Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think I 'm having a nervous breakdown ? ’ |
| 2 | I have added a 40W actinic and a reflector as I did not think I was seeing the true colours of my fish . |
| 3 | I mean it 's like Jane I mean I was thinking the other day . |
| 4 | My mum thinks I 'm having a great time , as I tell her that I am but it 's a lie , and it has n't got any better . |
| 5 | Indeed , the way in which they could disappear beyond the ability of governments and even their owners to find them is eliciting a long , hard look at Europe 's toxic waste rules . |
| 6 | Noticing I was buying a new battery for my headtorch he grinned knowing and said : ‘ Oh-oh ’ Somebody in for another Hebbert epic ? ’ |
| 7 | How do you know you 're getting a good workout ? |
| 8 | She glanced down , to discover she was hugging the very edge of the mattress . |
| 9 | Oh how do you know they 're saying the right |
| 10 | Well as I say they 're reviewing the whole lot again . |
| 11 | Police say they 're keeping an open mind . |
| 12 | Since the august bank holiday weekend there have been twelve arson attacks in the Hereford and Worcester area — police say they 're keeping an open mind on this latest fire |
| 13 | Detectives have now re-opened the investigation , and say they 're keeping an open mind . |
| 14 | Raytheon say they are reviewing the entire operation . |
| 15 | As a result police now say they are following a definite line of inquiry . |
| 16 | As a result , police say they are following a definite line of inquiry . |
| 17 | Robinson , who was England B coach with Alan Davies until both were dumped in the summer , reluctantly accepts he is fighting a lost cause : ‘ It is n't going to happen and the situation is beginning to get worrying . |
| 18 | At home in Belgrade , the Serb capital , Mr Milosevic is promoting the Vance-Owen plan in the face of opposition from extreme nationalists , who say he is betraying the Bosnian Serbs , and democrats , who say his nationalism has landed the country in a disastrous mess . |
| 19 | Keepers say he is making the right moves with five females at Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park near Chard , Somerset . |
| 20 | She said , Listen I 'm giving a little bit Peggy because , she said , I could n't go away if I could n't come to you . |
| 21 | IBM 's OS/2 launch manager Pat James says she is addressing the high street sales outlets , such as Dixons and the computer superstore in Croydon . |
| 22 | We will assume you are using an efficient undergravel , or internal power filter . |
| 23 | Imagine you are approaching a busy complex roundabout with six converging roads . |
| 24 | Hmm , he 's wife says , he says , ooh , er , she was when he , went in the back says I 'll be honest , yeah he says you 're minding the right , ooh he says er they wan na get erm you know and |
| 25 | In conclusion , thank , you , everybody , for listening , and I hope you are having a wonderful afternoon/ evening and are all as happy as we are today . |
| 26 | She said as she entered , ‘ My dears … ’ in a very English fashion , and she said all the usual phrases , and then to me , ‘ I hope you 're doing the right thing . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Hope we 're doing the right thing , ’ he whispered . |
| 28 | ‘ I hope we 're doing the right thing , Doctor , ’ she said . |
| 29 | I mean we hope we 're doing the right thing , and as I say the response we 're getting seems to indicate that , but we have not erm followed through each of we have a large number of participants every year , you see , in the order of about erm a hundred and fifty each year , so very difficult for you to try and follow through the fate of each of them . |
| 30 | But at the same time many , like Cobbett in Rural Rides , believed they were tackling the wrong problem in the wrong way . |