Example sentences of "i [verb] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from a very small number of older key texts , the literature I cite is purposely recent literature , which can of course always be used to track the historical contributions , if the reader so wishes . |
| 2 | My colleagues were present sir and have informed me that the comment that I made is actually accurate . |
| 3 | I was never popular and I had few friends , but such friendships as I made were mostly lasting . |
| 4 | I 'd love to be a record success again , but the last LP I made was so bloody personal it was ludicrous : you ca n't write songs about those you love , your children , and expect other people to buy them … |
| 5 | He admits his spell away from showbusiness was important , but adds , ‘ I regret being away , of course . |
| 6 | So I mean is certainly makes sense on the background and very calmly by er Mr saying very positive so I ca n't hold my hand up and pick out particular in which they , some of them er never change opposition District Council that their negative response if you like but there were , there were some positive responses but only I have to say this for something like four er proposed paper and one of those in which er lots of in which relevance and er businesses in the area could have er the thing that er response was er this this partic particular phrase would seem to be saying trouble erm er identified . |
| 7 | He 's done lots of kiddies things , he 's had an and all sorts in there , but I mean are fucking funny , |
| 8 | But I mean are there even broader headings on on that ? |
| 9 | But I mean are there er er y y you 're squeamish , you 're not er violence |
| 10 | Mind you I ca n't talk , I looked in the mirror a couple of weeks ago and my eyes are , I mean are really they 're having a rough time indeed |
| 11 | Now , note taking is a skill in the sense that y'know the final years you would n't , final year lecturers I mean are so waffly and ah go off in all directions because of different people . |
| 12 | I mean was quite keen |
| 13 | Was it I mean was there w I mean wit with regard to custom , Did you get much custom Have you had much custom from people in the flats ? |
| 14 | Legal documents , by that I mean be very wary of signing any kind of legal document in a shop . |
| 15 | I mean were there sort of different quality meats being sold |
| 16 | Er the roads are about four kilometres apart and , and a valuation would I think be pretty meaningless because conditions er along those two axes do differ in certain respects . |
| 17 | Those who do not would I think be well advised to use Boulestin recipes in conjunction with a fully detailed work such as one of those mentioned . |
| 18 | That argument would I think be very persuasive if I were able to be confident that the levels of conversion is one which would be an adequate and proper one , it is relatively new , there is nothing wrong with that , it is not apparently been a conversion which has been put into practice , except in the last year because have only started conversion when the Nissan Serena was brought out . |
| 19 | In spite of mean and unworthy insinuations to the contrary-insinuations which I fear are always inevitable in the case of men who hold prominent but not primary positions in any administration-I have felt a strong personal attachment to you as my chief . |
| 20 | The very ecosystem I inhabited was also to be one of products , striving against built-in obsolescence to individuate themselves , using whatever human means were at their disposal to advance their branded species . |
| 21 | I 'm going back to the opticians with the , the new glasses I got are still flipping worse than these ! |
| 22 | ‘ Breeze , I hate being here . |
| 23 | I hate being here with on my own on a Saturday . |
| 24 | The Moroccan restaurants that I tried were obviously set up for tourists . |
| 25 | We both like beans on toast , although I like mine with liberal lashings of Worcester sauce , which I expect is far too exotic for the Prime Minister . |
| 26 | So having gone there I got counselling which I found was very useful to me . |
| 27 | I spent years looking for the answer , and what I found was somewhat unexpected . |
| 28 | The gaol I visited was neither overcrowded nor filthy . |
| 29 | What I say is roughly this : primitive art as we call it , tribal art , is usually very good . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sure what I say is quite unnecessary — but they might , you know , sympathetic looks and so on — I 'd like you to keep them at a distance . ’ |