Example sentences of "that i be [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The main reason that I am contacting you is that I thought you might be interested to know that John ( stage name Joan Rawson ) was awarded the Eric Rowley Trophy for the artist who has done the most for charity over the last 12 months . |
| 2 | If I was setting an exam paper for summer it would be something I would think about putting in not that I am setting it in case you think I had n't . |
| 3 | ‘ I can not believe that I am hearing you aright , my darling . |
| 4 | This is to let you know that I am leaving you . |
| 5 | I will tell my steward that I am taking you on to the staff as — ’ he paused for thought for a moment' — as a tax consultant . |
| 6 | ‘ The point is that I am teaching them a difference , ’ Diana told a friend . |
| 7 | I happen to have half a dozen , and there is one , just one , that I am allowing you the privilege of riding , because I think you are capable of coping with it . |
| 8 | Not that I am encouraging you , mind . |
| 9 | And if her husband comes back , as he is apparently hinting he might , or if she moves , or gets a job , as she is always threatening to do if he does n't , or if my colleagues in the DSS find out that I am paying her , then even this hopeless arrangement will come to an end and I shall be back to the agencies and the advertisements , back to the interviews and the references , back to strangers in the house . |
| 10 | It pleases me that she called me my darling and not my little prodigy as she once did ; this is the best sign yet that I am winning her back . |
| 11 | ‘ For myself , I can scarce believe it is true — that I am to accompany you on so grand a venture . ’ |
| 12 | He thinks that I am selling her for the night . |
| 13 | ‘ Bowe has always said that I am the man he wants more than anybody and now that I am giving him the perfect opportunity , he is shying away from it . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't start that again , Ruth , or I 'll manually wrench your other ankle after I 've spanked your backside for suggesting that I am keeping you from your work . |
| 15 | Well on , I do it the right way , because I do n't always feel that I am doing it the right way . |
| 16 | Member will give me just a moment to finish the point that I am making I shall come to that . |
| 17 | Erm well slightly different in the fact that er we er have two close schemes with far more er beneficiaries than there are er subscribing members , and at the moment that are four nominated by the er employer and four by the unions er we wish to say a pensioner erm that the rights were a pensioner nominee to that board of trustees , because we feel that er the situation is er is going to increase , we 've got so many beneficiaries and that the pensioners have no representative er I know that erm people on the boards of trustees are completely impartial , but on the other hand there is no pensioner there , the members are unsure of the fund , because of what 's been said , not that I 'm implying it 's not a secure fund , it is a secure fund , but they think why are they keeping the pensioners off , they there is some sort of hidden agenda they will not have us on there because neither of the businesses although we have tried for several years er they will not entertain at the moment erm a pensioner trustee , and yet Professor Good in his report acknowledges the merit of pensioner nominated trustees , er particularly in the sort of schemes where we 've got , wh where th the majority of beneficiaries . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm aware that I 'm leaving you on your own , ’ she said . |
| 19 | Ca n't you stand the fact that I 'm seeing you as a fallible human being instead of the flawless cardboard cut-out you like to pretend to be ? ’ |
| 20 | And if it 's a few pence out , they 're not going to worry about it , particularly if I tell them , I , I added a bit on so that I 'm telling them less . |
| 21 | That 's not real flab that I 'm telling ya . |
| 22 | If there was some old people here now they 'd they 'd confirm all that I 'm telling you now . |
| 23 | Oh yes , oh there , aye there was , ah but these this lot that I 'm telling you about they were more or less traders . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you have any reason whatsoever to doubt that I 'm telling you the truth — other than the fact that I 'm a singer ? |
| 25 | ‘ However , there 's been a problem involving a private from your section that I 'm hoping you might be able to throw some light on . ’ |
| 26 | That 's the equation that I 'm setting I 'm setting up . |
| 27 | Please understand — it 's not that I 'm doubting you in any way . |
| 28 | Anne is abroad at the moment , doing some research , but she left a message with someone that I 'm to give her a ring when she gets back . |
| 29 | ‘ They put together a group of people like Take That ! , who did n't even know each other until they formed — not that I 'm knocking them , because they 've got more front than we have — but it 's not going to work unless it 's real , ’ gripes Tony . |
| 30 | I do n't know if it 's just that I 'm missing you … |