Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] be [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Everything you said and did made me think you were a very experienced woman . ’
2 ‘ There 's something about its jizz which makes me think it 's a … ’ is a very handy phrase when only a brief glimpse of the bird has been caught .
3 The only enjoyable memory that I have is that of the instructor , a tall man with dark hair and a quiet nature vault a large gate in one bound and coming sprinting towards me to see what was the matter .
4 erm let me introduce you to — perhaps in a rather more quantitative way — let me introduce what is the sort of hoariest paradox about evolution .
5 Just to let me know who 's a good match ?
6 ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’
7 PAMELA : I perceive there is an open honest tender feeling in your eyes at the unfolding of my sorrows .
8 I asked what was the oldest part of the farm and was shown a flagstone path leading down to a valley .
9 I asked what was the problem and they told me not to bother my pretty head with scum .
10 I asked which were the next tallest and she picked out the only two of the next size .
11 I asked which were the smallest , and she picked out the three shortest ones quickly .
12 oh , they may of been updated then , the question I asked you was a different one , when was the moment when they became inaccurate ?
13 Mr Laird said : ‘ Unless there is some event , some circumstance , some miracle that I can not see , then I repeat there is a possibility that the plant will cease to exist . ’
14 ‘ Unless there is some event , some circumstance , some miracle that I can not see , then I repeat there is a possibility that that plant will cease to exist . ’
15 I came here eight years ago from Unilever , and the standards I respected there are the ones I would try to uphold at Cancer Relief .
16 But I mean it was it that we were taken to first , and I mean thee was a lot of people on it and I mean it had obviously saved a lot of lives .
17 We er we got very close to beating Bellevue at Bellevue which was okay I mean everybody 's a bit rusty so and we were experimenting with tyres and everything and er it was only a challenge , but it was nice to get the first meeting on the way and er I was very impressed by some of er the team members of what I saw , I knew er team mate Dean Bargger was doing particularly well scoring 11 points and er he 's really a promising er youngster which I think we can get a lot of use out of , and er in general I mean you know Ellis Stevens was doing particularly well as well , so if those two can keep doing well during the season , then okay mine had a few problems , she only scored 3 points , but that was just a one-off so yeah I thing we look quite strong on paper again now .
18 Now that is you know what do you do with these things I mean they 're a nuisance when it comes to making a presentation .
19 Er I mean they 're the kinds of things I 'm interested in knowing .
20 I mean they 're the same , the same
21 I mean they 're the ones who are badgering me for , for qualifications , they 're badgering me for , I , I , I just told them straight that I will do it for them because I , I wo n't get paid for it
22 Oh yes , er yes they were , they were er of course there was a great divide there I mean between the Liberals I mean they were the only two parties in those days .
23 I mean which is the norm now more or less is n't it but he 's I think the third youngest in his class too most of his friends that he brings home are all nine already .
24 I mean we 're a typical case , we believe we have something that is wonderfully innovative and capable of succeeding financially in a global market place .
25 featured the last er three years some of the other companies have only been here since last year and the year before so I mean we 're a national tour operator
26 But , I mean we 're a long way from that , and I do n't want people to think that I 'm from saying er redundancies are imminent , er
27 I mean we 're the mugs are n't we really ?
28 I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on .
29 Er well er perhaps not , but what 's the , I mean what 's the context in wh wh which people quote that saying ?
30 Quite so it 's about feeling you 're going to make a fool of yourself , I mean what 's the feeling when you come in and you sit down first thing in the morning you look all round at the other eleven people
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