Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bert Rafferty 's voice was subdued but firm , almost , Harriet felt , as if he was relieved to be getting something off his chest . |
| 2 | Unveiling the route in London yesterday , the Tour 's general manager , Jean-Marie Leblanc , said : ‘ The Tour is truly a European event and we are delighted to be bringing it to England . |
| 3 | ‘ As I 'm supposed to be helping you with Ana , ’ she said quietly , ‘ I should perhaps tell you that in my opinion Mitch is falling in love with her . ’ |
| 4 | Am I supposed to be showering you with gifts right now , pretty things , baubles you can — ? ’ |
| 5 | Yeah but are you supposed to be wearing it around the school ? |
| 6 | You 're supposed to be meeting her in Paris tomorrow , are n't you ? ’ |
| 7 | By the time Ellie did finally remember she was supposed to be meeting someone in Dublin , the afternoon was well advanced . |
| 8 | In fact , we were supposed to be doing something with Eric and John , but Eric could n't make it , or perhaps did n't want to . |
| 9 | You 're supposed to be keeping it under control , Owen . |
| 10 | The president was supposed to be dissociating himself from the Shah not encouraging him . |
| 11 | THINGS have deteriorated so far and so fast at Higgs & Hill that shareholders were lucky to be offered anything as a final dividend . |
| 12 | He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job . |
| 13 | The only other er notice I 've got for you is that tomorrow I forgot to put it on the notices tomorrow we 've got a lot of visitors in school there 's about er thirty five of them coming over who are likely to be joining us in the lower sixth next September er lessons with the lower sixth to find out what erm what lessons are like you know okay . |
| 14 | Perhaps the survivors of a stranding are less likely to be stranded themselves at a later date . |
| 15 | I was half proud , half ashamed to be using it in this way . |
| 16 | I was grateful to be called anything at all . |
| 17 | Every dancer has got a different job to do on the road — as if dancing were n't difficult enough — but you know what most people would say : ‘ It 's art , it 's dance , it 's Britain , you should be grateful to be doing it at all ’ . |
| 18 | It felt strange to be letting himself into his own house again . |
| 19 | We are immensely proud to be bringing it to the UK for the first time . |