Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of them are taking a truck of supplies out to Romania at Easter . |
| 2 | ‘ All of them are given a warm Irish welcome to make them feel at home . ’ |
| 3 | Indeed , some of them are making a virtue of their exemption by saying that that is part of the reason for opting for trust status . |
| 4 | I been spending a lot of time with her these days . |
| 5 | ‘ I been having a little think , ’ said Ron Paget . |
| 6 | ‘ Filippo and I are throwing a bit of a party this evening . |
| 7 | My brother and I are having a few people in for a drink before lunch on Sunday . |
| 8 | However , she continued to write and then Meehan himself sent the first of many letters , beginning , ‘ Dear Mr Kennedy , I am serving a Life imprisonment for a horrible murder in which I was never involved . ’ |
| 9 | Here I am holding a model of a tetraneedle carbon in four different groups of ten and here is it 's mirror image . |
| 10 | ‘ I am composing a poem , which begins : ‘ Sir Walter Scott , Ought to be shot … ’ and I want to work in something about hits and arrow slits , but I 'm not ingenious enough . ’ |
| 11 | I might be able to fetch my things from Crow Court where I am rooming a little later on , but as to work … ’ |
| 12 | He was pleased with his performance and said : ‘ I am playing well but I am lacking a little bit of killer instinct . ’ |
| 13 | I am learning a reality of slow warmth . |
| 14 | ‘ I find I am learning a great deal . ’ |
| 15 | Jackie is wearing a red tee-shirt and I am wearing a blue one . |
| 16 | I am wearing a shiny souwester ; |
| 17 | ‘ If I am wearing a pure white carnation I am best avoided on that day because it means I am in a bad mood , ’ he said , adding that he always warns new acquaintances of this fact but has as yet not lived up to the threat . |
| 18 | I am enclosing a copy of the script for the section on Health . |
| 19 | I am enclosing a copy of the final version of the script for Project Video . |
| 20 | I am enclosing a copy of the script for the Animals section of our Project Video English language teaching video programme . |
| 21 | I am enclosing a photograph ( opposite ) of the aircraft , that I took when I was serving with the Communication Flight based at RAF Lydda , Palestine , ( now Ben Gurion Airport , Israel ) during the latter months of 1942 . |
| 22 | Naturally we have had a number of people who have not renewed this year , and I am enclosing a list of those to all Teachers who are involved — please , if these people do return to your class this term give them a gentle reminder . |
| 23 | ‘ Perchance he desires not to receive me — and 't is by his wish I am denied a sight of him . ’ |
| 24 | It would be inequitable to those who take a contrary view to that of the hon. Gentleman if I were to see him exceptionally , in addition to all the other representations that I have received from him , now that the consultation period is over and I am reaching a conclusion on the matter . |
| 25 | As you see , I am entertaining a visitor . ’ |
| 26 | I have a problem , I am dressing a doll for a ‘ Name the Doll ’ competition for our local committee of Cancer Relief and Cancer Research . |
| 27 | The cook 's latest masterpiece languishes in my stomach , and I am drinking a river-cooled beer . |
| 28 | I am laying a scheme to get them all turned out against Michaelmas ’ . |
| 29 | On behalf of ‘ Spokes ’ I am organising a ‘ Commuter Challenge ’ for the morning of May 18th , which has been designated ‘ Bike to Work Day ’ as part of the Festival of the Environment . |
| 30 | I am an ex-employee of Sainsbury 's Westgate , Oxford , and I am organising a reunion for former employees . |