Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I am thinking of the current situation in Somalia and of events in eastern Europe . |
| 3 | 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 " . |
| 4 | I am looking at the specific points that were made by the delegation to me earlier this month . |
| 5 | ‘ Now I have got that first win I am looking for the second . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | That is I think that when I refer to and when I refer to I am referring to the same thing |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I am listening to the hon. Gentleman with very great care . |
| 12 | And I am speaking of the so-called infamous Gorbals . |
| 13 | I am dealing with the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East . |
| 14 | No , I am dealing with the Foreign Secretary , who gave me a circumlocutory reply to a question that I did not ask him . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | At another Level , I am pointing to the hidden potential in the idea of critical self-reflection . |
| 18 | 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 ! ’ |
| 19 | For instance , erm erm a good illustration of this is Locke 's erm erm argument on the right of inheritance and erm in this case I am quoting from the first treatise of government the right a son has to be maintained , has to be maintained and provided with the necessary the necessities and conveniences of life out of his father 's stock gives him a right to succeed to his father 's property for his own good but this can give him no right to succeed also to the rule which his father had over other men . |
| 20 | Now I am wondering about the other lists that he annexed to his letter , of suggested colleagues , procedures and methods . |
| 21 | I am talking about the first attempt to amend regulation 72 to exclude supplementary benefit and national assistance from the scope of that regulation . |
| 22 | I am talking about the famous House of Ormstein , Kings of Bohemia . ’ |
| 23 | I am talking about the occasional and varied insertion of a comment clause as a means of making a monologue flow smoothly , or identifying a change-point for the dialogue — you know ? — or as a means of establishing rapport , you see , or a gentler conversational style . |
| 24 | I am talking about the real world — about what is happening out there . |
| 25 | We hear about good success stories in manufacturing , but I am talking about the broad base . |
| 26 | Mr. Wilson : I am grateful for your guidance , Mr. Deputy Speaker , but I assure you that I am talking about the disabled only in terms of the general need for consumer protection , which is encompassed in new clause S. |
| 27 | The first four volumes have been publishes and I am working on the final volume , covering chiefly the First World War . |
| 28 | ‘ I am working with the local police , yes . |
| 29 | I am here , Lord Frith , I am running through the long grass . |
| 30 | I am responding to the supplementary from my hon. Friend . |