Example sentences of "be [verb] i " in BNC.

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1 At the time it was worth five shillings , no mean sum for a Gorbals kid , but had this promise been honoured I would not have parted with the note .
2 words that yo people are using I 've got now , so I do n't even think of it , it 's just there and I just talk normal that 's the idea really and if anybody asks you what you 're doing , then you tell them and it and you say , if you do n't wish to be on it , well
3 It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart .
4 Even if our marriage had n't been arranged I would have wanted to marry Anna .
5 I hope I 've been given I hope I be the temporary staff but , those homes are being refurbished , there are no vacant beds in those homes because they are being refurbished .
6 When Stephanie 's mother died we found in the bungalow a watch , it must of been given I would of thought to her father probably for his twenty first and I took it to a jewellers in Elton , well that 's all he does is watches actually apart from jewellery .
7 I thought that once , when I did my first removal because the boss was away , and I went to a house wh and they had more more mirrors in that house than I s ever seen since , and because I was only learning and I had n't been taught I put all the other furniture in and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors till at the end there was so much furniture in there was n't room to put the mirrors on the floor and I had to come back a second time to actually do that because I did n't dare put them anywhere else .
8 That one , looks as if it 's never been painted I think .
9 Now that the work has been completed I hope the church will continue to attract pilgrims to the shrine of St Melangell , as it has for the last eight hundred years .
10 Once everything had been checked I filled the vat with water and switched the pump on .
11 If things are happening I just leave them alone — I do n't touch it at all .
12 I said well things are happening I said but quite honestly
13 I 've played against him and Wasim in county cricket and , believe me , if they had been cheating I would have known .
14 If it 's been located I 'll have to get back to London .
15 I do n't know , if they have n't been disclosed I , they , they probably have not been retained .
16 As the diffs have been rebuilt I suspect the rear diff may be the cause of the noise .
17 Although it has been electrofished I believe it 's not an efficient method of removing the smaller fish in the 4–5 oz bracket .
18 When all of the bells had been rung I started to make the other pupils do chairs .
19 However , over the months I have been looking I have become increasing frustrated over the issue of VAT .
20 My beautiful villa — when it has been built I shall take my holidays there , no airport delays and no traffic jams , just taking tea with my little finger up and Dorothy Wordsworth on my lap .
21 While I 've been injured I 've missed them and they 've missed me .
22 Yes incidentally Steve Walsh has er that serious knee injury ligaments have been injured I think they 're still not sure exactly how long he 's gon na be out .
23 I I suppose in the in the light of what 's been said I I am slightly uneasy erm particularly going back to the erm I five discussion that that we had yesterday and you you 'll be aware that part of our objection to the erm the policy put forward by the county council re related to the specific wording of the of the policy and the the flexibility available to local authorities in in terms of allocating land erm that best serves the needs of potential developers and investors .
24 need to know , need to know , I do n't know mum , I could n't tell you just erm stick it on before you go to bed just give it a bit of time to take the chill of it , alright , bye You can if you wish discard everything that 's just been said I mean my mother 's trying to book my holiday which does n't surprise me , , but then again she usually tries to anyway , where you going ? , what you doing ? , who you going with ? right , I shall tell you now the exam questions shall I ? , what do you want to know ?
25 Thank you Chairman erm I do n't I need to say a great deal because the comments that have been made I think are very thoroughly and expertly covered most of the ground in terms of the the issues that are being raised and can I say that although er a number of Chief Officers , a number of departments and I suspect a number of committees will be looking at what has happened and er seeking in both to find out why it has happened and what might be done in the future erm I certainly recognize that it 's er a role responsibility of this committee and of er me and the Planning Department to consider the implications for strategic planning and for the related functions and that erm it wo n't be a , a , a happy task because er purely it 's something that all of us would have hoped had n't happened at all but I will er very er thoroughly er explore the issues and report it back .
26 The application 's been made I did n't want to waste time before making the application and it had been
27 Erm , I 've endorsed the comments that 've been made I think the er congratulations , and can I say I 've got a sneaking feeling originally , this paper was put on the agenda to embarrass me so that the records department can get the new shelves I originally blocked .
28 Are erm erm have been made I 'd like to simply to say I think two things .
29 I do n't think she 's been saving I know that name is on my list .
30 Mm I bet it 's been twisted I 've had experience of things I 've said being in the paper and not coming out as I 've said them .
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