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

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31 He leaned forward as if he meant to kiss her and then said in a low voice , ‘ I 'm going to give you the name of a first-rate lawyer . ’
32 But it was n't what I was asking , so I 'm going to give you the points , but it 's absolutely true .
33 I 'm going to give you the July to December pack first .
34 ‘ I 'm going to tell you the truth .
35 ‘ I 'm going to make you the new Madonna , ’ Waterman promised his new prodigy , but even today he shakes his head disbelievingly at the opportunity others missed .
36 ‘ I 'm going to make you the next Madonna . ’
37 This I 'm pleased to say is being done , a meeting has been arranged with British Aerospace , it should have taken place on Monday er Mike was deputizing me at that meeting and I 'm waiting to see what the outcome of that meeting is .
38 I feel that everything I have mentioned in this article is part of good mathematical teaching practice , e.g. that all young children should be allowed to formulate mathematical ideas in familiar language , that all children should be regarded as potential learners and that parents should be helped to understand what the school is trying to achieve .
39 You can keep the camera work very simple indeed — it can be set to give you the size of picture you want and does n't need to move .
40 Additional options include a talking calculator and a talking clock that can be set to tell you the time every fifteen minutes , half an hour or hour .
41 Additional options include a talking calculator and a talking clock that can be set to tell you the time every fifteen minutes , half an hour or hour .
42 Finally , RACs should be asked to consider what the paper inelegantly described as ‘ resource availability and future coordination in respect of training for education management ’ , and consideration should be given to setting up a national advisory and consultative group .
43 All these functions can be combined to give you the advantages of traditional cooking in less than half the normal cooking time .
44 The students should be encouraged to identify what the profit per bed is likely to be next year , i.e. based on the conditions at the end of the year it is likely to be only £10 per bed .
45 It seems increasingly likely that he will join Smith as assistant manager at Bristol City , although the Roker board could be forced to offer him the manager 's post if Sunderland win the FA Cup .
46 This way she could simply wash it each morning and let it dry naturally — start trying for styles and valuable minutes had to be wasted keeping them the way they were meant to be .
47 And to do it without a lot without a lot of support from the a from the people who actually lived in the flats , although they organized things and got it going , and the people living there did n't seem to be motivated to give them the kind of encouragement erm
48 And er , then I should go to the bobbin shop and ask them if they could get these done today and er , well we got this on , I said no but I , we want it if you could leave them on one side and erm I used to er I , I became , if I might say so and I 'm not boasting or bragging or anything , Michael , I 'm trying to tell you the situation as it was and er I was a very important man to and er they er got me er at one time to er figure out , they , they used to make what was called Woolworths locks .
49 Er it would be some of the bodies I think oh er wait a minute I 'm trying to think what the casting were be used for there were other things besides locks you see I forget what they the , I know they used to do the castings and the brass castings it would be for the locks , for the locks yeah
50 ‘ By now , both the Americans and the Russians will be trying to discover who the Lucy Ghosts are , ’ Billie took over .
51 This game can be repeated to make it the best of five .
52 I have been asked to send you the following extract from the Minutes of the Computing Sub-Group meeting held 24 March 1993 .
53 Thus we have a recipe for the dictatorship of the leadership of the ruling party , since they are presumed to know what the historical tasks of the proletariat are .
54 Seasonal work is so uncertain that the pickers are forced to work whatever the conditions just to make a few extra pesos .
55 When Ken called by later , he told me that he 'd been commanded to show me the sights the following afternoon .
56 The assurance with which Gothic schemes were presented made them the obvious alternative to Second Empire , but large secular Gothic buildings of this type were an unknown quantity .
57 It 's almost as if they were looking to make themselves the most hated and hunted men on earth . ’
58 It was such an important discovery that the Mayor and Corporation were persuaded to inspect it the following afternoon and the whole village turned out to wait for them .
59 Those two were going to give her the creeps if she really had to take them all the way to Titan .
60 And erm and Miss asked why we were n't friends any more and we goes well she lied and you know , she splits up most people by doing that cos they were trying to tell us the truth and we would n't listen .
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