Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact over two million people in the UK have the disease , but only a quarter of them are getting any treatment . |
| 2 | All those are practical methods , all of them are working , and all of them are delivering better health care and will deliver faster health care . |
| 3 | Much to mummy and daddy 's despair , none of them are showing any inclination to . |
| 4 | Negative , extremist , in them are fused sectarian party orthodoxy and individual self-deliverance . |
| 5 | ‘ And how have I been spending this summer ? |
| 6 | The only problem is — Francisco and I are buying this villa from Mum and Dad . |
| 7 | It is for that very reason that I am moving this motion today as it gives us the opportunity to implement the rules of the union and at the same time would enable us to put into position , people who would be able to do all those things that are necessary to achieve what we require , recruitment , organization , paperwork , back-up service to full-time officials . |
| 8 | Speaking at Bramshott Common , while the TV crew were filming the reconstruction , Sergeant Nickol said : ‘ I am hoping this programme will bring forward something which we can positively work on . ’ |
| 9 | It 's for him that I am accepting this honour . |
| 10 | He explained that his wife was a permanent invalid , unable to come to church , but said he : ‘ Since the day we got married we have shared everything we had and I am bringing this home to give to her . ’ ) |
| 11 | I am enjoying this trip . |
| 12 | Maybe it is for myself I mind , rather than for him ! 'T IS not so much that Richard is bound for sanctuary — as that I am denied such privilege . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , I am quitting this hell-hole and recommend you do the same . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I am organising this event . |
| 16 | I am organising this event . |
| 17 | ( 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 . ) |
| 18 | If I say one morning while looking out of my window , The sky is blue , then I am using this sentence deictically . |
| 19 | Q I am building some decking on to one end of my 10″ x 8′ x 3′ pond . |
| 20 | I 've found it difficult to work , have n't made any friends and I am dreading next year . |
| 21 | Badly treated ‘ It was considerably less than I am getting this year . |
| 22 | I am getting psychiatric help , I have a supporting family and good friends and I 'm no longer ashamed . |
| 23 | Yes I have , I mean , firstly my colleagues have been very supportive , and my company , Sea Search Editions , but the er local businesses , the other local businesses have started to respond and although I 've only put , I 've got piles of envelopes at home to deliver still , I am getting some success , I 'm rapidly getting near that 512 pounds . |
| 24 | I stroke Timmy 's forehead more and more lightly , until I am stroking empty air . |
| 25 | I AM writing this foreword to the 1993 Year Book on my very first evening in the diocese after the announcement of my appointment yesterday . |
| 26 | I am writing this PC in the sizzling heat on the verandah of our thatched hut . |
| 27 | If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession , he will tear it to pieces to annoy me . |
| 28 | Although it is unlikely that Members will be asked to vote on conversion until some time in 1989 I am writing this letter to give an early indication of the main reasons for the recommendation . |
| 29 | Dear Guitarist I am writing this letter in the hope that I may save a lot of Gibson-lovers grief with their pickups . |
| 30 | ‘ I am writing this letter while being kept in after school . |