Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not , at least , of the sort who 've emerged in the time since ‘ Raw Like Sushi ’ : singers like Lisa Stansfield , Betty Boo , Cathy Dennis , Kylie and Dannii — all of whom are peddling an ersatz glamour drawn from adolescent fantasies of sophistication , untouchable otherness , phoney celebrity . |
| 2 | Which of them are offering the best value ? |
| 3 | Amongst them are found the last adepts of controlled altered states , out-of-the-body experience , psycho-navigation , environmental wisdom and time-honoured alternative methods of giving birth , healing , living and dying . |
| 4 | ‘ I been having a little think , ’ said Ron Paget . |
| 5 | Eyes sparkling , Vicky told me : ‘ Laurence and I are to spend the whole day together . ’ |
| 6 | My brother and I are having a few people in for a drink before lunch on Sunday . |
| 7 | My wife and I are planning an extended trip to North Africa in our 1986 Range Rover Turbo D which has 50,000 miles on the clock . |
| 8 | I know that I am providing an unusual excuse for those dastards interested in luring some member of the opposite sex into a dark and confined space , but I would be glad to hear about experimental results . |
| 9 | The work is hard but I am enjoying every single minute and my peer support is excellent . |
| 10 | I am creating the perfect relationship inspired by the statement ‘ feel the fear and do it anyway . ’ |
| 11 | He was pleased with his performance and said : ‘ I am playing well but I am lacking a little bit of killer instinct . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I find I am learning a great deal . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I am to give the first reading . |
| 14 | I am wearing a shiny souwester ; |
| 15 | I am re-opening an old fireplace and need to install a fireback . |
| 16 | Even as I am recounting the edited version , it occurs to me that Fairfax has probably been doing the same thing . |
| 17 | I am emphasising the existential quality of dramatic playing here because it is in direct contrast to the expectations of acting behaviour to be found in some educational institutions . |
| 18 | The cook 's latest masterpiece languishes in my stomach , and I am drinking a river-cooled beer . |
| 19 | I am building a new pond in an L shape . |
| 20 | So I am telling the honourable gentleman yes indeed there there is a precedent . |
| 21 | Through you , Mr. Speaker , I am telling the hon. Member for Workington ( Mr. Campbell-Savours ) where the money has gone . |
| 22 | I am telling the hon. Gentleman what happened . |
| 23 | I am reading an extraordinary book about a man who was ‘ given away ’ by his mother at 2 weeks old , and managed to find her again in his thirties . |
| 24 | Corden said : ‘ I do n't want people to think I am deserting a sinking ship . |
| 25 | ‘ You know my nightmare — that I am seeing a dead boy ( whom I never recognize ) on the ground at my feet . |
| 26 | And Petrarch lived quite near here in Avignon , and I am seeing the same cypresses and oleanders … |
| 27 | Then it happens to another dancer and , as I am watching the same pattern of recovery , the man next to me throws his arms into the air , totters forward and begins to experience apparently involuntary spasms . |
| 28 | But by the summer I am writing a homosexual love-story which I preface with the following remark : |
| 29 | I am attaching a complete list of the personnel in the film unit . |
| 30 | PS I am attaching the relevant sections of the script |