Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them are n't doing cabinetry ( joinery ) any more — a lot of them started out that way . |
| 2 | Their holiday insurance will cover the rent , and since Thomas and I are both taking cars there 'll be plenty of room . |
| 3 | ‘ He and I are always spending time together but we are not romantically inclined , ’ she said . |
| 4 | ‘ It honestly has n't crossed my mind , I am just enjoying being back , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I am just giving priority to those who were most instrumental in shaping my life and my general outlook in all matters appertaining to living . |
| 6 | I might have something to say later on in the meeting but I thought that people should be aware that there is a continuing interest from Partnership 's in the abundance of an art structure within Harlow and I I am here taking notes of people 's comments thank you . |
| 7 | I am here making recordings of the Masai singing about cows and meanwhile my father is sitting in Paris pretending to be a man of the world , a saviour of his people while they are being sent off to be killed . ’ |
| 8 | I am here to make speeches and take part in processions . |
| 9 | His aim was clear : ‘ I am here to get Leeds City into the First Division . |
| 10 | I am presumably using words literally when the metaphor is a matter only of etymology ( ‘ insight ’ ) , and feel still more confident of it when the etymology belongs to the Latin ancestor of the word ( ‘ intuition ’ , from intueor ‘ gaze at ’ ) . |
| 11 | I should mention that there are no complaints about the recent caravan rally in a field off Gubberford Lane over the May Day Bank Holiday ; I am simply seeking clarification of the regulations for future reference . |
| 12 | " I am simply making conversation while I decide whether to risk my job by telling you things that I certainly ought not to tell you . " |
| 13 | I am not promising miracles but one thing is certain . |
| 14 | I am not lassoing Lucker . |
| 15 | I am not advocating thrombolysis in the absence of that , but provided that is available and he keeps his head and the family respect the GP , then he should be giving thrombolysis . |
| 16 | Having heard conflicting views , I am not taking sides . |
| 17 | I am not taking sides in respect of Croatia and Serbia . |
| 18 | I says yes I did , I am not supplying cigs to him . |
| 19 | Then a fortnight ago I had a cataract removed , but there must have been more to it than that , because not only am I startled by the brightness of things , but the vision in that eye is practically perfect , so I am not wearing glasses most of the time , though for faint or small print ( not piano music : hooray ) I shall have to get some more specs . |
| 20 | It follows that I am not using language properly if I say that you ought to do something , unless I hold by some universal principle from which this prescription follows and all other implications of which I would be prepared to endorse , most notably those which would prescribe under certain circumstances that I do something . |
| 21 | Remembering that I am not defining housewife as a woman dancing attendance on a healthy but indolent male but as a person looking after babies and others who need looking after , what do feminists think the housewife should live on ? |
| 22 | I am not decrying Sara in any way when I say it might have been more sensible for us to choose the leader . ’ |
| 23 | Professor Gordon Higginson , university vice-chancellor , said yesterday : ‘ I am not assuming students would be fully-funded by government . ’ |
| 24 | I am not drawing comparisons here , I am just making the point that 500-plus were lost in the Battle of Britain and nearly 700 were lost at Nuremburg on one raid . |
| 25 | ‘ I am not wanting explanations , just comments . |
| 26 | ‘ I have no rational ground for going back on the arguments that convinced me of God 's existence : but the irrational deadweight of my old sceptical habits , and the spirit of the age , and the cares of the day , steal away all my lively feeling of the truth , and often when I pray I wonder if I am not posting letters to a non-existent address . ’ |
| 27 | I am not offering excuses , but up against such class it was unfortunate that we could not field a side at full strength . |
| 28 | ‘ I am not awaiting court-martial , ’ Gabriel declared . |
| 29 | Lawrence added : ‘ I am not denying interest but nothing concrete has occurred . ’ |
| 30 | Third , I am not marrying Nicola Schreider — she 's engaged to someone else . |