Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's estimated that one in seven of the part-time workforce has some kind of caring responsibilities , and many of them are attempting to maintain a full-time or at least a part-time job , while carrying those responsibilities . |
| 2 | My girlfriend and I are trying to compile a new guidebook for the Clwyd area and would appreciate details of any new route information your readers might have . |
| 3 | Clarissa and I are going to have a tiny foot-up till he arrives . ’ |
| 4 | I am hoping to compile a short book of poems on dogs — I was wondering if any readers might like to send me any ? |
| 5 | I am hoping to buy a 4–5 year old Ninety diesel . |
| 6 | With limited resources I am striving to build a ruthless goal-scoring machine . |
| 7 | And now that I am inclined to hear time 's winged chariot hovering near , and see deserts of vast eternity not too far ahead , I am determined to make the most of my remaining years both in my secluded garden and on my open-space allotment . |
| 8 | I am in my 30s and married , but I am beginning to think the young men are not always to blame . |
| 9 | I am seen to have an open attitude to women but all kinds of power relations often preclude women coming to me . |
| 10 | ‘ I am trying to remember the exact circumstances ; I am not accustomed to having my word questioned . ’ |
| 11 | So I am trying to get the new librarian to push all those books into one section … and maybe we could have a trolley and push that around and have it in the lower school … |
| 12 | ‘ Now I am trying to buy a flat for Katya there . |
| 13 | I reiterate that we should have a Scottish bus passengers ' consultative committee and I am trying to relate the new clause to my believe that we should have an overall consultative committee . |
| 14 | I cite as an example the urban areas of the city which I partially represent — I speak for all of Birmingham when I speak on this issue , and I am trying to raise an important matter in which there may be some common cause . |
| 15 | I am intending to build a third pond , with dimensions 20′ × 6′ × 2′6″ . |
| 16 | Although it probably sounds odd that I am suggesting negotiating a written agreement with your teenager , psychologists have been using business-style contracts to resolve family conflicts for some years now . |
| 17 | Now it is back to ‘ Stitch World ’ and since I have no original ideas I am practising adapting the built-in patterns . |
| 18 | Although I 've trained and worked in this area since 1982 I am having to learn a whole new dimension that is multi-cultural . |
| 19 | Now I am studying to get a British qualification to continue the work I did at home . |
| 20 | In what follows I am going to use a general procedure for reading texts to examine specific features of racist discourse to be found in ‘ Fighting talk ’ and ‘ The last laugh ’ and to suggest a series of questions which they raise as an agenda for further research and debate . |
| 21 | I think I am going to have a pleasant walk , all the rain of yesterday evening has gone and a very fresh smell hangs in the air . |
| 22 | I feel as though I am starting to write a new story in the book of Giorgio Armani . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll make sure May and June top up , because I 'm expecting to have a bad month in July , but because I 'm expecting to have a good month , I might as well go on holiday myself . |
| 24 | I 'll make sure May and June top up , because I 'm expecting to have a bad month in July , but because I 'm expecting to have a good month , I might as well go on holiday myself . |
| 25 | East Londoner Williams is certainly not ruing his decision to move back to Selhurst Park , saying : ‘ It 's familiar territory as far as I 'm concerned , I had two good years here with Charlton and I 'm hoping to spend a good few more here with Palace . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm destined to die an old maid , so I am . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm trying to control a wild urge to pick you up and carry you to my bedroom . ’ |
| 28 | There 's a lot of conservatism in the vocal world here , and they sometimes come to performances to compare if it 's louder or softer ; I like big voices and I 'm trying to collect every rich voice I can , does n't matter if it 's in Novosibirsk where we heard Gorchakova , but what I 'm saying is that it has to be a complex , not just a voice and something else , or not just actor and a bit of voice . ’ |
| 29 | Sure I 'm trying to earn the five grand , no harm in that , is there ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm trying to explain the complete breakdown in communications . |