Example sentences of "[adj] [that] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I should make it clear that I am drawing on notions of an idealised business environment when I refer to unambiguous communication being the motive power which occasions accountability .
2 I would make it clear that I was seeking to build upon a solid platform of achievement — whether true or not — with gradual developments that can be understood and accepted from the outset .
3 And then , damn me , it was clear that I was sitting on someone !
4 But it seems clear that I was diverting the feeling of cold , which pertains to the body , away from the physical and into the psychological realm , where alone I believed myself to exist .
5 Referring to his decision to resign from the Cabinet over the Westland affair in January 1986 , he says : ‘ I made a statement that day making it clear that I was going to continue in active politics in any role the Conservative Party wanted .
6 I was afraid that I was lost in the snow . ’
7 I was afraid that I was doing something wrong .
8 The monitors alone are so loud that I am baffled as to how the crew operate without some type of semaphore system .
9 Although it probably sounds odd that I am suggesting negotiating a written agreement with your teenager , psychologists have been using business-style contracts to resolve family conflicts for some years now .
10 IT IS more than possible that I am missing a point , showing a lack of imagination , remaining in the Middle Ages and have my feet firmly stuck in the mud when I am under the impression they are just on the ground .
11 Yes I 'm sorry that I 'm having to scribe all this out but er the new documentation they 've changed the erm that 's a Monday sorry about this
12 I 'm grateful that I was born when I was , rather than being a youngster today .
13 ‘ Shee-it , ’ I said , and felt guilty that I was leaving the island without sharing the chicken dinner that Sarah Straker was doubtless cooking for me at that very moment .
14 He said : ‘ I 'm disgusted that I was allowed out of the first hospital in that state . ’
15 He was sad that I was going .
16 I know I 've had something quite unique happen to me and I 'm just very glad that I 'm leaving here so well .
17 There was no sign of a stone circle , and I began to wonder whether I was lost — and yet I was being ‘ pulled ’ so hard that I was forced to run .
18 He looked suddenly suspicious that I was making fun of him , which I was n't , and grabbed me to look down the front of my dress .
19 ‘ Consider yourself lucky that I 'm offering to get your things . ’
20 The sickening that I was making a mess of the first real pitch of the first real pitch of IV± , and that I 'd have to take my sack off if I was going to stay on , swept over me .
21 It will be obvious that I am using liberal here in a very broad sense .
22 I divorced my ex-husband five years ago , after years of him making it obvious that I was acting as a ‘ brake ’ on his life .
23 Nadia : I am from the General Union of Palestinian Women and it 's good that I am participating in this meeting at this time because I am having major problems with the British Feminist Movement and the Western feminist line .
24 Yeah but it 's not good that I 'm clocking , slugging my heart out .
25 ‘ You 've made sure that I am seen talking to you at the time of this man 's arrest in a public place .
26 To make sure that I was reading it to Bev right , but then you understand it 's a Connie letter do n't you ?
27 I wanted to be sure that I was doing the right thing and would n't regret it .
28 Not at all sure that I was doing the right thing , I fumbled towards the nearest dish for a finger-load of food , and turned to Sadria .
29 I was only sure that I was charmed , and no mistake .
30 " You know , Dad , I 'm not so sure that I 'm cut out for what you want me to be , " he said , and sipped his coffee with a pensive expression on his face .
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