Example sentences of "i [be] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor have I been able to watch A Winter Too Many . |
| 2 | At no time have I been able to see anything cither Nazi or necessarily homosexual in the listed pleasures , which are precisely of the kind which might occur in a George MacDonald fantasy . |
| 3 | have I been able to see a fight so clearly … |
| 4 | His twenty-one months as a prisoner of war at Karlsruhe would have been satisfactory , he later calculated , ‘ had I been able to bank them and draw them two or three weeks at a time whenever I wanted a respite from ordinary experience ’ . |
| 5 | In retrospect , what I found fascinating at the time ( and this feeling has only increased with time and further thought ) was that all the crew just did what I would have told them had I been able to make contact with them . |
| 6 | Had I been able to come , I would have sought the union 's support our wish to see full advantage being taken in Wales of the CAP 's Agri-Environment Programme . |
| 7 | Sadly many of the views , expressed to me , have taken a negative or critical tone , and far too infrequently have I been able to pass on constructive or positive ideas and opinions . |
| 8 | Only lately , though , have I been able to get virtually one pulse through the entire work . |
| 9 | I might have broken my luck had I been able to get over the Alps on a raid to Turin on 11 June . |
| 10 | Not only have I been unable to identify any such ritual — it would , for instance , be incorrect to interpret the shamanistic seance as practised by the Chewong in such terms — but other practices , analogous to eskimo dog beating as presented by Briggs ( 1970 ) are equally absent . |
| 11 | Next Saturday my Medau friend Camilla and I are each going to swim 100 lengths non-stop ( as the ‘ Medau Duo ’ ) in the national charity swimming marathon ( as you might guess , it 's called a ‘ swimathon ’ ) , so have been collecting sponsors , which is rather more arduous than doing the actual swimming . |
| 12 | A possible change , still to be approved by the Committee and the AGM , is that Vic Smith and I are likely to do this job jointly in future . |
| 13 | which all goes to show that yes , you know in large doses radiation can be harmful to you , er but in the sort , the sort of levels that you and I are likely to come across er almost certainly something else will get you first . |
| 14 | The degree to which you or I are willing to conform to group norms will depend on : |
| 15 | I am delighted to have the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the question of adult education in Croydon , and to see you , Mr. Speaker , in the Chair , because you and I are privileged to represent constituencies in Croydon . |
| 16 | Claire , Annabel and I are supposed to help distribute the food , and let me tell you , at some of these do 's it 's like feeding a pack of hounds . |
| 17 | Listen , Walt and I are busy working on a script . |
| 18 | Erm well Alex and I are both doing it but Alex has got his own rivers so he 's doing it on his own sort of thing |
| 19 | ‘ But I do n't want people to get the impression I am desperate to leave Rangers . |
| 20 | ‘ I am desperate to find out exactly what happened to her and Garry . |
| 21 | The worse thing is , when I , I am desperate to get to sleep , cos then |
| 22 | I am desperate to know what 's going on in there . |
| 23 | How this could or should affect the political decision about banning lead in petrol is not a question which I am competent to answer ; it involves too many non-scientific aspects . |
| 24 | I am delighted to welcome you to the University of Ulster . |
| 25 | This year I am delighted to welcome one of England 's most acclaimed orchestras — The English Concert , directed by Trevor Pinnock — to one of England 's finest medieval buildings , Beverley Minster . |
| 26 | I am delighted to welcome you to meet Steven 's fiancée Annabelle and her family ( or Annabelle 's fiancé Steven and his family ) . |
| 27 | I am delighted to welcome John Clist who joins us from Water & Ventilation to manage this new area of our business . |
| 28 | Well good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen I am delighted to welcome you to the R Y A's Annual General Meeting if I may call the meeting to order and may I propose that for those who 's convening the meeting printed on the front page of the annual report and accounts ninety , ninety one ninety two to be taken as read . |
| 29 | The BBC said : ‘ Vic and Bob 's inimitable brand of humour is very much at the cutting edge of contemporary comedy and I am delighted to welcome two such original talents to BBC 2 . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ What you have not done , I am delighted to say , is change the way you are . |