Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] these [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , saying that , I am assuming these instruments are up to the company 's usual standard and not just the poor man 's alternative . |
| 2 | I am writing these lines on the last day of 1986 , the deadline I set myself for reaching the Great Glen with my pen . |
| 3 | As I am writing these words , I have a persistent , low-pitched hum in my left ear . |
| 4 | I am writing these words on Wednesday 16 September 1992 . |
| 5 | For example , I am producing these words on a word-processor which shares my life for several hours each day . |
| 6 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm tidying , I 'm tidying these things away . |
| 8 | I 'm taking these books downstairs . |
| 9 | He says I 'm writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray . |
| 10 | I find myself here and now — at my hotel window , the road below crowded with traffic , the fish market gone until tomorrow , the winter sun lighting the exercise book in which I 'm writing these events of nearly three years past — wanting to put down my pen , lean back and wonder at my arrogance , such stubborn obtuseness . |
| 11 | So where there is concurrent jurisdiction , simultaneous jurisdiction , see I 'm throwing these words in here , concurrent , simultaneous , you know , erm the national government er er prevails . |
| 12 | I 'm cutting these steaks in half John , cos we 've got one fatty one and one that 's alright . |
| 13 | Right would you take them to the kitchen for me please because I 'm putting these bits away |
| 14 | Er er , I 've , er I just I 'm just saying that , er , that , that last year er , when I made a few remarks that they were misquoted by Reuters and we did leave the meeting and the share price dropped by er , several P and we had to send out a correcting statement so this year we 've taken the precaution of issuing a press release er , at the same time as er , er , I 'm making these remarks so I hope at least they wo n't be misinterpreted . |
| 15 | As I was typing these words , a young friend phoned to tell me about the wonderful summer holiday he had just had with his father . |
| 16 | I was counting these pages last night and gave up at forty-two . |
| 17 | I was drawing these pictures in my head of walking across a tightrope and falling into a chasm . |
| 18 | I did over Christmas , I did some Carlton and Alfy down there no , no that 's where I met , I had a Christmas holiday job , couple of days worked for him , I was lugging these vices up |
| 19 | Anyway , so I , I was getting a bit worried about it , and , I can , cos I was having these headaches , and I started talking to Phil and I , I had n't really said much to him about it . |
| 20 | Now the editors have picked out some plums to make up a poets ' special - from Eliot and Auden , through Allen Ginsberg ( 'I think it was about the same time that I was having these Blake visions ' ) to John Ashbery and the delightful Elizabeth Bishop . |
| 21 | And I just turned round cos I was making these trigger things , you know this cavity |
| 22 | The blessed piece of earth over which float these balloons , over which are poised these acrobats , is a corner of painful Czechoslovakia . |
| 23 | Therefore , I give a simple diet , which is helping these children at this time of rationing . |
| 24 | Sally , erm well Scotland is very enthusiastic about the birthday appeal and we have five major events planned , erm two in the Glasgow area and two in Edinburgh and one up at Gleneagles and erm in all of these events we 're actually pulling in on our people 's expertise to widen our contacts , so it 's not just the fund members who are running these things . |
| 25 | Bear with the organisers who are running these trains both for our benefit and fun but also to raise funds to maintain their locomotives . |
| 26 | ‘ Hmm , ’ said Marcus , ‘ Have you been moving these pieces about when I was n't looking ? ’ |
| 27 | exactly , but why wait until nineteen eighty eight to discover that , how long had you been doing these estimates for ? , how many years have you been doing ? |
| 28 | Some of them are reluctant to ask visiting relatives , who may already be doing shopping for them , to run extra errands , such as taking prescriptions to the chemist or clothes to the launderette or dry cleaners , changing their library books and collecting their pension ; so it is always as well to check to make sure that you are meeting these needs , or arranging for someone else to do so . |
| 29 | While you are watching these bones in the water , you must on no consideration take your eyes off it . |
| 30 | It is definitely not anybody else 's fault that you are facing these strains . |