Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most extreme way of protecting them is for the mother to carry them around within her own body . |
| 2 | Simon , yesterday , denying he was on the prom at all . |
| 3 | BLENDING It is in the blending room that the mature Scotch Whiskies are combined with each other , finely balancing the characteristics and ages of the individual grain whiskies and malt whiskies . |
| 4 | the he gets , if he 's not driving he 's in the van , you know |
| 5 | Their own anger with their mother for not being there is then attributed to her , and their fear results from believing she is in the rage that they themselves are in . |
| 6 | He 's trying to enlist my sympathy by pretending he 's in the grip of some third thing . |
| 7 | Then , realising she was on the verge of helpless tears , she made a valiant effort to pull herself together . |
| 8 | Waiting he was in the gold and brown of the Palast , himself immaculate , pink , flashing his smile as he complimented Erika on her appearance and , in her leather coat and with her fur hat at a rakish angle , and her face glowing with health , Erika deserved the compliment . |
| 9 | The peace campaigners were on trial for cutting a fence and painting a B52 bomber at RAF Fairford.Protesters supporting them were outside the court in Cirencester . |
| 10 | I had to sleep in a tee-shirt , and when all the spots started popping I was in the worst state of my life . |
| 11 | The example is chosen simply to demonstrate how sadly lacking we are in the very facilities which historians require most — mechanisms of exchanging data between different processing environments . |
| 12 | Patrick was wishing he was at the wheel . |
| 13 | I get in by saying I 'm from the telephone company or something like that . |
| 14 | All I 'm giving you is from the radio and the PA tape . |
| 15 | She had no idea Simon had sent off her photo for the slimming contest until a letter arrived saying she was in the final . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not saying we 're over the moon , but it 's a good move . ’ |
| 17 | Mr Simon Murray , leader of Honour Hong Kong , said : ‘ I am not saying we are over the moon , but it is progress . ’ |
| 18 | No I would n't go as far as that anyway but I 'm saying they 're in the wrong it 's not you in the wrong , they 're in |
| 19 | Sir John Donaldson , president of the NIRC , had said in June : ‘ By their conduct these men are saying they are above the rule of law . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ We are bound to face criticism from both sides , from people saying we should be locking up thousands of juvenile offenders and throwing away the key and others throwing up their hands and saying they are like the old approved schools and will be universities of crime . ’ |
| 21 | He declined to give any personal details about the pair apart from saying they were from the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | Delegates who opened by saying they were against the motion , ‘ to continue to build an open and outward looking Community ’ , were cheered . |
| 23 | Yes , you are saying it 's worth the strong view . |
| 24 | It was just four of five years ago that your retired editor , Mr Malcolm Brodie , was saying it 's between the Blues and the Glens again . |
| 25 | The Press Complaints Authority has backed the press in its recent coverage of Heritage Minister David Mellor 's private life , saying it is in the public interest . |
| 26 | It was a little Mini van that he ran around in saying it was for the band but really he had it because he thought it was ‘ a good shagging mobile ’ with just enough space in the back for ‘ entertaining ’ . |
| 27 | And meanwhile , next year 's potatoes will not be planted because the men who should be doing it are on the public works instead — and they are on the public works because that is the only place they can get money to buy the meal they need to replace the potato that failed . ’ |
| 28 | The first time I remember seeing her was in The Roebuck . |
| 29 | The first of these is best achieved through " criticism " and the second through " scholarship " , while the most effective means of combining them is through the study of English literature . |
| 30 | I could n't argue with her , knowing I was in the wrong , so in a thoroughly bad mood I free-wheeled down the hill to the Waafery , determined to go straight to bed and to Hell with the dance . |