Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good gracious , ’ she breathed , ‘ if you really do believe that Rob and I are conducting some sultry little affair , do you think that either of us would be fool enough to use an office which adjoins yours ? ’ |
| 2 | Mrs Gracie and I are leaving those poor children — there is nothing we can do for them , after all — and going back to her house in Highbury . |
| 3 | At last I am holding six beautiful tickets , three for reservations , all meticulously written on . |
| 4 | In doing so I am not suggesting that I am delineating some objective essence of classicism . |
| 5 | I AM writing this some six months later . |
| 6 | I am taking all possible steps to prevent their mov. along rds. but this will NOT completely prevent them as they are short of food and being harassed . |
| 7 | I am taking one final bit of advice before I bat it back to Noel Wilson in the Computing Service , and I imagine we will have reached some conclusion to the game before the end of June . |
| 8 | ‘ I am taking those two under my wing . ’ |
| 9 | Wood ( 1978 , 1980 ) raises the interesting question of whether double dissociations are really a good sign of what I am calling complementary modular organization . |
| 10 | I am bent gouged pinched and tugged at , and squeezed into this funny shape . |
| 11 | I am sure that all my colleagues are as delighted as I am to support this excellent Bill , not least because it builds on the firm foundation organised during the passage of our privatisation measures . |
| 12 | ‘ I am sending fifteen thousand instructions per second . ’ |
| 13 | I am doing that more and more now when I am stretched and I think I am improving in that area . ’ |
| 14 | I am doing some part-time and short-term work for a charity — difficult on lots of scores ( ! ) . |
| 15 | I am doing some special strengthening work that has been recommended and that hopefully will bring about recovery and will make surgery unnecessary . |
| 16 | Of course , this is usually so , but I am having little niggling doubts about such a sweeping statement . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , I am feeling better these days . |
| 18 | ‘ But I have been approached to consider seeking a nomination in another ward and I am giving that some consideration . |
| 19 | In saying this , I am saying little more than that history , more or less as we have known it , will continue in the future ( if humanity has a future ) . |
| 20 | ‘ I am missing that horrible dog . |
| 21 | I do not think that I am claiming any particular credit if it seems to me that I have traversed writing in all forms , as best I could . |
| 22 | In emphasizing the parts played by school teachers in prompting black youth into sports involvement , I am neglecting many other influential figures , including elder brothers and sisters and occasionally even parents . |
| 23 | The only thing you can say , you know , do you mind if I ask you , sh it 's bugging me by working these long hours will I be getting any more money ? |
| 24 | I 'm seeking two British agents who were last heard of months ago . ’ |
| 25 | Erm but I 'm hoping that one day he 'll see I know he 's seen my work and I think I 've got a sneaking suspicion that when he came in here he was gon na ask me to do it . |
| 26 | And I 'm hoping that next year we can afford our advertising . |
| 27 | So after this meal , when I find I 'm stuffing foul non-rancid things down my throat — without bad effects — I try a quick scuttle round the room . |
| 28 | I 'm reading all these money things off |
| 29 | It can be frustrating when I 'm pursuing some grand design such as building a shed or planting a hedge ; but I suppose it teaches that life is a process of becoming . |
| 30 | ‘ I find I 'm discussing all these issues with my male friends — How do you feel about being a man ? |