Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result now , after over three months , is that the tanks are stable and I 've lost no more fish . |
| 2 | She could n't have been asleep when I lifted the ledger from her lap and scanned its pages : she must have been watching me all the time . |
| 3 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 4 | My neighbours are friendly but I do n't really know anybody intimately . |
| 5 | Deep in my heart there was still hope that one day I would receive a letter saying , ‘ I am alive and I have not forgotten you . ’ |
| 6 | Mary , who works for a publishing firm , said last night : ‘ People are speechless when I tell them where they 're calling . |
| 7 | They may have even been friendly but I remembered the old saying , ‘ On a dark lonely road , one never meets a friend ’ . ’ |
| 8 | It 's just that today 's been strange and I thought maybe , oh . ’ |
| 9 | Appeals chief Dorothy Roberts said : ‘ I am upset if I have offended anyone , but the care of the patients must come first . ’ |
| 10 | If the Conservative party wins a general election , I am upset and I do n't like it , but I am willing to accept the result because I accept the verdict of the people . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , and you 'd have been grateful that I 'd gone . |
| 12 | I am sorry that I had to deceive you just now ; I am from the Military Police Special Investigation Branch . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I am sorry that I have been so ungrateful in the past for your many generous acts , ’ it began . |
| 14 | I am sorry that I have made them |
| 15 | He said , ‘ I never meant to frighten you and I am sorry that I did , truly sorry . |
| 16 | Mr Sproat arose and declared : ‘ I am sorry that I feel compelled to enter a gently discordant note into the debate . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , sir , I am sorry but I saw it lying there and the temptation was too much for me . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I am sorry if I do not make sense . ’ |
| 19 | I am sorry if I did not reply . |
| 20 | I am sorry if I sound harsh . ’ |
| 21 | I am sorry if I appeared to spring the letter on you and I fully understand your desire to get it right . |
| 22 | ‘ We are doing our best to ensure that fans are well-behaved and I think players have a responsibility too . ’ |
| 23 | Not only have your reports been first-lass but I have been particularly pleased that you were able to establish and maintain such good relations with the girl 's family and with the police . |
| 24 | Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy . |
| 25 | But I could have been wrong and I had no means of checking my suspicions . |
| 26 | Basically , the things I 've been involved in have always been different and I 've been lucky . |
| 27 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 28 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 29 | The young lady in question ( who I shall call Mrs X because I am afraid that I omitted to catch her name ) began by asking me what the bad points were within the embalming profession . |
| 30 | I am afraid that I told him to go away and not be silly . |