Example sentences of "to be [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Carmel finished the 3s , she came to me and whispered : ‘ I think I can see what the 5s are going to be before I do it ’ , and she explained her prediction . |
| 2 | I wanted it to be that I had n't really been that big before I left — in other words , prove them wrong . |
| 3 | So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side . |
| 4 | ‘ I imagine so ; there was certainly a big turnover … perhaps the answer to that question ought to be that I do not know . |
| 5 | It used to be but I think it 's an old |
| 6 | I doubt it actually , I think they , it ought to be but I do n't think erm the people appointing are likely to look outside the immediate environs , and |
| 7 | He 's not the player he used to be but I suppose you could say the same about me . ’ |
| 8 | Or it used to be until I got that letter . |
| 9 | That 's how I used to be until I had my brain overhaused last year . |
| 10 | Chairman chairman there seem to be when I looked at it there seem to a number of headings here that I could n't account for and I 've asked the chair of the finance committee , she could n't account for them either , and I think it 's , whilst I understand the reasons for going and I 'm sure we would have approved them , I think it 's actually quite important that all these small sums , wh when you add them up over this erm over this month and you look at them , are quite large over the budget that we have have already adopted and the things that we wanted to do , and it concerns me that some of these things which are maybe very sensible , actually reduce our effectiveness of doing things that the council 's agreed that they are going to do this year and next year , the seventy six pounds here , the thirty pounds later on , fifty four pounds for large thorn plants et cetera , et cetera , and a hundred and fifty pounds over the budget on the Christmas lights . |
| 11 | Well I was expecting to be when I got there . |
| 12 | Oh aye , had to be because I mean you do n't stay young forever , |
| 13 | I think that people have got to turn in the other direction , and really want to be because I see in schools there are |
| 14 | She 's a very conceited woman , Pete the adulterous told me she was a very conceited woman and er Neil says I I I 'd have to talk to him to him about this , she could n't discuss anything with him she would lay down the law , that was how it had to be and I said no I said Gerry and I , I had no hesitation , as I said , in putting the boot in and Brenda and Dave take the same the attitude to children that you let them first of all when they 're small , you have to tell them no like you do not |
| 15 | But without your support and your demonstrations and support from whites in other countries with the rugby demonstrations , the cricket , with all aspects that you 've done , you 've also contributed to making it easier for us to be the kind of people we would like to be and I hope in that way we therefore do share as a family and then try and create one world . |
| 16 | Perhaps there used to be and I lost it . |
| 17 | I watched the smoky flame waver inside the place where the dog 's brains used to be and I closed my eyes . |
| 18 | Well it 's alright as long as it does n't get to be like I said it could , these are lovely stamps you know |
| 19 | Ah yes , but now that 's very interesting because that 's not the same as was the old regulation with the H N D recognition with Napier , and it used to be as I understood it that you had to actually be in membership and leave a period of time between doing the certificate and the diploma . |
| 20 | So er it does tend to be as I say solely about wills well draw it out if you 've got anything else you may not have . |