Example sentences of "be [adj] i [vb base] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If my financial researches are right I have to say the most likely suspect for that particular activity is Wheeler . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ As soon as I am rich I mean to engage some of the very finest artists in their respective lines to paint figures into the landscapes , but these must be of a large size , and if executed in a superior manner will find many admirers ’ . |
| 3 | WILLIAMS : I am sorry I have incurred your displeasure and the more as I have been told by Lady Jones that you had a more honourable view than at first was apprehended . |
| 4 | ‘ I am afraid I 've kept you too long and tired you . |
| 5 | ‘ I know you wanted to speak to Rhoda Brocklebank but I am afraid I 've jumped the gun . |
| 6 | ‘ I am afraid I do expect it , Paula , in this case . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , no , thank you , but I am afraid I have to hurry home . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I am afraid I have come to the conclusion , reluctantly , that the different people and races of the world were never intended to meet . |
| 9 | I mean when they 're full I 've noticed when , we they were standing in the gangway . |
| 10 | ‘ I am glad I have made someone happy . |
| 11 | ‘ Having said that , though , I am sure I 've got the ability to do something and I shall be aiming for a points finish at least . ’ |
| 12 | The Australian kookaburra has a very distinctive call , which I am sure I have heard on the soundtracks of films from other locations in Africa , South America or the Florida Everglades . |
| 13 | When I am hungry I love to eat a piece of bread . |
| 14 | I love showing them things , but even when I am alone I enjoy playing with the toys . |
| 15 | As far as I am concerned I wish Obair well in the way forward . |
| 16 | ‘ I should be grateful I 've found her , ’ she whispered . |
| 17 | So we accept that Thank you very much and I 'm grateful to you , I 'm sorry I 've gone but it was that general question rightly raised by |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm sorry I 've worried you , ’ I said . |
| 19 | I 'm sorry I 've lost me agendle now . |
| 20 | If Spare Rib will address ( I 'm sorry I 've missed any previous relevant articles ) these issues can I join the Sisterhood ? |
| 21 | I 'm sorry I 've missed that . |
| 22 | Compare : ‘ I 'm sorry I 've run over your dog . |
| 23 | Oh I 'm sorry I 've got beef . |
| 24 | I 'm sorry I 've got to go to work . |
| 25 | I 'm sorry I 've got the telephone number now and it 's in my mind to do it . |
| 26 | I 'm sorry I 've wasted your time . |
| 27 | I 'm sorry I 've hurt you , truly I am . |
| 28 | I 'm sorry I have to ask you to say who you are before you speak . |
| 29 | the only one who worked full time , they came on Christmas Eve with reluctant , because I said look I 'm sorry but I have to work Christmas Eve lunch time , and they said right we 'll be there at five past one , and I finish at one , there were there at five past one , they finally left two days after Christmas because I said I 'm sorry I have to go back to work today . |
| 30 | I 'm sorry I have to dash off again , but I 'm due at Bartons in thirty minutes . |