Example sentences of "that [pers pn] be [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You know my nightmare — that I am seeing a dead boy ( whom I never recognize ) on the ground at my feet . |
2 | I have stressed that I am taking a particular linguistic phenomenon , deixis , and examining its occurrences and behaviour in a specific genre . |
3 | ‘ Well , yes , I must admit , ’ replies management , ‘ that I am making a good thing out of this , the best break we have had for years — you see , my methods of production are so cheap and efficient . ’ |
4 | All the available funds should be targeted in that way to ensure that we achieve the best social return on the available resources — If Conservative Members think that I am making a partisan point , I invite the Secretary of State for the Environment to move beyond the Municipal Journal . |
5 | I have had a religious experience — which is not to say , of course , that I am claiming a religious explanation for it . |
6 | ‘ Obviously I 'm pleased that I 'm getting a few winners , ’ he told me , ‘ but I would still like to have more mounts . |
7 | The reason I 'm here is that I 'm running a little low on tablets . |
8 | I went in the belief that I was encouraging a modern renaissance of the Egyptian theatre . |
9 | When Dr Richard Lawrence , the society 's secretary , learned that I was writing a Christian appraisal of paganism and the occult , he pointed out that Aetherius ' members fully revered Jesus , and were convinced of his virgin birth and resurrection . |
10 | Er anyway as I say er I realized when I 'd started talking er that I was digging a bigger and bigger hole for myself so I er I climbed out of it and and made an exit . |
11 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
12 | And indeed , to go for a more precise figure would suggest that I was making a particular point . |
13 | When Mother Pig tells Tottie that she 's having a new baby , and that it might arrive on Tottie 's birthday , Tottie is n't very happy . |
14 | It would be heartless to deny her the pleasure of feeling that she is making a useful contribution to the preparation of meals , but it would be equally unkind not to make it clear to her from the beginning just who will be in charge and wearing the chef 's hat ! |
15 | More mysterious is the news that she is preparing a new Vague column on shaving . |
16 | As I was floundering around trying to see a picture she mentioned that she was dreading a forthcoming holiday because of travel-sickness — the anticipatory fear would lead to headaches and frequent urination . |
17 | He added that she was staying a further night ‘ as a precaution ’ . |
18 | With reports in wide circulation that she was amassing a multi-million fortune at the rate of £620,000 a month , Kylie was also able to indulge in her passion for shopping . |
19 | She told me that she was wearing a blue hat and coat and that she was safely strapped in her pushchair . |
20 | He had forgotten that Marie was only a girl ; forgotten that she was wearing a ridiculous dressing-gown . |
21 | It was rather a coincidence that she was wearing a dark blue guernsey exactly like Laura 's , with a neck which necessitated the same blindfold struggle to get it off About the whole incident Richard felt no dissatisfaction and certainly no regret . |
22 | She flung open her macintosh and Stephanie saw that she was wearing a skin-tight black sweater , wide elastic belt , long grey pencil skirt . |
23 | I had only recently heard of the existence of such places , but I gradually came to the conclusion that she was running a small brothel of which she herself was the centre of interest . |
24 | Clare doubled her income overnight , and felt that she was doing a useful job . |
25 | Mme Guérigny admitted to me shortly after our return that she was feeling a certain contentment in being one year nearer joining her daughter . |
26 | This is both central management costs and those direct support costs within the divisions , and within the services , that is recharged over provisions of service , so that you 're getting a true cost , in terms of your costs of running the elderly services , the children and family services , so they include both directly man management costs . |
27 | Now if your house , like our office , has tanks stuck on every available surface , chances are that you 're taking a similar risk . |
28 | The only reason that , that you 're using a different clef is that it 's actually putting middle C in a different place . |
29 | It is embarrassing being young and wanting to be more liberated than you are , yet not being , and pretending to be more liberated than you are , or that you 're having a racier time . |
30 | Adam turned his attention to Miranda 's other tender places and casually added , ‘ Perhaps you 'd better give Annabel a call , to reassure her that you 're keeping a watchful eye on the accounts . |