Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It shows signs of spreading , which made me think it must be lead and , therefore , a .22 . |
| 2 | If I fainted I 'd be rushed to hospital in an ambulance and they 'd summon Mum and Dad and as soon as I 'd got better they 'd start about Exams and Re-sits and Careers . |
| 3 | At some time , you 'll have to come back into some sort of a system like G C S Es if , if they 're , I mean they might be changed , but there 'll be something like |
| 4 | Not at all , I mean they can be done in three times . |
| 5 | But I mean they can be left ca n't they ? |
| 6 | And you 're quite right , I mean it might be argued that there are big issues in local government still . |
| 7 | Or the nineteen thirties book is like one of the things that really inspired me because it showed me that you can do type that looks as though , I mean it can be composed as though in metal and not be boring — can not be , manufactured , you know hum drum , by varying the weights and by massing it , and also one of the things they do , that you see in those books that you did n't see in printing , was this size of type . |
| 8 | And sort of , I think it shows a lot the timelessness of , of costume and clothes , because this could be worn , I mean I 'm , you 'd get a few looks , but I mean it could be worn today and it 's quite , it 's awfully Laura Ashley is n't it |
| 9 | Erm so er I mean it could be argued that those figures go in there . |
| 10 | I mean I should be finished in time for that weekend . |
| 11 | I mean I 'd be sacked otherwise . |
| 12 | I mean you might be overcharged for them . |
| 13 | I mean you should be paid |
| 14 | I feel neither shame or embarrassment at my feelings , not do I think they should be ignored . |
| 15 | Andy has got a job to do and so have I. But if I lose he will be gutted for me at the end and if I lose I will be gutted for him . ’ |
| 16 | Andy has got a job to do and so have I. But if I lose he will be gutted for me at the end and if I lose I will be gutted for him . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We are virtually prisoners here , my brother and I. Once we are confined in the Garden Tower and Denby is banished from our service , I fear we shall be denied all contact with the outside world . |
| 18 | I am secretly relieved at the loss of the acid , for not only do I dislike hallucinogens , but I fear we will be stopped , yet another time , by the police . |
| 19 | I am slightly embarrassed by this story but I fear it should be told . |
| 20 | I realise I must be wanted by the police for Saul Judge 's death , but it was not murder . |
| 21 | I expect you will be allowed to meet her . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm pretty fit and I do like cycling but I expect I 'll be shattered by the time I get to the end . |
| 23 | Adventurers who fail the test feel weak and chilled , and shiver violently for 1 round when leaving the tower ( penalty of -20 to any I test which must be made , for any reason , during this round ) . |
| 24 | Er the remainder of the regional representatives are in the agenda and I suggest they can be seen there and not repeated here and if I may then go on Ma'am , Council asked that we would in fact announce the results of the windsurfing committee election at the A G M and again in alphabetical order a Mr , Mr , Mr , Mr , Mr and Miss Bill North West Region . |
| 25 | I imagine they 'll be woken at Easter by their hormones and by the sound of the Mr Whippy ice cream vans in the street . |
| 26 | I imagine it might be said that it was too insistent on formal academic instruction , that it took things like examinations very seriously and prided itself on its academic record ; yet in fact the education it gave was surprisingly wide and varied … |
| 27 | and in the head I says they could be washed , and dried and put away . |
| 28 | I hope we may be forgiven for feeling a little jubilant , on that beautiful dawn , at the thought that together we had helped to raise over 20,000 for Christian Aid . |
| 29 | Given the composition of Council , it is likely that only the DTI stands in the way of adoption of this proposal : if it is adopted , I hope we will be spared further sanctimonious claims to the high ground by the Institute , and that it concedes it is operating predominantly in the interests of ( some of ) its members . |
| 30 | ‘ I hope something will be done now your programme has highlighted the fact that we do n't have to conform . ’ |