Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The city 's council has decided that it no longer wants an unlimited number of gypsies or travellers , many of whom are using illegal pitches , descending on the city . |
| 2 | Sorry One of the other tables you 've got shows you a comparison between the elements which are present in crustal rock and in the sea and from that you can see which ones are a good reflection , I E whi which elements have been transferred to the sea by direct weathering , and which of them are undergoing other processes , either other sources or other sinks . |
| 3 | These three big creatures dominate the composition , but around them are introduced small figures . |
| 4 | Again the stone walls are dark and streaked with rain and age , and along them are ranged carved figures , many badly worn and now almost unrecognizable . |
| 5 | Negative , extremist , in them are fused sectarian party orthodoxy and individual self-deliverance . |
| 6 | A lot of them are having nervous breakdowns or sort of ruining their family life because |
| 7 | A lot of them are studying other things besides Italian and so they take time off to prepare for exams . |
| 8 | ‘ Only I been sufferin' 'orrible suspicions about endin' up gettin' me own throat cut . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Tatum and I are having marital problems , just as many other married couples do , ’ McEnroe said in a statement . |
| 10 | The following day , in a temperature down around — 2O°C ( — -4°F ) , I am wearing loop-stitch socks and Lundhags , and he is wearing reindeer skin boots and grass . |
| 11 | As for me , I am drinking bad coffee , gazing at the rain and cautiously pondering my imminent return to the glamorous world of Highland rock'n'roll . |
| 12 | CAN I REFER TO ACET EVEN IF I AM USING OTHER SERVICES ? |
| 13 | ( I should stress that I am using human size as an imaginary example : I do not know how many genetic loci and alleles are really at work in this case . ) |
| 14 | Like many hon. Members , I am receiving increasing amounts of mail from prisoners about simple matters — the right to exercise , the right to decent food and the implementation of the prison rules as they stand . |
| 15 | Colin said : ‘ I am renewing old acquaintances as I was previously the site services manager at the end of the South Morecambe project . |
| 16 | I am getting psychiatric help , I have a supporting family and good friends and I 'm no longer ashamed . |
| 17 | I stroke Timmy 's forehead more and more lightly , until I am stroking empty air . |
| 18 | Lest it be thought I am attributing vile motives to such people , it is noticeable that when non-card communions are held , attendance is considerably diminished . |
| 19 | ‘ I am reading other books , ’ Matilda said . |
| 20 | ‘ I am searching available data . |
| 21 | ’ I am taking evasive action ’ . |
| 22 | Suppose I am taking prescribed medication ? |
| 23 | If I reply that in choosing between flavours it does not matter whether or not I confound a present taste with remembered sight and touch , whether I respond to reality or to illusion , I am renouncing rational discourse altogether . |
| 24 | Essentially , I am suggesting that what I am calling private metaphors were developed by managers as a means of coping with the dissonance between what is commonly accepted as being management theory and what they thought for themselves it ought to be in actuality . |
| 25 | Bob Gregory , area officer for Nupe , said : ‘ I am seeking urgent talks with management about this . |
| 26 | To loose them off together , scatter-gun fashion : Stavrogin says ‘ I am making this statement , incidentally , to prove I am in full possession of my mental faculties and understand my position ’ ; ‘ I want to forgive myself , this is my chief aim , my whole aim ’ ; ‘ I want everyone to look at me ’ ; ‘ I fall back on this as my last resource ’ ; ‘ The thing about me then was I felt bored with life , sick and tired of it ’ ; ‘ I am seeking boundless suffering ’ ; ‘ I took it into my head to mutilate my life somehow ’ ( not necessarily the same thing as seeking suffering , any more than seeking suffering need entail accepting it ) . |
| 27 | I am sending similar notes to David Chamberlain and Stephan Helfer in respect of their multi-user communities . |
| 28 | I am investigating alternative day care provision for elderly adults with learning difficulties . |
| 29 | It is ignored for cast after cast , using a new crust each time of course , but I am not surprised for I am having great difficulty keeping the line from bowing , for the current is slightly faster between the crust and the bank . |
| 30 | Nadia : I am from the General Union of Palestinian Women and it 's good that I am participating in this meeting at this time because I am having major problems with the British Feminist Movement and the Western feminist line . |