Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , I 'm sorry I 'm like this . |
| 2 | I want to show you how grateful I am for that . ’ |
| 3 | In passing , I would like to say how grateful I was for this friendly and sympathetic , as well as informative , advice from the Humanist Association . |
| 4 | Erm no , I 'm normally I 'm , funny I was over that way last weekend cos er , you know , pop over to the beach and things . |
| 5 | No matter how careful I am with this lead it gets a knot in it . |
| 6 | Whatever the brown one is on this |
| 7 | Tory and Labour were united in supporting Britain 's membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism , and look how wrong they were over that . |
| 8 | Er er I 'm afraid they 're about all passed on , now . |
| 9 | She had his attention back , and noticed how good-looking he was with those bright blue eyes and brown skin against the black hair . |
| 10 | ‘ Unless we can think of something really clever , I 'm afraid it 's about all we can do . |
| 11 | ‘ I should have thought anyone with a grain of sensitivity would realise how painful it is for all of us to have this all raked up again . |
| 12 | Most of the other examples cited in Bolinger 's article as adjectives capable only of sense-qualification do not seem to us to be properly so classified either ; if they are felt to be atypical it is for some other reason . |
| 13 | How clever I am at these things . |
| 14 | is to be honest she 's of little benefit to my organization . |
| 15 | I ca n't begin to say how supportive she was at that time . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You must show cookie here how grateful you are for all the trouble she 's taken . ’ |
| 17 | She wanted to show how grateful she was for this second chance . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm glad I was of some use to you , ’ she said , unable to keep an edge of tartness from her voice . |
| 19 | How fine everything was in that first careless year ) . |
| 20 | Not necessarily close friends , but it was amazing how welcome they were in that sea of faces . |
| 21 | PAMELA : I am glad he is in such good company and I wish him joy . |
| 22 | The measures which we can use include indications that the animal is failing to cope with its environment ( with the difficulties which it encounters ) and measures of how hard it is for that individual to cope with the difficulties . |
| 23 | And Dr Neil and Matey — Miss Mates — taught me so much about … life … so much that is useful … and I learned how hard it is for most people to live even halfway decent lives … and now I am home again . ’ |
| 24 | That 's how tight it was at that time o' day ! |
| 25 | ‘ Or more likely he 's at some hotel , waiting to search our luggage before we can proceed . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm as good at this as I am at being chairman of the board — and you know how good I am at that … ’ |
| 27 | My boyfriend knew nothing of these habits and the first move was to tell him , which relieved me incredibly ( actually to admit to someone how unhappy I was with these eating habits ) . |
| 28 | Sure you are from half five this morning . |
| 29 | How much the employer pays depends on how long you were in that scheme . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sure he does , but I doubt he could protect a miniature poodle , ’ Martin commented , thinking how very vulnerable she was in this big house with only old Clyde to look after her . |