Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ All of them are given a warm Irish welcome to make them feel at home . ’ |
2 | ‘ I been having a little think , ’ said Ron Paget . |
3 | Eyes sparkling , Vicky told me : ‘ Laurence and I are to spend the whole day together . ’ |
4 | My wife and I are planning an extended trip to North Africa in our 1986 Range Rover Turbo D which has 50,000 miles on the clock . |
5 | I know that I am providing an unusual excuse for those dastards interested in luring some member of the opposite sex into a dark and confined space , but I would be glad to hear about experimental results . |
6 | The work is hard but I am enjoying every single minute and my peer support is excellent . |
7 | I am creating the perfect relationship inspired by the statement ‘ feel the fear and do it anyway . ’ |
8 | He was pleased with his performance and said : ‘ I am playing well but I am lacking a little bit of killer instinct . ’ |
9 | ‘ I find I am learning a great deal . ’ |
10 | Jackie is wearing a red tee-shirt and I am wearing a blue one . |
11 | ‘ If I am wearing a pure white carnation I am best avoided on that day because it means I am in a bad mood , ’ he said , adding that he always warns new acquaintances of this fact but has as yet not lived up to the threat . |
12 | I am wearing a shiny souwester ; |
13 | I am re-opening an old fireplace and need to install a fireback . |
14 | Even as I am recounting the edited version , it occurs to me that Fairfax has probably been doing the same thing . |
15 | I am emphasising the existential quality of dramatic playing here because it is in direct contrast to the expectations of acting behaviour to be found in some educational institutions . |
16 | The cook 's latest masterpiece languishes in my stomach , and I am drinking a river-cooled beer . |
17 | I am building a new pond in an L shape . |
18 | In fact I am developing a revealing , but ultimately frustrating line of correspondence with the Welsh Office and I would be grateful if you could take a look at the enclosed letter copies . |
19 | And it is still if , not when though in this article I am assuming a working Tory majority in the Commons rather than a hung Parliament , which would change everything . |
20 | So I am telling the honourable gentleman yes indeed there there is a precedent . |
21 | Through you , Mr. Speaker , I am telling the hon. Member for Workington ( Mr. Campbell-Savours ) where the money has gone . |
22 | I am telling the hon. Gentleman what happened . |
23 | I am reading an extraordinary book about a man who was ‘ given away ’ by his mother at 2 weeks old , and managed to find her again in his thirties . |
24 | Corden said : ‘ I do n't want people to think I am deserting a sinking ship . |
25 | ‘ You know my nightmare — that I am seeing a dead boy ( whom I never recognize ) on the ground at my feet . |
26 | But by the summer I am writing a homosexual love-story which I preface with the following remark : |
27 | I am attaching a complete list of the personnel in the film unit . |
28 | PS I am attaching the relevant sections of the script |
29 | As I can not afford a new diesel engine I am considering an old slogger Perkins 4,236 . |
30 | Actually , I am trying a new strategy . |