Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three of them are presiding over us like a tribunal . |
| 2 | Directors are treated as being in a position analogous to that of trustees , so powers conferred upon them are given to them in a fiduciary capacity . |
| 3 | It might also encourage the lordly ones who run the Trust to see that its properties only have real value and interest when set in a wider social background that the rather greenery-yallery context in which too many of them are set for us by the Trust 's publications . |
| 4 | But I am looking at something from the previous century . |
| 5 | I am writing to you about the case of Im Su-Kyong , who was arrested for ten years for attending a peace march from North Korea to South Korea . |
| 6 | I am writing to you about your father . |
| 7 | Once again I am writing to you on behalf of Pat McDonald , who is in Riyadh . |
| 8 | I am writing to you on my views of fox hunting . |
| 9 | I am writing to you for information about the kind of courses I read about in the article on the Features Page of last week 's Daily Telegraph which gave the address of your organization . |
| 10 | Q : I am writing to you after reading the article ‘ Upgrading your Hard Disk ’ in the June 1992 issue . |
| 11 | I am writing to you in my capacity as Chairman of the Committee for International Justice and Peace of the Catholic Bishops ' Conference of England and Wales , to express our concern about the danger of nuclear proliferation . |
| 12 | She wrote : ’ I am writing to you in the hope that you can help me with the injustice which has occurred . |
| 13 | ‘ I am standing in what until very recently was one of the largest Uridian marioc manufacturing centres , ’ Trevor Newson poked his microphone in front of the nearest dancer . |
| 14 | The call that particularly mystifies me , when I am subjected to it on journey after journey , is the admonition from catering staff to intending consumers of their junk food to be sure to bring their small change with them . |
| 15 | An when I am talking to meself in poetry I talk , |
| 16 | Here I am talking to you about myself — a thing I assure you I very very rarely do — while you are shrinking from making the slightest personal communication to me . |
| 17 | I am working with them on what can be done to help them as soon as possible . ’ |
| 18 | I am introduced by her to ‘ my best teacher ’ and her class ( Class 1 ) . |
| 19 | I am running for everybody in Britain , irrespective of colour or creed . |
| 20 | ‘ Surely I already know what the contents of our contract are — namely , that I am to work for you for a period of eighteen months , after which time you will release me with my debt to you cancelled ? ’ |
| 21 | So I am proposing with him to er undertake a fairly simple but comprehensive business of reading the bass clef , using the left hand , and introducing it into the kind of music that he already plays , and at the same time getting him to play other music as well , which he seems to be very happy . |
| 22 | What would I be looking at it with ? |
| 23 | the support as well I 'm thinking of something like Mary 's P G C E , that Alison 's her sort of mentor for that , |
| 24 | I 'm thinking of one in particular that wants checking . |
| 25 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
| 26 | And I 'm thinking to myself about all these songs related to walking . |
| 27 | I 'm staying with them at present , until I get a place of my own . |
| 28 | Oh I asked him to go to the insurance company and find out whether I 'm covered with them for having my aerial replaced and I wrote a letter asking if he could be empowered to sign the claim form for me |
| 29 | Now I 'm looking for something for Penny , which is n't very expensive but nice , you know . |
| 30 | So far , I have a car driver and a motor cyclist and I 'm looking for someone for the bus and train , and possibly taxi . |