Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I see , I am laying down precise quotas so my staff can see at once if things are n't up to scratch . |
| 2 | I shall conclude now because I am taking up valuable time . |
| 3 | I am booked up solid . ’ |
| 4 | I AM walking over hot coals , supended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs . |
| 5 | ‘ I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs , ’ he said of the fight against anti-Europeans in his own party . |
| 6 | James ( 4.2 ) : When I 'm grown up big I shall be like a giant , and I shall be up here and I shall look down at you and you will say , ‘ What are you doing up there ? ’ |
| 7 | Essentially , this debate concerns those projects which are undertaken by other than the trading organizations within the public sector and which involve broader considerations than simply , for example , the replacement of worn out equipment . |
| 8 | Does he accept that what he has announced is not sufficient to deal with the applications from asylum seekers , let alone with other immigration applications which are bottling up Lunar house ? |
| 9 | Subsequently in municipal law , bodies other than the sovereign body were recognised as having the power to create legal entities ; a corporation exists within the terms of its Memorandum and Articles of Association , both of which are drawn up prior to incorporation . |
| 10 | The law is often invoked by editors , executives or lawyers to support decisions to censor which are taken on other grounds , or instinctively : legal advice of this sort is usually convenient rather than correct . |
| 11 | The most simple and primitive in contemporary use , these looms have changed little since their inception several millennia ago ; they consist of four wooden beams which are laid out flat and secured by pegs driven into the ground . |
| 12 | R. rugosa has enormous glossy red hips , surpassed only by those of R. moyesii ‘ Geranium ’ , which are carried on graceful arching stems . |
| 13 | Others are students who seek work during vacations or at weekends and yet others are students on hotel and catering courses who are picking up practical experience . |
| 14 | Right we 're going to pick people then who are sitting up nice |
| 15 | If you are renting out residential property or holiday cottages , you need cover for buildings , property owners liability , employers liability and loss of rent . |
| 16 | When you are held in tight beneath the sledge 's nylon coverall that feels very quick . |
| 17 | When you are working out general costs of working vis à vis earning do remember to take into account the costs of studying for any additional qualifications . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're getting along fine . |
| 19 | Listen , you 're shouting out quick help aah . |
| 20 | Do you have any idea how I 've felt , weekend after weekend , knowing you 're crawling down muddy holes or chucking yourself off cliffs ? |
| 21 | ‘ You 'm gettin' over excited , Sam . |
| 22 | By educating children that a large part of society would like to see behind bars , we are breaking down important taboos , ’ said Alda Marco Antonio , state welfare secretary . |
| 23 | Andrew Holden , joint secretary of the Northern Examining Association , said : ‘ We will be looking at the position and seeing whether we think it is worthwhile to offer a similar scheme or whether we would prefer to cut the general level of fees so that we are competing on even terms . ’ |
| 24 | We 've launched an appeal , at the same time we are sending out large stocks of water supply and water storage equipment , shelters and blankets . |
| 25 | We borrowed one sum to modernise our premises , which we are paying back long-term . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , ’ says Howard , ‘ I think they might be quite interested in the way we 're bringing up great sedimentary land masses from the south , and driving them up and over the geosynclinal rocks in their path . ’ |
| 27 | We 're bringing up new nomes , he thought . |
| 28 | We 're picking up new habits all the time . |
| 29 | We 're getting out new products more rapidly than ever before . |
| 30 | ‘ And we 're consolidating along prepared positions here . ’ |