Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the threat of relegation looming again , the loss of the ground , and the millstone around my neck of a team of asthmatic pine martens with the collective brain power of a kiwi fruit , the pressures on me are building to a frightening pitch . |
| 2 | Conversely , national issues which were serious or even explosive before 1914 have receded : I am thinking of the famous ‘ Macedonian Question ’ , the Ukraine , or even the demand for the restoration of historic Poland . |
| 3 | I am thinking of the current situation in Somalia and of events in eastern Europe . |
| 4 | But I am holding in a dead zone . |
| 5 | Suddenly Europe tells me I am living in a new country called Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 6 | However , my corresponding Ego fantasy is of losing my wits to such an extent that I am unable to work ; I am living in a filthy bedsit and the floor is strewn with pieces of paper that I am unable to make sense of , final demands which have not been paid , dirty clothes , plants which have fallen over , unwashed plates and mugs — and I am curled up in a foetal ball , wishing the world would go away ! |
| 7 | He himself says in his 2nd Edition of the Perambulation of Kent , which he revised whilst living here , " At this place of the Bishop in Halling I am drawing on the last scene of my life , where God has given me Liberorum Ouadrigam , all the fruit that I ever had " . |
| 8 | I am looking at the specific points that were made by the delegation to me earlier this month . |
| 9 | So I let her just pass , and said , ‘ Oh , darling , I am looking for a new ‘ element ’ … ’ ; and after half an hour the manager came back to me and said that she was sitting upstairs weeping . |
| 10 | Now I am looking for a new start and go on from there . ’ |
| 11 | He stormed : ‘ I am looking for a dramatic improvement in our defending . |
| 12 | And can I remind the district planning officers I am looking for a positive contribution from you on Tuesday . |
| 13 | ‘ Now I have got that first win I am looking for the second . ’ |
| 14 | I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’ |
| 15 | As I watch , I am quickening to the single thought that this man , for these few moments , is probably running faster than any other man one earth . |
| 16 | By wishes I am referring to the internal directions and aspirations that people have for their own professional lives and development : their preferences , their ambitions , their chosen career path , their enthusiasms and above all their values . |
| 17 | That is I think that when I refer to and when I refer to I am referring to the same thing |
| 18 | I am writing about a monstrous ordinariness . |
| 19 | ‘ Unfortunately , his personal secretary said she did not think he could become actively involved , but I am writing to the Prime Minister Mr Major and George Howard , the Environment Secretary , seeking their support . ’ |
| 20 | I am writing as the senior partner in a solicitors ' practice , employing over 20 people , in reply to some of the comments spreading gloom and despondency about the Labour Party 's proposals in the areas of taxation , economic growth and training . |
| 21 | I am listening to the hon. Gentleman with very great care . |
| 22 | And I am speaking of the so-called infamous Gorbals . |
| 23 | I am speaking about a special form of small-holding — the croft , as defined by the UK parliament in legislation , from the first Crofters Act of 1886 to the Act of 1976 which gave the crofter the right to purchase his holding on very favourable terms . |
| 24 | I am dealing with the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East . |
| 25 | No , I am dealing with the Foreign Secretary , who gave me a circumlocutory reply to a question that I did not ask him . |
| 26 | ‘ If I am struggling around the 15 miles mark then my determination will be just to finish , but it is my ambition to break 2hr 25min . ’ |
| 27 | For the moment I am concentrating mostly on the fact that I am riding under the Arctic sky , a very black sky , heavily overcast , being pulled across the ice by a team of dogs . |
| 28 | At another Level , I am pointing to the hidden potential in the idea of critical self-reflection . |
| 29 | Well , here I am standing by a purpose-built hole in the ground , a drop into another dimension . |
| 30 | I take it to be a product of the myth I described above : ‘ I am fighting against the entrenched forces of insular stupidity , and I call upon the French to aid me ! ’ |