Example sentences of "[conj] i [be] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ‘ 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 . |
3 | Well on , I do it the right way , because I do n't always feel that I am doing it the right way . |
4 | ‘ Do you have any reason whatsoever to doubt that I 'm telling you the truth — other than the fact that I 'm a singer ? |
5 | In his covering letter he mentioned yet another title and gave the Wagnerian aspect an unexpected prominence : " I have written a pamphlet … which is to have the title " Music and Tragedy " , and I am sending you the beginning of it in manuscript . |
6 | ‘ So I 'm taken back down and I 'm wondering what the hell 's going on . |
7 | ‘ And I 'm offering you the job as manager at a pound a week more than your present salary . ’ |
8 | Well , it 's funny , I was telling Stephen , my boyfriend , about that , and I was telling him the question and he said |
9 | And again perhaps to follow up a previous question and the question is this , that in the first draft of the statement of faith which was presented two years ago , there was a very clear statement which said that Christ died for our sin in connection with the cross and I was wondering what the reasoning was which took away that very specific meaning of the death of the Christ into a much more general and ambiguous one in the statement before us today . |
10 | ‘ But I 'll need some support if I am to give him the service he wants . |
11 | I have reason to believe that if I were to ask you the time you would n't be able to accommodate me . |
12 | You may think I am exaggerating but I am telling you the truth as clearly as I remember it and I remember it very clearly . |
13 | ‘ I 'm not offering you marriage but I am offering you the most senior job you could possibly aspire to . ’ |
14 | Erm I 'm , I admit er that that was one I just bolted simply because I was taking it the wrong way round , I thought we had identified what was the priority , life insurance , P H I and pensions and was summarizing it whereas I should 've realized we 're doing that page towards the priority |
15 | Thank you very much indeed for the smelly duck — or should I say scented , it is such a nice smell ! — and for the pretty scarf which , you may be surprised to hear , Mark admired when I was wearing it the other day though he had n't realized it was new and from you ! |
16 | It said , " I 'm probably saying more than I should , but as I 'm giving you the information without you asking for It , I do n't think it 's covered by the rules . |
17 | ‘ I felt as though I was announcing it the whole time : by the way I watched you , and talked to you , and could hardly manage not to touch you — stroke your head , brush your arm , hold your hand … . |