Example sentences of "[be] [that] i be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered how it could be that I was going to marry Syl . |
| 2 | It may be that I 'm asking too much of Bill Forsyth . |
| 3 | When the news did become public , colleagues who had avoided speaking to me when the going got tough reappeared and said how sorry they were that I was leaving . |
| 4 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 5 | ‘ The only difference between us is that I am trying to be , and you ca n't help it . ’ |
| 6 | Can I put to you , Mrs , my problems as an inspector on this , and perhaps then you 'll understand you know why it is that I am trying to get this er all written material before the end of the enquiry . |
| 7 | ‘ The reason , Ranulf , ’ Corbett announced softly , his face only a few inches from his servant 's , ‘ is that I am trying to find out if , from some eighteen months ago , the ale-masters and tavern-keepers along this highway remember two foreigners , a young woman and her male companion . |
| 8 | ‘ The point is that I am teaching them a difference , ’ Diana told a friend . |
| 9 | ‘ All they 'll know is that I am escorting a companion who is totally irresistible , and they 'll fall for you as I have . ’ |
| 10 | Commenting on the letter to Tolba , Mr Lapointe , who has previously insisted that his actions and those of his staff are entirely correct , would only say yesterday : ‘ My comment is that I am fed up with all the garbage . ’ |
| 11 | By 4 January 1927 , the full force of Nizan 's anger , repressed for so many years , could no longer be held in check : The effect of the solitude at Aden is that I am storing up a violence that was unknown to me … |
| 12 | What she wo n't want to hear is that I am cured of the madness which kept me from sleeping at night and the imagination which played havoc with my peace of mind during the day . |
| 13 | ‘ I tell yer , Joe old cock , my bleedin' trouble is that I 'm misunderstood meself , I been sufferin' misunderstandin' all me life . |
| 14 | In case you think I eat a lot I 'll reel you my standard excuse , which is that I 'm trying to put on weight for rugby . |
| 15 | I have a very vague idea of what this terrible crime is that I 'm trying to get to the bottom of , that you have rats in the basement of your best hotel , or you know , there 's a house falling down somewhere and you 've done absolutely nothing about a closing order , any of these kind of things , but I do n't know a lot about it . |
| 16 | After all , one of the reasons that I 'm doing this job is that I 'm plugged into what 's going on out there . |
| 17 | ‘ The main thing is that I 'm enjoying my throwing again . ’ |
| 18 | Every minute of the day , all I hear is that I 'm going to get in trouble . ’ |
| 19 | The next step is that I 'm going to start calling you Linda . |
| 20 | But of course if we 're going to do that we need somewhere to start and where we 're going to start is that I 'm going to ask you to each to make a presentation , a very short presentation . |
| 21 | One is that I 'm going to give John and Julian and Lloyd an opportunity to say anything that they are burning to say on the basis of hearing us waffle for an hour or so , anything they wish to chip in . |
| 22 | My only worry is that I 'm turning him into New Boy with an unhealthy interest in housework . |
| 23 | The reason I 'm asking is that I 'm attempting to get to the games coming up against Norwich at home and Liverpool away . |
| 24 | I had a friend who suffered from twisted testicles so I made sure part of my sponsorship arrangement is that I 'm provided with decent shorts with inner briefs that give me support . |
| 25 | There comes a point where you have to say , ‘ I do n't care about the model , all I care about is that I 'm painting . ’ |
| 26 | The truth is that I 'm finding it damnably hard to confess to you what happened between Lotta and myself , and it 's vital that you know . ’ |
| 27 | The reason I 'm here is that I 'm running a little low on tablets . |
| 28 | So what I 'm actually saying is that I 'm making my objective an elephant , it 's too large i e if I wanted to eat an elephant , it 's too large an objective , but I could achieve it by what ? |
| 29 | Okay , now the good news the next night is that I 'm gon na take away some of your money , and you think , oh wow he 's taking . |
| 30 | What you do n't seem to know is that I 'm working for Query and not for you . |