Example sentences of "i be [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All my pleasures will be solitary , even when I happen to be in company ; I shall not be exhilarated simply because the people around me are enjoying themselves , nor depressed because they are in low spirits . |
| 2 | For example , the stressed housewife may take rights 3 and 7 and decide that : ‘ I have the right to suggest to my elderly mother-in-law that she enquire about the possibility of a home-help , as the demands she is making on me are wearing me out ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm just pleased I had the idea and that anglers with a lot more skill than me are showing what can be done with it , ’ he said modestly . |
| 4 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |
| 5 | Or ( how many years have I been promising myself this ? ) sorting out the stock cupboard/prep room ? |
| 6 | out my nails look , I been scrubbing it everyday . |
| 7 | But even had I been told something of the nature of their relationship , I am not sure that I would have understood or believed , or felt betrayed . |
| 8 | Sister Gemma and I are enjoying our work , and we have been recently joined by the third member of our team , Sister Dorothy Castles , a Notre Dame Sister from the Ipswich Province in America . |
| 9 | Ian and I are doing what any neighbouring colleagues would do in similar circumstances — and this helping-out is bearing fruit . |
| 10 | Henry and I are doing it , as the resident textile rescue-squad . |
| 11 | In the novel I can believe he is saying such things , perhaps because I am hearing his voice in my head , in the privacy of my own mind ( I am thinking him ) and I am extremely relieved to hear him say them because his words bring to an end a certain kind of conflict between himself and Connie . |
| 12 | ‘ It may be , sir , that I am thinking what you are , if you follow me . ’ |
| 13 | She says I have just bought this pram from a jumble sale and I am thinking I may use it as a flower pot and maybe make some model babies out of flowers . |
| 14 | ‘ I am thinking you are not understanding the management of these people . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I am implying nothing . |
| 16 | I am hoping we can now arrange a telephone link-up with the Theobalds to discover whether they will , after all , be coming to the party tonight . |
| 17 | ‘ I am hoping you 'll agree to an interview for Der Spiegel . |
| 18 | ‘ I am hoping he will run on Saturday . |
| 19 | It 's a slur on the town 's industry which I am hoping he will now withdraw . ’ |
| 20 | So it is a major curriculum initiative itself and I am hoping it is going to have a knock-on effect and get people to consider the way they teach fairly radically . |
| 21 | Insp Best said : ‘ I have come here with a very open mind but what I want to do is to develop the skills I have already and I am hoping it will give me more confidence . |
| 22 | Mimesis has been one of the great seminal works for the study of literary style , and on that ground I am discussing it here ; for a number of reasons , however , it now seems to stand on the margins of modern approaches to literature . |
| 23 | So , rather than binning them directly , I am passing them to you ( and your Convocation Office colleagues ) . |
| 24 | I am fondling her like a memory , in the way you stroke a cat : knowing it 's there , glad it 's purring , but letting thoughts wander like your fingers tickling the fur . |
| 25 | And , Father , he asked — the lord sheriff asked — that I should beg you to have Brother Cadfael informed also , and when the morning comes , if you permit , I am to lead him to the place , to meet the sheriff there . |
| 26 | I am kicking myself that I did n't get there sooner . |
| 27 | ’ 'T IS glad I am to 'ear it , me lord , ’ came the mocking response . |
| 28 | ‘ I am holding you directly responsible for the decline in his health . |
| 29 | I am bringing you to la Principessa . ’ |
| 30 | But one simply must not think about this ; at any rate , I am enjoying myself while it lasts . |