Example sentences of "[that] i be [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the moment I am concentrating mostly on the fact that I am riding under the Arctic sky , a very black sky , heavily overcast , being pulled across the ice by a team of dogs . |
| 2 | I place my chair to the left of the swim so that I am hidden behind the wall of rushes and have a good viewpoint of both rods . |
| 3 | And now at last I feel that I am emerging from the defilements , I have reached my own self as a swimmer reaches the shore . |
| 4 | Mr. Wilson : I am grateful for your guidance , Mr. Deputy Speaker , but I assure you that I am talking about the disabled only in terms of the general need for consumer protection , which is encompassed in new clause S. |
| 5 | The Government 's commitment to the environment can have no credibility — I stress that I am talking about the Government , not the Minister — if the Prime Minister and the Chancellor do not think that the environment is important , even if lesser Ministers do . |
| 6 | I like to think that I am laughing at the idea , which has as real a set of consequences as bombs in a Tom and Jerry cartoon . |
| 7 | What she wo n't want to hear is that I am cured of the madness which kept me from sleeping at night and the imagination which played havoc with my peace of mind during the day . |
| 8 | ‘ You know , of course , that I am enquiring into the disappearance of Jonathan Riddle ? ’ |
| 9 | Lunching with Lord Dynevor , I told him of my settled feeling that I am playing in the final of the FA Cup , that there are three minutes to go and that my team is 0-4 down . |
| 10 | The House will be relieved to hear that I am coming to the end of my list of telephone calls . |
| 11 | In 1945 Ottawa wrote to Ira Dilworth suggesting that I be transferred to the general production staff in Toronto and the strength of his opposition and mine resulted in the postponement of such a move . |
| 12 | Word had just come from Ottawa , he told me , confirming his suggestion that I be promoted to the post of Production Manager for the CBC , as from the end of the month . |
| 13 | But , if I can take it ( given you 've stuck with me so far ) that I 'm preaching to the converted , then let me say that I think the GR-1 is a vast improvement on the GR-50 in terms of sound and ease of approach . |
| 14 | ‘ So you might like to know , ’ he said , studiedly casual , ‘ that I 'm staying at the Plaza . ’ |
| 15 | And yet I find that I 'm disturbed at the thought of what the world would look like in the wake of an amateur home porn video-led fashion revolution . |
| 16 | I borrowed a modest amount to buy my house , that I could easily meet within the finances that I 'm getting at the moment . |
| 17 | At which point I turn and see that they have n't gone off at all , that I 'm sitting on the fourth step , the bottom step , right up against the barrier . |
| 18 | But I 've enjoyed being here , I hope you 've enjoyed it as much as I have , and I look forward to the next time that I 'm sitting in the hot seat ; until then , from me , goodbye . |
| 19 | Th they told me to default on the mortgage that I 'm paying for the property that my wife lives in , because the assessment does n't take into account that I |
| 20 | The description ‘ Big , Black but Slim ’ could be misconstrued but as dedicated readers of a computer magazine I 'm sure you 'll realise that I 'm talking about the keyboard ! |
| 21 | I suppose that I was influenced by the exploits of the great test pilots of the day , people like Peter Twiss , Neville Duke and John Derry , who were at the time just coming to grips with high-speed flight and what was called the ‘ sound-barrier ’ . |
| 22 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |
| 23 | When I moves to this area just over two years ago I knew no-one , my two older children were at school and , although I enjoyed being at home with my two-year-old toddler , I felt that I was getting past the stage of discussing sleepless nights and dirty nappies ! |
| 24 | She felt that I was getting in the way . |
| 25 | My father had told me years before that I was born under the starsign of the Dog because Sirius was overhead at the time . |
| 26 | Anyway , rather than attributing it to my childhood , I prefer to believe that I was born into the world with greater or lesser faculties than other people and that I can take full responsibility for them . |
| 27 | So that ruins your idea that I was hit with the bottle standing beside the bed . |
| 28 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 29 | No need for him to know that I was watching at the window . |
| 30 | The drop down from Meall Corranaich and back up to Beinn Ghlas was a great deal more substantial than I would have wished at this point in the walk , keeping in mind that I was hallucinating from the effort of the chase and the subsequent lack of oxygen managing to get anywhere near my lungs via a mouth full of clenched teeth . |