Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much to mummy and daddy 's despair , none of them are showing any inclination to . |
| 2 | The only problem is — Francisco and I are buying this villa from Mum and Dad . |
| 3 | ( I should stress that I am using human size as an imaginary example : I do not know how many genetic loci and alleles are really at work in this case . ) |
| 4 | I AM writing this foreword to the 1993 Year Book on my very first evening in the diocese after the announcement of my appointment yesterday . |
| 5 | I am writing this PC in the sizzling heat on the verandah of our thatched hut . |
| 6 | Dear Guitarist I am writing this letter in the hope that I may save a lot of Gibson-lovers grief with their pickups . |
| 7 | I am writing this letter in a personal capacity , but as Chairman of the Education Committee and a member of the Membership & Recruitment Committee , perhaps I am well placed to comment on the debate on entry requirements . |
| 8 | It 's 8:15 on Friday morning , and I am writing this letter in Chambers ' car park . |
| 9 | Or else — more generously — I am buying one shirt for myself and two for my son . |
| 10 | I am copying this letter to Shop Stewards within the Community Charge Registration Office and Exchequer Division in order that they can make appropriate arrangements to be represented with yourself . |
| 11 | So she knows she may hear from you I am copying this letter to . |
| 12 | I am dictating this letter to the Matron of the Royal Victoria Infirmary . |
| 13 | I am awaiting further analysis of the evidence and I assure the hon. Gentleman that , when I get it , I will examine the whole case again . |
| 14 | I am having some trouble with my nitrate level , which is 40–50ppm . |
| 15 | I am giving this judgment in open court at the request of all parties . |
| 16 | The business sponsorship incentive scheme has been a great success and I am giving further encouragement to sponsorship of the arts by increasing its budget by £1 million a year to £4.5 million . |
| 17 | Philip Hughes , chairman of Logica Holdings and another member of the Alvey committee , said ‘ I am showing great patience at the moment … the matter is at Prime Ministerial level . |
| 18 | Your new orders will also confirm that I am to assume overall charge of the investigation . |
| 19 | At another , we are still getting there , and the man whose bomb explodes at Bologna railway station one summer day in 1980 while I am pulling this page into shape falls straight back inside The Possessed . |
| 20 | ‘ I am offering this reward on behalf of the club because we are obviously very anxious to put an end to these recurring , despicable acts , ’ he said . |
| 21 | The logo will mark the guild 's 30th anniversary , and you will recall that I am offering another bottle of very passable claret to the designer of the winning entry . |
| 22 | And since I am raising this question of the universalizing and the depersonalizing of egoism as it becomes poetic dedication in poetry , I 'd like to do this by offering you a contrast , and I choose as my contrast Alexander Pope , another poet who was obsessively concerned with his own role as a poet — in his satires in this case . |
| 23 | I 'm expecting another call from our informant . |
| 24 | Pamella ! ’ and I 'm just freaking out and hanging on to Tim Taylor , trying to get to the plane , and I 'm wearing this scarf on my head to cover my face and they had pulled a straw — they said this ! — for who was going to tear the veil from my face and this fat guy got it and ripped it , pulled my hair , poked me in the eye — I was physically assaulted ! |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm leaving that side of it to you , John . |
| 26 | I would n't do that gave vouchers looks as though you ca n't be bothered she knows I 'm getting that voucher of that I 'll probably go and see something . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ Things went no better or worse than I expected : I 'm getting that sort of treatment every game now and it 's up to me to overcome it . |
| 28 | And these take it down off the counter and do it like this , and I 'm getting more strength in my hands , now , because I 'm using them to do more . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm taking one hell of a chance on you . ’ |
| 30 | I 've already been asked why on earth I 'm taking this job in a rugby town . |