Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] i be [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Did you think perhaps I was too old to have a grandmother still alive ? ’ |
2 | And I 've got to try and get to work , get home , get my jobs done and get these cleaned as well I do n't know how I 'm bloody gon na do it all ! |
3 | Frankly , I do n't know why I am here . |
4 | I told you , I do n't know why I 'm here . ’ |
5 | ‘ Dammit , Father , ’ Steiner exploded , ‘ I do n't even know why I 'm here . |
6 | I do n't know why I 'm so scared . |
7 | ‘ Look , if you knew my gran , you 'd know why I 'm so certain about this , ’ she said earnestly , knowing this was her chance to persuade him . |
8 | ‘ I do n't know why I 'm so bloody to her , ’ Marriage grumbled , ‘ except that she tolerates me . |
9 | Well I 'll see how I am tomorrow . |
10 | My mum and dad could n't understand why I was so shite at it ! ’ |
11 | Now can you understand why I 'm neither ready nor willing to quietly let the matter drop ? ’ |
12 | Yeah I can remember when I was about er seven or eight years old I had a a Hornby train which is almost identical , except it was red , I go I think some other people had one as well . |
13 | I am gon na wind up I 'm just gon na say if anybody wants some information about our database which is open to anybody in the country , I 've left some leaflets there erm , I 've been asked to plug Trade Union News which has been important to us too so I have erm and I finally I 'd say thank you very much for inviting me to come and speak to you . |
14 | But I did n't get where I am today by being drawn to the obvious . |
15 | I did n't get where I am today by kind of mentality . |
16 | ROBBIE I can stay where I am now , with a friend in Glasgow , he wo n't mind . |
17 | But when I did find out I was profoundly relieved to know that all these troubling fantasies which had been playing twice nightly in my head were , in fact , shared by others . |
18 | mm , yes I can walk along with Allen , as far and then he 'll say well I 'm just going into see |
19 | Cos you ca n't go and say well I 'm only going for a couple of weeks ! |
20 | I du n no maybe I 'm just cynical . |