Example sentences of "be [adj] i have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ‘ I am afraid I 've kept you too long and tired you . |
3 | ‘ I know you wanted to speak to Rhoda Brocklebank but I am afraid I 've jumped the gun . |
4 | ‘ I am afraid I have come to the conclusion , reluctantly , that the different people and races of the world were never intended to meet . |
5 | Yes you 're right I 'd forgotten that boat trip . |
6 | I mean when they 're full I 've noticed when , we they were standing in the gangway . |
7 | ‘ I am glad I have made someone happy . |
8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
9 | 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 . |
10 | ‘ I should be grateful I 've found her , ’ she whispered . |
11 | 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 |
12 | ‘ I 'm sorry I 've worried you , ’ I said . |
13 | I 'm sorry I 've lost me agendle now . |
14 | If Spare Rib will address ( I 'm sorry I 've missed any previous relevant articles ) these issues can I join the Sisterhood ? |
15 | I 'm sorry I 've missed that . |
16 | Compare : ‘ I 'm sorry I 've run over your dog . |
17 | Oh I 'm sorry I 've got beef . |
18 | I 'm sorry I 've got to go to work . |
19 | I 'm sorry I 've got the telephone number now and it 's in my mind to do it . |
20 | I 'm sorry I 've wasted your time . |
21 | I 'm sorry I 've hurt you , truly I am . |
22 | It 's er if they come back and they say I 'm sorry I 'd gone |
23 | He told enough boring stories about them and ended each office day with : ‘ I must go or my children will be afraid I 've got lost . ’ |
24 | ‘ I 'm sorry sir , but I 'm afraid I 've scratched your car a bit ! ’ |
25 | I 'm afraid I 've lost a few friends and challenged a few others . |
26 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've plunged you in at the deep end . |
27 | They stopped at the corner and Chris said anxiously , ‘ I 'm afraid I 've said all the wrong things , seemed to dwell on my side of things . |
28 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've gone on a bit , My Lord Chairman , ’ he said apologetically . |
29 | But I say to him , very nicely , because I very seldom have the courage to be rude , ‘ I 'm afraid I 've gone to bed . ’ |
30 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've taken up a good deal of your time for no purpose Mr. Preston . |