Example sentences of "[pers pn] that i be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to me that I am exactly the sort of person that you need , that you should cultivate me , prime me , pay me , even . |
| 2 | As he wrote in his Harvard Class Report in this year , " I like very simple and humane kinds of practical joke , which reminds me that I am also , at the moment , a Church Warden " . |
| 3 | We are a whole and this is the me that I am now writing about . |
| 4 | When I am down in States l or 2 it seems to me that I am always there , with all the flags hanging limp and absolutely still , and not a breath of air moving . |
| 5 | I am convinced that only my genuinely clear conscience let me convince the adults around me that I was totally innocent . |
| 6 | My mother came up to London the very next day and told me that I was never to go home again , I was never to contact Sarah again and , above all , I was never , ever to see John again . |
| 7 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 8 | and they told me that I was too late , the school told me too late |
| 9 | It was the smell as much as the taste which convinced me that I was still Joe Bodenland , and still destined to struggle on among the living . |
| 10 | It was n't until the final two weeks of term that it really hit me that I was actually going to have to go . |
| 11 | ( I never cease to marvel at the continued confusion in the public mind between nuclear power and weapons : too many people stare at me as if I were some unnaturally hybrid creature when I mention to them that I am both a member of CND and a strident advocate of nuclear power stations to produce electricity . |
| 12 | I left out any reference to brutality in our lives and assured them that I was well and healthy , which I was . |
| 13 | ‘ Now then , as your duly elected leader , let me assure you that I am always working tirelessly on your behalf , and I will continue to do so as long as I remain your duly elected leader . |
| 14 | ‘ Miss Havisham , ’ I said , ‘ I must tell you that I 'm as unhappy as you ever wanted me to be . |
| 15 | ’ Curb , ’ she broke in , ’ I should tell you that I 'm never closer to getting out than when you start sanctimonious about how you operate ’ . |
| 16 | Tell him that I am very sorry but I can not make exceptions . |
| 17 | Maybe I had meant to raise Alec 's image of himself , show him that I was effectively placing myself in his power , giving him the responsibility that friendship demanded . |
| 18 | In the end I remember I said to him that I was just a spoilt Yank and my father sent me money so he need n't worry about a thing . |
| 19 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 20 | Can I explain to her that I am fully in sympathy with their monomania ? |
| 21 | But it seemed important to her that I be there . ’ |
| 22 | Anya has n't told her that I 'm here . |
| 23 | I wanted to tell her that I was just such a silly creature and could n't believe that I would ever be warm again . |