Example sentences of "be [conj] i [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or it used to be until I got that letter . |
| 2 | ‘ The problem is that I learnt this trick whilst tied up and submerged in a barrel of water . |
| 3 | ‘ The end result is that I 've large arrears on the centre 's mortgage , and now the building society is threatening repossession in the new year , unless we can clear the arrears . |
| 4 | Those of us who witnessed the touch-and-go progress of an ultimately triumphant War and Peace — recorded by Philips for release early next year — feared for the future of the rest , but as Gergiev puts it ‘ that which makes me incredibly proud is that I announced these things and they happened ’ — and , one might add , that inspiration was to hand for rather more performances than the fiercely self-critical Gergiev might admit . |
| 5 | Well mum , what it wants is that I got this tooth |
| 6 | ‘ I worked on various things , but the reason I 'm here is that I spent five years with SimFic working on artificial intelligence . ’ |
| 7 | The answer to the second is that I agree that Crime Concern , which enjoys all-party support in the House , does excellent work . |
| 8 | Erm , I think it 's worth saying that er us j just reiterating on what councillor has just said and that is that I think most tenants are very well aware of the right to buy and er er the motion being unnecessary but what happens with the motion is that it possibly attracts people who really in many ways can not actually afford to buy er to take advantage of their rights but who might be persuaded by very persuasive tactics to do so . |
| 9 | One of the reasons , Brian , is that I think German history is too important to be left to the German historians . |
| 10 | ‘ What no-one can deny is that I have Scottish blood in me , and I have always known it was there ’ , he said . |
| 11 | ‘ What 's interesting about it is that I have both worlds , because I play with Phil Collins ’ band as well as Genesis , and with Phil I do all the records too . |
| 12 | The only point is that I want that foreigner not to undersell my labour and I want him to be as competent to do the work as well as I would do it myself . |
| 13 | The disadvantage of being the Society 's spinster is that I spend all weekend smelling of sheep . |
| 14 | I said the thing is that I pay sixty pence for five well I said it costs me another sixty pence to come and change them ! |
| 15 | The only difference with you is that I used two grains of gunpowder and no oil . |
| 16 | Impulsively now , she put her hand out and laid it on his , saying quietly , ‘ I 'm going to miss you all over again , Ben , that 's if I take this place . ’ |
| 17 | It is because I accept democratic change . |
| 18 | It is not a question of being frightened of the dark ( although it can be pretty spooky on an out-of-the-way water ) , it is because I enjoy good company and a long night becomes more enjoyable with someone there to chat with ; to share the pleasure of catching big fish , or the lesser pleasure of blanking . |
| 19 | you see I moved a bit more now but and I I 've still got good hearing er apart from this ear here , this ear , I ca n't hear so well , quite so well , this side , you see so I always have to say excuse me while I , hang on while I turn off the television , you see , and then they have to wait a minute till I turn it off and then what I do is because I have this phone extension put in |
| 20 | The only snag was that I had bad after-effects from the anaesthetic . |
| 21 | I mentioned this to no one for two practical reasons : one was that I loathed swimming , and if I pretended that I was still menstruating , signing the little red book every four weeks , I should be able to evade an unpleasant experience for at least one week out of four ; the other was that I feared further reprisals might be taken against me . |
| 22 | The second side-effect — and this is n't necessarily a criticism — was that I found this guitar absolutely unbearable to play unless it was as near perfectly in tune as possible . |
| 23 | I think her principal objection to me was that I exercised some influence over him , which was at odds with her own belief that all such influence should be exercised through her . |
| 24 | That was until I met this fellow Johnson and we went to Kyrle Hall . |
| 25 | As trite as it sounds , I had forgotten what greenness was until I saw those palms . |
| 26 | I had n't realised how tired I was till I saw that bed . |
| 27 | But it was because I needed other women , and I needed to be truthful about it . |
| 28 | He came to see me , it was before I had this illness er these two illnesses . |
| 29 | What I meant was when I said five proposals |