Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a way , I am sad to see him go . |
| 2 | I am content to let you form your own judgment of my character . |
| 3 | I have this day bid farewell to the Misses Wynne , two English ladies who have been as friends to me and I am sorry to see them go , and have taken in Miss Hawarth , an old friend of Mr Browning 's together with two other ladies who will stay until Easter . |
| 4 | The father replied , ‘ I am prepared to let you have ( the child ) and pay you up to £1 a week allowance for her providing you can prove that she will be well looked after and happy and also that she is allowed to decide for herself whether or not she wishes to come and live with you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I may say I am surprised to hear you express a desire to be in your grave quite yet . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm pleased to see you 've an appetite , ’ Michele observed . |
| 7 | I 'm terrible let me rub out the entire thing and start all over again , yeah ? |
| 8 | You think I 'm stupid to let her rattle me . ’ |
| 9 | The French habit of raising the last syllable of a sentence an octave higher made the flow of her speech sound like the indignant cackling of a hen : ‘ I 'm shocked to hear you say that ! |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry to see you go , both of you . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sorry to hear you say that , Vic . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sorry to hear you say so , ’ said Lady Usk sympathetically . |
| 13 | ‘ Maggie , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I 'm sorry to make you do this but you have to . |
| 14 | Her owner would , I 'm sure let her go for such a good cause . |
| 15 | Anyway I 'm delighted to see we 've at last got round to this . |
| 16 | I 'm delighted to see you 've emerged from hiding . |
| 17 | It 's just that I 'm surprised to hear you make such an admission — ’ |
| 18 | That was quite a nice dinner you ordered , though you need n't have been quite so Spartan — I 'm glad to see you 've allowed us some sugar with these raspberries — I appreciated your nuance of not having the fish just grilled . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm glad to see you 've regained your colour . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm glad to see you 've got over your matrimonial difficulties without rancour , ’ I said , draining my glass , knowing he was n't listening . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear you say that , because from now on this is your home . ’ |
| 22 | Dr. Favor said , " What if I 'm willing to let him drive ? " |
| 23 | ‘ Try to leave before I 'm ready to let you go and you 'll find out ! ’ |
| 24 | I did n't say his manipulation of the accounts were n't serious — they are — but I 'm prepared to let them go if Garry toes the line . ’ |
| 25 | Sometimes destruction of self-confidence is given in one fatal dose , enough to kill all enterprise unless you are able to let it bounce off you . |
| 26 | ‘ Knowing you 're black makes you try even harder . ’ |
| 27 | you 're making my arm ache , you 're heavy do you want to walk ? |
| 28 | ‘ You know you 're supposed to let them check her . ’ |
| 29 | You 're prepared to let it show . |
| 30 | But they 're apt to make me feel a bit I suppose that 's what they 're for , a bit docile like , you know what I mean ? |