Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only 20 players can be named in the squad for the finals and Kernaghan said : ‘ I badly want to be part it if we get there . ’ |
| 2 | The one I mostly chat to is the biology teacher . |
| 3 | But the one I eventually went to was very good . |
| 4 | But I so need to be walking up the stairs and pushing open the studio door , and seeing him at his bench , looking over his shoulder at me , as if he 's not in the least interested to see who it is . |
| 5 | Another ludicrous character in this chapter is the cheshire cat , who I personally find to be one of the nicest characters . |
| 6 | Von Sophias Jonnifer , who I personally consider to be capable of winning anywhere in the world . |
| 7 | Theda asked , adding , ‘ I only wish to be adequately prepared if she should question me . ’ |
| 8 | I only wanted to be kind to the Dust Baby . |
| 9 | I should be quite content , I thought , to live here for ever , smelling the cooking and the lavatory and the dust , looking forward to my two slices of bread at lunch or tea and my Red Cross stew at supper , thinking about all the books I am going to read and how nice it is going to be when I can speak German and Russian fluently ; I only want to be allowed to live , and enjoy the sun when it shines , and wait for it when it goes behind a cloud . |
| 10 | I only want to be with Nat , Aldo , Jimmy and Ben . |
| 11 | He 's only said these things , sort of , trying out to see because he does n't he does n't know if very much , oh it 's so sad Brenda , he said to me we were talking on Wednesday night , I think and he looked wistfully at me and he said I only want to be taught . |
| 12 | I only want to be taught . |
| 13 | I particularly like the way the markedly understated look of the combo belies its facilities ; I much prefer to be surprised by a product 's performance . |
| 14 | I just had to be patient , it was one of those things . |
| 15 | Only time would tell now whether it would go without mishap I just had to be patient . |
| 16 | But the important thing was that I just wanted to be free . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Like Grete , I just try to be the same person . |
| 18 | ‘ When I 'm with Tommy I just try to be like him , ’ Iain had told the police . |
| 19 | It 's as if they think I 'm really Firmin and then from time to time I just pretend to be this white man called Charlie . |
| 20 | ‘ I just happen to be the exception . ’ |
| 21 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 22 | ‘ I just happened to be around some great players and be part of a great team ’ , he said with typical modesty . |
| 23 | She was going through a traumatic divorce at the time and it was obvious she needed someone to talk to and I just happened to be around . |
| 24 | I just happened to be seen by a lot of people every night . |
| 25 | ‘ I just happened to be interested , that 's all , ’ she replied . |
| 26 | ‘ I just happened to be with Nick Simpkin . |
| 27 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 28 | ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away . |
| 29 | ‘ I just happened to be in the corridor . |
| 30 | The things I said may have been unjustified , and the fact that I just happened to be bloody tired and bad-tempered was no excuse . |