Example sentences of "i [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that I mean to be cynical , but I do teach in an inner-city school ( where only Advanced Level pupils have textbooks — and they share — and where practical work involves half-a-dozen to a bunsen ) . |
| 2 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |
| 3 | Yeah I , I mean to be honest on that I was more conscious of the fact that we 'd only got fifteen |
| 4 | Well t I mean to be honest erm tt I wanted to try some different things er cos I 've seen these guys today |
| 5 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 6 | But I mean to be fair we used to we , warehouse thousands of tons of potatoes in Leicestershire , you see what I mean ? |
| 7 | I mean to be frank I hear this charge from all over the country . |
| 8 | Now that 's what I mean about being dishonest . |
| 9 | Mr. Alison : I intend to be present at the next meeting of the General Synod which is scheduled for July of this year . |
| 10 | Later that evening , going on my farewell walk round Cuzco , I fought to be positive , talking to myself like a character in a novel I was reading at the time , David Copperfield 's aunt . |
| 11 | As someone who made little enough progress beyond Youll Cup school tennis and county junior teams in 20 years , I remain to be convinced but I enjoyed the three hours I spent reading the book . |
| 12 | However , I remain to be convinced that legislation would be beneficial . |
| 13 | I remain to be convinced that there is a problem and that therefore we should necessarily consider the solution that the hon. Gentleman suggested . |
| 14 | I remain to be convinced . |
| 15 | I would like to hope that these are teething troubles , but I remain to be convinced . |
| 16 | She says there is a need for a better east-west link.But I remain to be convinced that it 's a 3 lane highway , driving its way through Oxfordshire and Wiltshire . |
| 17 | Yes , I want to leave early tomorrow , because I 'm , I 'm not going to rush for a train , I do n't want to be caught thinking oh the last train to Stow Market goes at four o'clock and I 've got to run for it I got to be prepared to miss the train . |
| 18 | ‘ I got to be Scottish under-15 champion . |
| 19 | I got to be careful about remembering to switch it off . |
| 20 | I got to be careful — cars just suddenly come out from nowhere and it 's easy to have an accident . |
| 21 | I got to be careful crossing the road , specially when I ai n't feeling too good . |
| 22 | I got to be careful of the traffic , cos a car nearly hit me . |
| 23 | I got to be careful at the doorways , cos there 's people coming in and out and a couple of times I nearly get knocked over by people bumping into me . |
| 24 | The distortion on the unit , which I expected to be awful , is actually very good , although I do n't think it quite lives up to Ibanez 's claim that the unit could serve as a preamp , when linked to an amplifier . |
| 25 | I expected to be terrified of the pain and I was worried that if anything went wrong I would n't be able to cope . |
| 26 | I tend to be guilty of deviating from the subject matter , this being tantamount to stealing the thunder from the individual under scrutiny . |
| 27 | You can change the tension on either or both of the carriages , though I tend to be lazy and change only one ! |
| 28 | ‘ What do I need to be good in the morning for , Mom ? |
| 29 | I tried to be quiet , ’ she said , knowing she was babbling but unable to prevent it . |
| 30 | ‘ I thought I might have hurt you — God knows I tried to be careful , but you seem to have this knack of wiping out twenty-five years of control and finesse with a single touch . ’ |