in correspondence , though I did not meet him until after the war — that I should write for The Townsman ( a magazine which he edited from an ancient mill situated in a valley on the Devon/Cornish border , where I was later to live and write about ) , an article analysing the reasons why The Criterion , after flourishing for seventeen years , had so suddenly come to an end . |
| 4 | ‘ This got me into the very comfortable American hospital , where I was well pampered . |
| 5 | Watching at the scene was one of the unfortunate residents , Mr. Worby , manager of the Co-operative Society 's Outfitting Department where I was often taken to buy clothes . |
| 6 | or I 'm just seeing what he 'd said |
| 7 | bit here and I thought god that so I thought right I 'm gon na change places in that seat but your father 's sitting on , alright , I said go in that back seat , just behind us there were there or I said or I 'm just coming to sit where you are , I said I ca n't do four hours sitting like this , I mean I 'd have been boss eyed before I got , well I was I , I , all say look at that cloud |
| 8 | It could be , or I 'm just wondering if it 's actually squirrels , because although the , the excreta contains berries erm a squirrel will eat berries , it will also eat nuts and of course they do bury their nuts and I 've actually seen squirrels in other parts of the country digging holes and starting a bit of a larder and of course there are a lot of , of erm squirrels in Croydon so I think unless you actually see the animal you can only speculate that it is something small like a vole or , or a squirrel . |
| 9 | ‘ No , Mrs Sutherland , you look at me because I want to see you understanding what I 'm going to say 'cause I 'm never discussing this again with anyone . ’ |
| 10 | So , although I am genetically related to my mother 's brother 's , or my mother 's siblings ' children or my father 's siblings ' children , the fact is , the siblings of both groups are genetically related to each other . |
| 11 | I signed on there , and although I was twice made redundant by more cuts in the temporary civil service list , and also from two private jobs that were only temporary , I kept up my ‘ Rangering ’ with the SRS active crew on Regents Park Lake , and on Sunday attended the City Temple ( Congregational ) Church . |
| 12 | Although I 'm reasonably fit , the difference in sharpness is immense . |
| 13 | Now , erm , what 's wrong with this if you think about it , is that er it 's hard to know what fitness and fittest means and although I 'm now gon na spend about ten minutes talking about it , this will be the last time you 'll hear me mention the word fitness , and I strongly advise you to do the same , for reasons which I will now n now explain . |
| 14 | If you have gained the impression that you are dealing with a balding manic-depressive axe-wielding lunatic , then I must hasten to add that I am generally regarded as a bit eccentric but quite harmless by my neighbours ! |
| 15 | And I discover , to my horror , that I am slowly becoming what I have been claiming all this time to be . |
| 16 | A little later she indicates that I am partially returned to favour when I plan to write to The Times condemning the industrial action that was taken by the consultants : ‘ If he really produces this letter to The Times I shall begin to have some faith in him . ’ |
| 17 | Until commissioned to write this feature , I had never used liquid acrylics and , having now worked with them for a few weeks , I must report that I am completely sold on this exciting medium . |
| 18 | ‘ Doctors said the fact that I am well built was in my favour , ’ said Ged , of Barn Hey Farm , Netherley , near Liverpool . |
| 19 | Should I tell my doctor that I am also having homoeopathic medicine ? |
| 20 | I no longer believe that I am just writing a treatment of her life . |
| 21 | I bear this in mind for my next visit and reflect that I am already learning and making mental notes about this hitherto unfished — by me at any rate — stretch of river . |
| 22 | And perhaps ‘ mutant ’ memes can exert the kinds of influence that I am here calling ‘ replicator power ’ . |
| 23 | A central feature of all such theories is the distinction between that which exist sin a fundamental sense , i.e. the basic entities ( I should emphasise that I am here using the term 'entity' in the broadest possible sense ) and that which is regarded as existing in a secondary , derivative , or parasitic sort of way . |
| 24 | ‘ At the same time I do not suppose that a court would take the view that I am here expressing . |
| 25 | Perhaps I should stress , once again , that I am here to help . |
| 26 | My understanding from your letter of [ Date ] is that I am jointly instructed by the vendor , Mr D Smith , and the purchasers ( as set out in the Agreement between the parties dated [ Date ] ) and that I am requested to certify in writing to the parties , the value , in my opinion , of Mr D Smith 's shares at [ Date ] . |
| 27 | ‘ The decision to do so was one of the hardest I have ever made : but now that I am committed ( by dint of posting the letter before I had time to change my mind ) I began to be afraid of opposite extremes — afraid that I am merely indulging in an orgy of egoism . ’ |
| 28 | refrain from taking some action that I am currently taking ? |
| 29 | Notice that I am deliberately speaking of ‘ levels of understanding ’ in believing , rather than ‘ stages in believing ’ . |
| 30 | Not that I am deliberately distorting or mis-speaking our findings , but because I have selected and imposed an order on the research which suits my theoretical and creative purposes and which therefore paints nature in the colours in which I wish to view it . |