Example sentences of "be [art] [noun sg] i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was thinking that if I could n't be a nurse I just wanted to die … |
| 2 | I mean how he even got to be a broker I never understood . |
| 3 | ‘ I used to see and feel things in the house , but being a child I just took it for granted that everybody else was seeing and feeling the same things . |
| 4 | Oh yes , yes in the , in the window yes I think and many and many a ticket I got when I first got married to my first wife I used to do my mother-in-law 's little tickets for all the various custards , and , and Eccles cakes and four for thruppence ha'penny it does n't of course I could print right you see she said , being a draughtsman I always could print right so I used to do the four for thruppence ha'penny . |
| 5 | Answering questions such as ‘ How do you like my new suit ? ’ or ‘ Is the pie I just baked okay ? ’ often requires knowledge of the other person 's filter to do justice to the situation . |
| 6 | Wapping : My Lord , this is the way I always stand And have stood so for 60 years or more . |
| 7 | ‘ This is the day I always dreaded might arrive . |
| 8 | This is the fax I just sent . |
| 9 | ‘ This is the time I normally ride round the hacienda . |
| 10 | It 's just a hobby I really enjoy , journalism is the job I really want to do and you never know drama could come in handy one day ! |
| 11 | At the end of 1976 I actually met several people , whom I could talk to , who acknowledged that they were gay and , as a consequence , I then subsequently admitted — and that 's the word I still use — that I was gay . |
| 12 | Oh it 's the bit I really hate is the the more you tighten your grip the more star systems will slip through your fingers . |
| 13 | They ask me , Is that your writing ? and it is of course it is those are Despot control codes from when the computer 's mouse was misbehaving and that 's the way I always spell when I do a shopping list . |
| 14 | That 's the way I always thought , and if it 's only got thirty seven and a half percent of gold in it , how on earth can you call it gold ? |
| 15 | ‘ She 's the cousin I once told you about . |
| 16 | It 's the sound I always wanted . |
| 17 | It 's the garage I always go to . ’ |
| 18 | I like adaptability — that 's the reason I always keep my hair long , so that I can get lots of different looks with it up or down . |
| 19 | Spruce , signed just three seasons ago from Widnes Tigers amateur club , said : ‘ After switching about a lot this season I 've settled in well at full back and it 's a position I really enjoy . |
| 20 | One of the children was crying loudly and Mrs Bennet said , ‘ Ee are , queen , here 's a biscuit I just found in me pinny pocket . ’ |
| 21 | It 's a sight I never saw before . |
| 22 | It 's a look I never thought he 'd give me . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's a question I still have to study , ’ she offered evasively instead . |
| 24 | It 's a trick I never learnt . |
| 25 | It 's a gesture I often use with him when I 'm too drunk to argue . ) |
| 26 | That 's a bitch I once had … |
| 27 | ‘ There 's a fellow I sometimes see in the Dragon . ’ |
| 28 | It 's a place I really like |
| 29 | ‘ I 've always loved him , and that 's a burden I alone must bear … |
| 30 | It 's a shame I never got |