Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | wonderful do n't like those , do n't really wan na give you those there are right have I got it on bloody hell mum ! |
| 2 | I am sorry to say I told a huge lie by saying , ‘ No . ’ |
| 3 | I am sorry to say I did not think about dear , good Joe at all . |
| 4 | I am sorry to say I have such a headache at this very moment because the thin winter light has faded outside the window and I have had to light a candle in order to get all this down in good time . |
| 5 | I have been looking for a recording ( with some difficulty ) , since not many shops are prepared to let me listen to different interpretations ) , indeed I purchased the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden/Marc Ermler offering only to be disappointed , all because I wanted CD sound quality to replace a home-made cassette of a live Radio 3 broadcast ( should I be telling you this ? ) |
| 6 | ‘ I feel like a circus animal ’ — Robin-Anne ignored my disclaimer — ‘ because you 're all expecting me to perform my antics , and I 'm not sure I can do it . ’ |
| 7 | But damn it it was so wicked , remember the flash geezer from the seventies , yeah , they 're going right just down the road , they 're all going I do n't like him and he 's going look just let me do it my way and you do it yours right |
| 8 | We 're all yawning I think we 're all ready for bed |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | Whenever you 're ready to take me shopping . |
| 11 | ‘ I think you 're horrid to tell me lies too , and make out that when you 're married you 're going to get up to horrible … such disgusting … with that man who looks like a fish with cold yellowish eyes and greeny-yellow skin … . ’ |
| 12 | If they 'd done so , if they 'd insisted that local authorities did provide the sites they are supposed to provide I believe there would now be sufficient pitches for all travellers and that they would n't be used for illegal parking erm at the level that there is at the moment . |
| 13 | I am ashamed to say I took it , despite suspecting that his family might go short . |
| 14 | The only reason I did this was I did n't want anyone to know where I really went which was to a flat in Park Town where I am ashamed to say I watched some sex videos with three other people . |
| 15 | ‘ If they were happy enough to let me through the door then they should have been happy to let me win their draw . |
| 16 | But you 've always been able to make me behave completely out of character . ’ |
| 17 | They are happy to see me doing well , but they would never force me into anything I did n't want to do . ’ |
| 18 | In the first place I am happy to say I have a most comfortable ship the ‘ Parsee ’ ’ although a small one 350 tons Barque with a commodious poop , no steerage passengers and not more than ten or twelve cabin p[assengers] . |
| 19 | I 'm sorry to say I do n't , no , but I very rarely find anybody from the university , with one exception — Homeless in Sussex , I think there are two or three people there . |
| 20 | I 've gone to the local Council and er unfortunately they 've said to me that I 'd have to go on a waiting list ; the housing aid have said the only thing they could offer me is bed and breakfast which I 'm sorry to say I do n't think is suitable to bring two children up in . |
| 21 | I said to Cheryl please do n't go and invite to come to yours for dinner now and because insult us cos we 're not without him cos I 'm prepared to go I look forward to that . |
| 22 | The ruling would appear to permit the FBI to go into Panama and kidnap General Noriega , but when reporters asked President Bush yesterday morning if that was the case , he said : ‘ I 'm embarrassed to say I do n't know what ( the answer ) is . ’ |
| 23 | But without some form of exercise I 'm afraid to say I get terribly jaded and — well , not depressed , but below par . ’ |
| 24 | It might be easier to get I do n't think we can have banks , because I would of . |
| 25 | You 'll be interested to know I 've just changed , I 've just renewed my insurance policy on my car which is an E reg V W Golf diesel . |
| 26 | You will be interested to know I have renamed it : |
| 27 | Dry-eyed , I acquiesced when it finally hit the bag of clothes for ‘ Poor Peggy , she 's you-know-what-again , God help her ’ , and I 'm delighted to say I have n't given it a thought since . |
| 28 | You will be relieved to know I 've ordered some new rubber gloves like this and some new goggles for next term . |
| 29 | I am sure that Opposition Members will be delighted to hear me speak about the free market because they were in some doubt about whether it would be possible for Conservative Members to mention that . |
| 30 | And it 'll just save us a few minutes because it 'll be tight squeeze I expect . |