Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past two weeks he has had to scrummage against Scotland 's World Cup looseheads , David Sole and David Milne : ‘ They certainly got the better of me but I like to think that I am learning all the time and that that will lead to my improvement ’ . |
| 2 | " I enjoy playing in Europe and still feel that I am learning all the time . |
| 3 | I am learning all the time and I feel I am ready to hit the big time . ’ |
| 4 | Although I am progressing all the time , like most people starting a new hobby for the first time , I need some help . |
| 5 | Like Williams , Hill was defiant about his talent and ambitions , saying : ‘ I am not too disheartened because I am improving all the time as a Grand Prix racer and you have to remember it is my first season . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm enjoying all the attention . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm trying all the time to work against commercialization , against the idea that every author 's work is a product directed towards consumers . |
| 8 | This is what I 'm getting all the time yeah . |
| 9 | And I 'm eating all the stuff I should n't be eating ! |
| 10 | All that tap , tap work in England was no good ; there I was always the governor , now I 'm learning all the time , nicking moves from everyone , ’ he said . |
| 11 | All that tap , tap work in England was no good ; there I was always the governor , now I 'm learning all the time , nicking moves from everyone , ’ he said . |
| 12 | I feel like I 'm learning all the time ( playing in Challenge Tour events ) . |
| 13 | This is only my second season of fishing and I 'm learning all the time . |
| 14 | I , I maybe fall asleep for maybe an hour or two and then I 'm woken and I 'm coughing all the time . |
| 15 | I 'm losing all the money ! |
| 16 | I 'm sure I 'm going all the way this year . |
| 17 | I think he 's wrong , because I 'm going all the time — when his job is finished , it 's finished … |
| 18 | I have one pair of shoes at a time , and I wear them out pretty quick because I 'm doing all the canvassing for our lot . |
| 19 | Yeah oh yeah Ooh God I 'm knocking all the shop down ! |
| 20 | I 's eat all the chocolate first and the inside afterwards |
| 21 | I was copying all the afternoon ( Piero ) and I was in the sort of mood where normally I have to go out to the cinema or to a coffee-bar , anywhere . |
| 22 | I was writing all the stuff , all this weirdo stuff , and he was standing over me looking at me , looking at what I was writing . |
| 23 | My first feeling was one of excitement : I was getting all the pleasure of being in a conspiracy without having to take any of the responsibility for it . |
| 24 | I was crying all the time . |
| 25 | Oh yes , yes it did yes er I do n't know whether it made us get more idle or what but erm the hours we used to work and erm I , I never had a sitting-down job I was standing all the while , and I only went if we could sort the keys out you know , we were lucky if we could sort them out to put the keys ready for packing you see , everybody wanted that job . |
| 26 | A steward with grey hair and neat moustache waved me rather wearily into the cockpit where the pilot and co-pilot were carrying on a violently gestured argument which was to last all the way to Puerto Maldonaldo . |
| 27 | If it seems you are training hard — perhaps you are fatigued all the time — you are probably training at too high a level . |
| 28 | Living in a totalitarian system , he said , ‘ you are taught all the time that it 's unbreakable . |
| 29 | In the next verse you hum instead of singing ‘ shoulders ’ until in the fourth verse you are humming all the way to the last two lines . |
| 30 | To maximise your income — which may mean , for example , exploring the possibility of a part time job , or checking you are getting all the state benefits to which you are entitled . |