Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Community policing will be further marginalised with priority going to intermediate response type of incidents I am confident however that this council will make some crucial and vitally important decisions during the next er budget rounds and the importance of policing an inadequately funded service will be unanimously supported . |
| 2 | But I am mindful in the midst of my own troubles ma'am that you are not in good health for Miss Blagden has told me so and I am sorry to hear it and to think of you unable to leave your room and I am sorry too that the Rome winter does not prove as gentle as you had hoped . |
| 3 | ‘ There are discussions in Belgrade tonight and I am convinced now that we will go . ’ |
| 4 | I am glad therefore that the idea of appointed or co-opted members as well as magistrates seen now to be pretty widely accepted if I understand the Noble Lord , Lord 's amendment . |
| 5 | I am optimistic now that we 've got a stable base for the next year , and I 'm always optimistic for the year after ! |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry now that I ever went . |
| 7 | I 'm OK now that you 're here , Clive darling . |
| 8 | But I 'm happy now that I did n't sign with them . ’ |
| 9 | And they had addresses and I ran around , I went to get a job at the pit , which er I had no more sense so I 'm glad now that I did n't get on . |
| 10 | But I did n't like working at Johnny Walkers so I think it was quite a good thing at the time , although I did n't really like it I 'm glad now that it happened cos I 'd probably still be working in there . |
| 11 | It 's a lovely world , beautiful world but it 's the people in it you see who are spoiling things so much and I do n't understand youngsters you see but because young people erm there , there was a time when youngsters just er do just as they like and they were n't reprimanded by the parents , whereas my parents were very strict you see and it did n't do me any harm and I 'm glad now that they were . |
| 12 | I 'm frightened now that it will unsettle me , bring back too many memories . |
| 13 | I 'm happier now that she 's back . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm aware now that Gran had a lot of money . |
| 15 | Jonathan Ram was our ancestor , and I was sure then that the Worm fed off his hatred . |
| 16 | My mum used to pick my hair off the pillow while I was asleep so that I would n't see how much I was losing , and at that time I was too ill to get up and go and look in the mirror . |
| 17 | I was adamant then that I would n't have it , but the idea of actually getting this far with a baby — well , I did n't want to jinx it by even thinking too much about it . |
| 18 | ‘ Then you 'll doubtless be delighted to learn that I have n't cried since the day I decided to go boating on the duck pond at home , only to find when I was halfway across that my rowing-boat was holed . |
| 19 | It had n't crossed my mind , but I was grateful now that I 'd been too busy throwing up to examine the body too closely . |
| 20 | He held my gaze for just a fraction longer than you 'd expect , and I was certain then that underneath his professional front he was interested in me . |
| 21 | I , I was in when I had a hysterectomy and , but I think I was so ill I was glad really that erm I was on my own then . |
| 22 | I was glad then that he did not know the subject of the talk I had just given at the conference — the possibility that space-time was finite but had no boundary , which means that it had no beginning , no moment of Creation . |
| 23 | I was interested too that got the new phonebooks |
| 24 | In my elevated state I was afraid only that the cop might search us and discover the Dexedrine in Dana 's pocket . |
| 25 | Life has many other prizes to offer if you are clear enough that you want to claim them . |
| 26 | She was thankful too that she 'd struggled to exist on her grant , and what she earned in vacations , without making too many extra demands on Hugh Russell . |
| 27 | She was convinced now that her husband had been working on a book about The Hell Fire Club and … |
| 28 | Hurt that he could think she would do that pest of an interview through Lubor , she was certain then that she did n't even like Ven Gajdusek — much less was she attracted to him ! |
| 29 | Borrowing her for dissertation research was one thing — she was sure now that this was the reason behind her removal from the hospital — but a release seemed , frankly , unlikely . |
| 30 | Nora burst into dismissive laughter ; she was sure now that Chambers was up to something very subtle . |