Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not , at least , of the sort who 've emerged in the time since ‘ Raw Like Sushi ’ : singers like Lisa Stansfield , Betty Boo , Cathy Dennis , Kylie and Dannii — all of whom are peddling an ersatz glamour drawn from adolescent fantasies of sophistication , untouchable otherness , phoney celebrity . |
| 2 | ‘ I been having a little think , ’ said Ron Paget . |
| 3 | My brother and I are having a few people in for a drink before lunch on Sunday . |
| 4 | My wife and I are planning an extended trip to North Africa in our 1986 Range Rover Turbo D which has 50,000 miles on the clock . |
| 5 | I know that I am providing an unusual excuse for those dastards interested in luring some member of the opposite sex into a dark and confined space , but I would be glad to hear about experimental results . |
| 6 | He was pleased with his performance and said : ‘ I am playing well but I am lacking a little bit of killer instinct . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I find I am learning a great deal . ’ |
| 8 | I am wearing a shiny souwester ; |
| 9 | I am re-opening an old fireplace and need to install a fireback . |
| 10 | The cook 's latest masterpiece languishes in my stomach , and I am drinking a river-cooled beer . |
| 11 | I am building a new pond in an L shape . |
| 12 | I am reading an extraordinary book about a man who was ‘ given away ’ by his mother at 2 weeks old , and managed to find her again in his thirties . |
| 13 | Corden said : ‘ I do n't want people to think I am deserting a sinking ship . |
| 14 | ‘ You know my nightmare — that I am seeing a dead boy ( whom I never recognize ) on the ground at my feet . |
| 15 | But by the summer I am writing a homosexual love-story which I preface with the following remark : |
| 16 | I am attaching a complete list of the personnel in the film unit . |
| 17 | As I can not afford a new diesel engine I am considering an old slogger Perkins 4,236 . |
| 18 | Actually , I am trying a new strategy . |
| 19 | We were talking about your career , in which I am taking a fatherly interest . |
| 20 | These parties of mine have become something of an institution , and I am expecting a large number of people to come in and give their comments on the results in various constituencies . |
| 21 | Putting it more generally , I am suggesting a major difference in ‘ compromisability ’ between different kinds of goals . |
| 22 | It is a matter for the individual conscience of every hon. Member , which is precisely why I am allowing a free vote by my Ministers on the Bill . |
| 23 | I can hardly believe I am addressing a married lady ! |
| 24 | I am addressing an all-party committee , ’ Mark replied , feeling rather important as he uttered the words . |
| 25 | I am rebuilding a 1965 LWB Safari IIA and have opted to exchange the 2.25 for a V8 . |
| 26 | I am rebuilding a 1955 Series 1 and would like to know more about it please . |
| 27 | At the moment I am examining a large number of detailed proposals that have been put to me . |
| 28 | Furthermore , in view of the late start and the number of hon. Members who wish to participate , I am putting a precautionary limit of 10 minutes on speeches between 7 o'clock and 9 o'clock . |
| 29 | Tension can be created either by the sponsor 's subtle , superior position of detachment : ‘ I am only here to describe the problems ; you are the ones who will have to face them ’ , or , quite differently , a hint of ‘ I know more than I am going to tell ’ , or its cruder version : ‘ I am doing a good salesman 's job and you are going to fall for it ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm off to the US next week and then I am doing an extended tour of the US and Canada . |