Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intention in suggesting them is to stimulate further thought about other possible frames . |
| 2 | I do n't think I am taking this line merely because I have been corrupted by a philosophical training and can not come off the fence . |
| 3 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau has got a pro forma which if a person goes in and says I think I ought to be getting , I think I , I do n't think I 'm getting sufficient income support or I 'm going to apply for income support . |
| 4 | Now if I were to suggest to you that in some gay bars the ‘ lads ’ pop off to the toilets that number of times to indulge themselves , then you might think I was repeating lurid propaganda put about by the puritan league . |
| 5 | And of course what defeated me was knows this fellow that is an ambulance driver and he 's classed as working class . |
| 6 | Out drinking with a couple of female journalists ( in what was supposedly Hemingway 's favourite bar in Havana , if you must know ) , I mentioned I was writing this article and we all launched into our favourite New Age stories , like the one about the Immortalists , a group who take to its logical end the New Age philosophy of positive thinking and creating your own reality , and have decided they are going to live forever . |
| 7 | ‘ Has someone been spreading malicious gossip ? ’ he asked innocently , and reached for her hand . |
| 8 | Do n't you know you 're using that boy like bait to catch a fish ? |
| 9 | Needless to say she has to take life as quietly as possible for some time if she is to regain her health and everyone will be pleased to know she is making good progress along these lines . |
| 10 | It should n't have taken her long to pack and change out of her sundress into a skirt and blouse , but she found she was folding each garment at least twice , and several times she stood looking out of the window at the busy yard below . |
| 11 | ‘ I expect she 's looking round t'stock . ’ |
| 12 | Medics are keeping her under intensive care but say she is making satisfactory progress . |
| 13 | By putting them through the assessment and certification process we are demonstrating that confidence , as well as showing our commitment to quality assurance . |
| 14 | The number of actual evictions was tiny — less than twenty per year — though when they occurred they were given widespread publicity and the fears that they raised went far beyond what their numerical significance might indicate . |
| 15 | US officials admit that they knew about the coup plans as early as last Saturday , but say they were given little time to judge its chances of success or to plan any US involvement . |
| 16 | Has it been going this lesson ? |
| 17 | ‘ How do you know he was murdered that night ? ’ asked Blanche . |
| 18 | Well I expect he was hurt poor lad . |
| 19 | ‘ Has he been left any money by somebody ? ’ |
| 20 | He puts down something like eight guitar tracks using numerous WEM Copicats and what have you , and it 's only when you hear them all together that you realise he 's assembled this sound that he had in his head . |
| 21 | The best way to find it is to look some way off a line joining Beta Ceti to Alpha Phœnicis . |
| 22 | Serbs found it was carrying more ammunition than was listed on the manifest , a Bosnian Serb officer said . |
| 23 | To know oneself was to know that order . |
| 24 | Please God let me be doing real work . |
| 25 | Steve keeps saying he were he says I 'm having that tape recorder , I says you 're not she 's coming to take it back . |
| 26 | He says I 'm coming New Year 's Day , alright , he went down and he shut it , cos I went in the shop and I says er hang on I thought you was open New Year 's Day ? |
| 27 | And I only hope you 're bringing some money with you . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't envy you your job , Mr Milton , but I hope you 're having some fun out of ffeatherstonehaugh 's . |
| 29 | When the Conwy tunnel was built we were told that money would then be available , ’ he said . |
| 30 | A lot of those promoting the policies really believed in them , believed they were doing positive work . |