Example sentences of "i be [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Captain and I are developing quite some expertise on the effects of explosives on metal . |
| 2 | Tod and I are feeling so terrific that we 've joined a club and taken up tennis . |
| 3 | Having reluctantly cleared me of the charge of indulging in orgies with my entire sales force , you seem to have got it into your head that Lexy and I are carrying on some kind of affair . |
| 4 | As a student PPL I am made fully aware of noise restrictions , especially at take-off , ensuring that we keep left of certain farm buildings etc . |
| 5 | Salutary , because I am made more aware of the advances made in developing the nursing role in health care . |
| 6 | I just wish now to say I declare the Exhibition open and to say how pleased I am to see so many old friends here today . |
| 7 | Oh I see , I am laying down precise quotas so my staff can see at once if things are n't up to scratch . |
| 8 | ‘ I am getting heartily sick of your attitude , my girl . ’ |
| 9 | He said last night : ‘ I have had complaints from my family and the medical people that I am getting too impatient . |
| 10 | Problem No. 7 : Still nowhere to knit and I am getting very frustrated . |
| 11 | Since the UK dole is so little , that is self evident , and indeed I am writing down all I spend which concentrates the mind appropriately , given that the standing orders for gas and power go on . |
| 12 | I am trying very hard to find new work , but I expect you see in the papers that many jobs are made redundant — mine was ‘ cut up ’ for about seven people to each do some more . |
| 13 | I shall conclude now because I am taking up valuable time . |
| 14 | Suppose that I point at a chair and say ‘ By ‘ chair ’ I mean that ’ , nothing in what I have done creates the desired meaning for the word ‘ chair ’ unless I can further characterise what it is about the object I am pointing to that I am taking as relevant ; for example , I might say ‘ that sort of furniture ’ , and this would improve matters , but I have to have the concept of furniture first . |
| 15 | I am setting off next Wednesday … |
| 16 | Yet now , she thought , when nothing is wrong , there are no misfortunes to speak of , now I am lying here loath to admit the weariness of getting up . |
| 17 | ‘ Tell your friend I am standing here another five minutes . |
| 18 | Perhaps I am becoming too gullible in my old age . |
| 19 | I am hurrying as fast as I can , do n't |
| 20 | The argument presented here is that in the latter part of the twentieth century more and more capitalists have come to believe that their objective interests are best served through transnational practices , as evidenced by the phenomenal growth of the presence and influence of the TNCs outside the hegemon countries , and what I am describing as transnational capitalist classes . |
| 21 | I do not mind at all being a parlour maid , though I do you I am feeling much happier and calmer . |
| 22 | And he said : ‘ I am feeling very bitter . |
| 23 | I am feeling quietly content and very thankful . ’ |
| 24 | However , perhaps I am asking too much , because at £10.99 this is certainly a worthwhile text with a refreshing approach . |
| 25 | I am booked up solid . ’ |
| 26 | I AM walking over hot coals , supended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs . |
| 27 | ‘ I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs , ’ he said of the fight against anti-Europeans in his own party . |
| 28 | We must reduce the degree to which intervention plays a part and increase that to which the premium plays a part , and I am negotiating along those lines . |
| 29 | I suggest that , that is er brought maybe before the motions immediately before the motions are put , erm after the motions , after the debate as one debate I am proposing not later than twelve forty five to call for the winding up erm speeches by the three movers of the motions and to take the votes erm prior to lunch . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm trembling that much . |