Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even members of the underworld who have been in contact with me are outraged at her murder . ’ |
| 2 | Among them are millions of our fellow Christians ; but whether they are Christian or Muslim or whatever , they are fellow human beings and made in the image and likeness of God — and we have a responsibility for them . |
| 3 | I 'm sure , but they 're many of them are concerned about their budget because they live off a fixed pension |
| 4 | Hamburgers , friend and processed foods , canned drinks , too much caffeine , too much starch — all of them are bad for you . |
| 5 | I been flat on my back so I did n't go toilets and I 've got a sore bottom |
| 6 | Thank you so much for all your hard work on my curtains — I am delighted with them . |
| 7 | I am delighted with my recently purchased 1985 Ninety truck cab , but for the door keeps . |
| 8 | I certainly think so — I am delighted with my new computer . |
| 9 | The instrument more than justifies your lavish praise and I am delighted with it in every respect . |
| 10 | I am delighted for him . |
| 11 | ‘ I am delighted for him and us . |
| 12 | I am delighted for you . |
| 13 | ‘ I am delighted for you , Alexandra . |
| 14 | That shows an extraordinary lack of understanding by Labour and I am delighted by it . |
| 15 | And what is more , the clichés used by Mome Elwis are at least better suited to the cleric than anything the clerk can come out with : ( " I can do no other deed but say my paternoster and my creed to Christ for my misdeeds , and my Ave Maria — I am sorry for my sins — and my de profundis for all who remain in sin , for I am good for nothing else — Christ knows that , the king of heaven . " ) |
| 16 | I am good to my children |
| 17 | I am good to my husband |
| 18 | I am capable of everything I dream of doing . |
| 19 | I do n't know myself if I am capable of it . |
| 20 | Now I 've started to think that I I am capable of it . |
| 21 | You think I am capable of anything ? ’ |
| 22 | Most such answers imply enjoyment , even ‘ I am interested in it ’ ( which at least suggests the prospect of happy hours of observing , reading , thinking ) ; but ‘ I am curious about it ’ is neutral as far as enjoyment is concerned . |
| 23 | What matters is that I need never question that there is a course which is objectively the best for me , and that when most aware I am nearest to it . |
| 24 | If I am right about what the fluke genes are doing , it follows that we can legitimately speak of fluke genes as influencing snail bodies , in just the same sense as snail genes influence snail bodies . |
| 25 | But , if I am right in my analysis , one can not simply be content to say that , if his conviction is restored , the respondent will have suffered no injustice . |
| 26 | I am weak from your loveliness , Joan Hunter Dunn . |
| 27 | ‘ I am uncertain about my future as at the moment it seems we do n't have a manager . ’ |
| 28 | She permeates me like scent in a room when the lid is liked and the petals stirred , never a memory occasionally summoned but , so totally that I am unaware of it , forming the very fabric of the structure from which I gain my substance . |
| 29 | I , I am friendly with them you know I , I go every Wednesday there , for er , well when I can , every Wednesday because something , something always creeps up on a Wednesday to keep away from them , er , sort of for tea and then with |
| 30 | As she lifted her hand to knock on the open door to signal her return , she heard Mrs Browning 's light , high voice say , ‘ I am tired of her , Robert , truly I am . |