Example sentences of "be begin [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My God , you 're beginning to sound like a wife . |
| 2 | You 're beginning to sound like a mother hen ; I half expect you to cluck at any minute . ’ |
| 3 | You 're beginning to sound like a pig . ’ |
| 4 | In our particular ministry in St Louis Missouri we are trying to use the vast technology that 's available to us in linking up with other organizations such as Catholic charities , Salvation Army and others , so that when persons are in need of help they can go to one organization and tell their story and they do n't have to keep going from place to place telling their story over and over and we 're beginning to look toward the use of computers and what they are capable of doing in order to help resources stretch . |
| 5 | You 're beginning to look like a sausage . |
| 6 | Libraries , adult education and leisure centres and other local agencies are beginning to respond to the needs of older people in the leisure field . |
| 7 | I think that 's the one danger of all of this , is that both the County Council 's and the District Council 's aim perhaps or now are beginning to listen to the parish councils , but also , just really get an eye off the ball , cos they 're looking for the increased responsibilities for their own purposes , and I think that 's one serious danger that we c have to face , as a local community . |
| 8 | Already the information manager and the archivist are beginning to merge in a variety of business and government locations . |
| 9 | It argues that new housing is essential to boost labour mobility and maintain economic growth in areas where spiralling house prices are beginning to act as a disincentive to development . |
| 10 | In the end , we seek a second opinion — either we go out and accost a taxi driver , or we 'll ring our families , who are so accustomed to being used as sounding boards that they are beginning to insist on a screen credit . |
| 11 | Brambles from the embankment are beginning to encroach onto the highway causing problems both for pedestrians and for vehicles . |
| 12 | Earlier rate cuts are beginning to filter through the economy and the retail trade is making optimistic noises about shoppers coming back to the High Street . |
| 13 | Although we can not yet say conclusively how objects are recognized visually we are beginning to converge on an answer . |
| 14 | A small herd of Shetlands was shipped to the Falkland Islands in 1983 ; otherwise they remain in Britain and are beginning to spread to the mainland among rare-breed enthusiasts . |
| 15 | The German trade unions are beginning to screech with a militancy that is all too familiar . |
| 16 | Several systems of computer enhancement and image analysis which can be used with a petrographic microscope are beginning to come on the market and promise relative ease of modal composition evaluation . |
| 17 | Andrew Kay , the Civil Service captain , confirmed yesterday : ‘ We are beginning to play as a team again and as we extend our winning sequence the more confident we are becoming . ’ |
| 18 | The results of the banks ' self-imposed credit rationing , and of the mounting creditor distress , are beginning to show in the leap in outstanding commercial paper issued by non-financial companies . |
| 19 | Descharreaux said the trends that characterise the personal computer industry — growth of unit sales , but flat revenues and diminished profits — are beginning to show in the Unix market too . |
| 20 | Much the same is true of the UK , although a few case-studies of school-based evaluation activities are beginning to appear in the literature . |
| 21 | Wolves , who are beginning to look for a place in the promotion play-offs , hit back in the second half after Scott Sellars had poached a fine first-half goal . |
| 22 | This is a rather more nebulous concept , but IBM seems to believe that there are loads of small businesses that are currently running their operations on local network-based systems and are beginning to get to the size where they are beginning to need transaction processing facilities on their server . |
| 23 | Sighing deeply , Democratic pundits and brokers are beginning to rally to the Clinton flag . |
| 24 | If we can laugh out loud about getting old , break the silence that surrounds it instead of suffering quietly , then we are beginning to escape from a fear society wants us to have — so we will buy uplift bras , expensive face creams and continue to fear and envy younger women . |
| 25 | What 's interesting also growing cos the election employee representation is something which trade unionists are beginning to face as a result of initiative they 'd taken by U K employers . |
| 26 | The blackleg buses disappeared off the streets and other vehicles which had been beginning to return to the roads . |
| 27 | I have now been here for over a week , and am beginning to get into the swing of things . |
| 28 | I am a long-standing member of the Select Committee on Energy and like , I am sure , many other members of that Committee , am beginning to feel like a parrot . |
| 29 | Deprived of the fertilisers so essential to the poor soil , German farms were beginning to conform to the law of diminishing returns . |
| 30 | That 's a relief — you were beginning to sound like a Jehovah 's Witness . |