Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] be [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the tour party I expect to be named this morning : Gooch ( captain ) , Stewart ( vice-captain ) , Smith , Atherton , Fairbrother , Gatting , Hick , Reeve , Russell , Emburey , Tufnell , Lewis , DeFreitas , Malcolm , Cork , Jarvis . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know if I want to be doing this in ten years ’ time but I certainly believe it is important to plan ahead . |
| 3 | In fact , as early as October 1 , when your ruler Neptune is challenged by Jupiter in Cancer , you will realise that money is really only half the battle or problem you 're facing this month — because someone appears to be breaking all the rules , if not breaking your heart . |
| 4 | It might dilute the real body of work which I felt to be making some kind of contribution . |
| 5 | Well I need to be doing more ! |
| 6 | I suppose this is erm , a caricature , a self portrait this little , I , in fact I was , really actually hilarious as I felt that , I , I , do n't actually know an awful lot about Gaugin , but if , if I knew nothing about him at all , I would of thought he was having a bit of joke of himself with this , but er , being the person that he was I ca n't image that he had that quality , that , I do n't believe he would be laughing at himself , erm , erm , the symbolism erm and conflict of this painting its dazzles me more than , than the colour or at least as much as the colours in it , but there 's a , there 's a half eaten , well it is n't half eaten , but there 's half an apple at the top and , and that was the , the way into me finally , for , for writing about this , this again is a shopping list , I call it a shopping list , this is just visual images that , that will be opened out at some point and turn it into something , and my images were erm Shoulders of the matador smoking snakes , dare to bit an apple , see one half gone and still I wear a halo intact , that I 'm sure I 've completely wrong about him as a , a person , but as the painting that 's obviously something else , erm , I found that one of the things that were he 's , I , I think probably that everybody who writes is that you 'll come to a point when you ca n't write , you stop writing , you have n't got anything you want to write about , or your frightened of writing , and I devise exercises so that , that does n't happened to me , I think writing is like any skill you have to keep doing it to be able to do it , its , you , some of it is a game and the rest of it is hard work , and one of the exercises I , I delighted using erm a portrait of a woman erm , its about erm the er still life , its the back one , yes this one here , I have , I , I hope to use this as a writing exercise I found the , the maths in this and the colour of the piece of fruit in the background , very interesting because most of the colours to me seem a , a lot less vibrant then many of his other paintings , and so they , they attracted me and have a , a strong sense of erm , er a hidden desire in that and so it , to use it as a writing exercise which I intend doing , it will be able about a situation of character 's with erm something that 's hidden , some desire , I do n't , the , not even spoke about to themselves or , or generally , erm I like to sort of say that came from those two little , just this amounts of colour which seemed to be saying such a lot |
| 7 | Sometimes , during the ritual prayer , now he had got over the early stages of wondering when to get on the floor , when to rise , and exactly how to get the fingers up to the earlobes , he found himself begging to be excused any significance in his actions . |
| 8 | His enduring legacy was on the Papworth estate , where he left behind , not merely a reputation for kindness and generosity , but a series of ‘ new model cottages ’ for farm workers which continued to be appreciated several decades after his death . |
| 9 | In addition , this 1678 Act ‘ for lessening the importation of Linnen from beyond the Seas , and the encouragement of the Woollen and Paper Manufacturers of the Kingdome ’ further instructed that the curate of every parish keep a register , provided at the expense of the parish , into which had to be entered all burials together with the affidavits taken by the justice of the peace , mayor , ‘ or such like chief officer ’ in the parish or , ‘ if there be no officer , then by any curate within the county where the corpse was buried ( except him in whose parish the corpse was buried ) , who must administer the oath , and set his hand gratis ’ . |
| 10 | DECEMBER may be a hard-working month when you tend to be carrying more than your share of responsibilities . |
| 11 | Who needs to be told that ‘ partnership and cooperation could prove to be the watchwords for the 1990s ’ ? |
| 12 | David I do n't suppose you want to be doing that for |
| 13 | ‘ I get enough help — yes , I 'm quite satisfied … but it 's just that … she has to be watched all the time ; and it 's very hard to cope with her lack of response ; and she follows me everywhere … |
| 14 | Did you expect to be raising that sort of money ? |
| 15 | Whilst we should be sceptical of rhetorical strategies adopted for tactical reasons , the opinions of prominent Tories expressed at the time of the Revolution itself deserve to be given more weight . |
| 16 | Are you going to be sending this ? |
| 17 | Are you going to be send this too ? |
| 18 | Where are you going to be doing that ? |
| 19 | Predictably , you seem to be getting all the flak for the Bill Davis/Alan Coren years of stagnation and complacency that led to the Punch you inherited a while back . |
| 20 | ‘ I must say , ’ said Elinor , sipping a gin and tonic , ‘ you seem to be getting some good vibes . |
| 21 | And while we 're at the police station I suggest that you have a word with someone there about the fact that you seem to be attracting some unwelcome attention . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're the one who seems to be starting this particular argument , ’ he pointed out levelly . |
| 23 | She did n't mean — I think — that Richard and I were not kind to her , only that she did not ‘ come first ’ with either of us , and she was a woman who needed to be made much of and fussed over . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you have to be doing this ? |
| 25 | arrangements , she seems to be getting more and more |
| 26 | She seems to be taking all my time . |
| 27 | She coughed , and when her nose was plugged up it was difficult for her to suck properly ; she cried to be fed all through the night and Phoebe got more and more tired , more and more passive and despairing and guilty . |
| 28 | But six minutes into the second half their central defender Vickers , who appeared to be standing several yards offside , received a pass from Bishop and his close-range shot levelled the score . |
| 29 | But there was worse to come , with Angela Rippon ( the outdoor girl who wishes to be known these days as an incisive reporter ) giving free , uncritical publicity to somebody called Di Francis who has written a book about mysterious , leopard-sized felines roaming Britain . |
| 30 | She was n't at all sure she wanted to be shown this short-cut through the woods , although Isabelle must have used it many times , when she was living at Les Hiboux and working at the château . |