Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [verb] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And of course what defeated me was knows this fellow that is an ambulance driver and he 's classed as working class . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Has it been going this lesson ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He 's called the house a couple of times and he says he 's coming this way . |
| 7 | " Let it be decided this way , " she said to her father . |
| 8 | Six look I 'm learning this stuff . |
| 9 | I don ’ happen t'think I 'm over-ratin' this chink , Ben . |
| 10 | I do n't know where I 'm going , wherever you 're going you 're going this way , you see my watch says quarter to twelve you going on market , I 'm going . |
| 11 | Look whoever 's editing this tape you 've seen the cunt . |
| 12 | But we know this is marble chippings you know you were getting this carbon dioxide off . |
| 13 | Well we had a secretary of state here who is now minister of transport , I do hope he 's watching this programme seeing as I promised we have had gains and proposals . |
| 14 | ‘ Miss Kenton , I believe you are according this matter an urgency it hardly merits . ’ |
| 15 | The ultimate warning over ouija comes from a high-ranking chaos magician who knew I was writing this book . |
| 16 | This sight brought her immediately down from her high , tragic pinnacle and made it seem all somehow cosier , as she thought she was sharing this music with such a wise and friendly dog . |
| 17 | I felt the world beginning to drift into the distance again , but I knew what was happening this time and got my head down quickly . |
| 18 | I think we 're riding this taxi to the edge of the world . |
| 19 | But should I let myself be intimidated this way ? |
| 20 | ‘ And how have I been spending this summer ? |
| 21 | ‘ I see you 're taking this job extremely seriously , ’ Leo offered sympathetically as he brought her a cup of coffee halfway through the afternoon . |
| 22 | Have you been eating this cake ? |
| 23 | ‘ What have you been studying this morning then , eh ? ’ |
| 24 | So what have you been doing this morning Em , lots of work . |
| 25 | Right now you 've told me you 're self-employed as a carpenter , how long have you been running this business ? |
| 26 | But everyone knows who is pulling this country down . |
| 27 | Erm you see we were given this test , right , it was on gravity or something |
| 28 | He knows he 's doing this thing . |
| 29 | The aim is to invite the Holy Spirit to reveal what is causing this block to growth and to invite him to heal and restore to wholeness the person in question . |