Example sentences of "and [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next to Paul Theroux and me were two lady companions . |
| 2 | There is a substantial crowd of Schillings contemporaries waiting on library shelves awaiting discovery , and I am sure Marco Polo will bring us some of these . |
| 3 | The programme in 1988 was basically the same , and I am sure audience and choirs stood then , as they do now , for the ‘ Hallelujah ’ chorus . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think so , Brother , and I am afeared worse might happen . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ This year is the 21st anniversary of Durham Wildlife Trust and I am busy preparing for that . |
| 6 | I am alone on a desolate plain , and I am cold and I am lonely thought Jay , chanted Jay , she could find no comfort . |
| 7 | Marion and I are living day by day . |
| 8 | Your father and I are worried sick about you . |
| 9 | Well John and I are both Chair Person , are Co-Chair at the moment , erm |
| 10 | Do you think your mother and I are happy hearing you described as Ace Barton 's latest tart ? ’ |
| 11 | And then seven months later , everybody 's in a jam because 270 innocent people died at Lockerbie — and I 'm odd man out . |
| 12 | Oh , well yes , I do , and I 'm sure Susy in fact I 've heard Susy doing it and I do n't know about Joanna . |
| 13 | Yeah , well I mean , that 's a , that 's a difficult one , inside information , when you get down below the top ranks there are lots of people in the mid mi medium-ranks who would know about insider dealing , and I 'm sure use it . |
| 14 | We have to attract more people to the island , and I 'm sure Crystal Springs is going to put Barbados right up there on top of the tourist destination list . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's wet and windy , and I 'm bloody cold , but things seem to be progressing okay . |
| 16 | Er , well I 'm , I 'm just in the middle of , I 'm sign writing a vehicle and I 'm half way through the letters and I 've got a , I 've got ta finish that off before I can get into my stock . |
| 17 | ‘ Only that my father 's dead , my stepmother 's ill , and I 'm worried sick about my grandfather ! |
| 18 | Then our mother died , and I 'm afraid Father was n't very good with Hubert . |
| 19 | ‘ She 's very possessive , and I 'm afraid Suzie 's not mature enough to be able to understand or cope with the situation . ’ |
| 20 | Malc and I were all part of the same gang when we were 14 , sort of ‘ paired off ’ when we were 15 , and started putting our biology theory into practice at 16 . |
| 21 | Terry and I were worst hit and for a couple of days I was left off the chain so that I could use the toilet whenever I needed . |
| 22 | In 1963 ( I believe ) was appointed Director of the Communication research Centre , and soon after became the first Professor of Linguistics at U.C.L. ( as I soon came to know him ) was a charismatic teacher and delightfully friendly person , and I benefitted greatly from close contact with him in 1963–4 , when he was Director of the Communication Research Centre , and I was Assistant Director . |
| 23 | It was the most frightening moment of my life and I was icy calm . |
| 24 | Then we were staggering into a hospital casualty department and I was grateful Bunny was there — they can be dangerous places on a Friday night . |
| 25 | Disappointment followed , the lurid projector of mental pictures shut down and I was left feeling I ought to have known better . |
| 26 | The catches snapped open and I was left feeling annoyed that Frank really was that much younger than I. |
| 27 | It was full of soldiers and of military police , and I was near despair . |
| 28 | and I was ten stone two |
| 29 | One of the window 's been smashed and someone 's stuck newspaper over the hole . |
| 30 | erm , and erm he sells smaller bits , but they are cheaper , obviously , and his are eighty centimetre cube of gold , okay ? |