Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leeds boss Howard Wilkinson whose own title defence is in tatters , admitted : ‘ There are eight or so teams up there , but there is no indication that any of them are putting together the kind of run that looks ominous ‘ Blackburn showed the sort of confidence against us that comes from the feeling that you have got a chance . |
| 2 | Siban commands , and I am to carry out the reconnaissance . ’ |
| 3 | Of course , I am leaving out the personality element . |
| 4 | Yea , though I run down the valleys , I am Towed up the hills . |
| 5 | I 'm breaking up the spaghetti cos I hate it in long lengths ! |
| 6 | I 'm breaking up the band anyway . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't know my lines and I 'm dragging down the rest of the cast . ’ |
| 8 | You know , I 'm bringing up the child the best I can , she has plenty of love I love her very much ! |
| 9 | I 'm picking up the PR material in a couple of weeks . |
| 10 | I 'm looking down the garden that 's lovely ! |
| 11 | I 'm taking on the question of violence , this most difficult question . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm soaking up the wisdom , ’ Oscar replied . |
| 13 | ‘ Lee , I 'm dishing out the borscht . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm goin' up the market , I 'll walk along wiv yer , ’ Florrie said , straightening the wide lapel of her shabby coat . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm goin' down the Town ‘ All an' 'ave a word wiv that medical bloke . |
| 16 | And I do n't think I do n't think I 'm leaving anything out on that and I do n't think I 'm misinterpreting where the discussion went on Friday . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm nipping down the market , ’ he informed wife number eight |
| 18 | I mean , he 's all , I mean he walked in the door , he was , I 'm coming down the garden , and erm , he walked down the garden and he 'd seen me , and he started really smiling . |
| 19 | It 's a smart move which leads him out onto a limb of high-flown verbiage , as in the charmingly titled Thinking Voyager 2 Type Things : ‘ I 'm electric with the snap and crackle of creation/ I 'm mixing up the mud with the spit/ So rise up Brendan Behan and like a drunken Lazarus/ Let's traipse the high bronze of the evening sky/ Like crack crazed kings ’ . |
| 20 | And I 'm carried on the tide |
| 21 | I 'm going up the garage anyway , alright ? |
| 22 | Oh cos I 'm going down the shop |
| 23 | Right I 'm going down the chippie |
| 24 | I 've planned me route , I 'm going down the M six , I need to come off at the spaghetti junction whatever it is , and I 'm going to check me clock and I 'm going allow plenty of time to get there . |
| 25 | According to Alan , they would always say ‘ I 'm going down the Quimbourne tonight ’ ( the name of the community centre ) , as if visiting a pub or club , and not ‘ I 'm going to the Young Conservatives . ’ |
| 26 | I mean I can see that a lot of people I mean I think that we should thank our men and women who were in the Gulf , of course we should , erm I 'm questioning only the way that we 've chosen to do it , by a victory parade . |
| 27 | Er no we had some larger other income erm I 'm turning up the detail as we speak . |
| 28 | As a matter of interest , I 'm totting up the sum of his holdings as I go along . |
| 29 | no , I 'm finishing off the bits that are left |
| 30 | It might be helpful if I were to outline briefly the history of the STUCC and of the Government 's thinking on this matter . |