Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 A huge cast of characters — each of whom are given intermeshing chapters to narrate the US perspective on the mess and sacrifice of World War Two — is flung out all over the globe .
2 City Of Joy , which is due for release in Britain next month , has given light to a showcase of talent such as Shabana Azmi and Om Puri , both of whom are tipped to take Oscars early next year .
3 The Universe contains so many billions of stars besides our own Sun , many of which have planets , of which many in turn have moons , that some of them are bound to provide conditions that could support organic life .
4 So that is the sense , in which I am proceeding to consider incomes policy .
5 The relegation-haunted Forest manager added : ‘ I am looking to sign players , not sell them . ’
6 I am not so naive as to expect a blinding flash of understanding , but bit by bit I think I am beginning to see patterns of behaviour , and even — in some cases — to recognise individuals .
7 I am beginning to collect stories from workers about the circumstances in which this happens , and there is no shortage of them .
8 I am moved to remind readers of these points by the case of a retired practitioner who was approached to do a small domestic extension .
9 I am writing to make readers aware of the registered charity .
10 I am trying to plant bulbs ! ’
11 It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career .
12 I am paid to win matches , ’ Charlton said .
13 If I am attempting to guide others in their pilgrimage I too must be a traveller , perhaps further on but still travelling , seeking , discovering .
14 I am going to keep things like this .
15 I am going to warn judges against that . ’
16 So I am going to suggest ways of finding out about earth energies and of understanding the processes involved , how the ancient peoples related to them , and how we may ourselves be able to build a stronger link .
17 I 'm hoping to get investments of two thousand five hundred , obviously with interest rates coming down , it 's er
18 There 's hardly any of the usual vertigo effect , when I 'm trying to see things he 's not looking at , when I 'm trying to look at things he 's not seeing .
19 When the landlady opens the door she acts like I 'm trying to sell brushes .
20 Erm I 'm trying to tie things together a bit as you noticed ,
21 Er , if staying , I 'm trying to make arrangements for to stay locally and most likely will be leaving round about Easter , so when it comes to the departure it will be myself .
22 I 'm trying to find presents .
23 I 'm trying to keep things ticking over meantime , until we can appoint someone else .
24 I 'm looking to select patients who have a high pressure and a low flow and for the sake of this study I 've drawn my lines at fifty centimetres of water for detrusor pressure during voiding and , and er fifteen mils per second .
25 I 'm beginning to see things a lot more in perspective .
26 People also think I 'm bound to have accidents , but I 've only occasionally burnt or cut myself , and surely we all do that . ’
27 ‘ The current system means I 'm having to tell players now whether I want them or not at the most important point in the season , ’ he reasoned .
28 ‘ I 'm damned if I 'm going to spend hours of my valuable time meeting every plane that lands .
29 ‘ If I 'm going to watch games , I would be of more use studying the following week 's opposition and helping prepare for them .
30 And , he 's gon na put me another er shelf , another thing actually I 'm going to put hooks on .
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