Example sentences of "be [pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I to base my ethical values on the warmth and nature of my social relations ? |
| 2 | But why am I telling you all this ? |
| 3 | Why am I telling you this ? |
| 4 | ‘ Am I to take it that is the general male philosophy , that shrug-it-all-off attitude ? ’ |
| 5 | Now , am I to take it that sort of appeal will have a very low priority , I mean , how about Oxfam for example ? |
| 6 | ‘ And how am I to explain my abrupt disappearance to my host ? she asked tersely . |
| 7 | Am I doing something wrong ? |
| 8 | Why am I doing them all ? ’ |
| 9 | Am I doing them any harm ? |
| 10 | What do I hope will happen ? " and " Why am I doing it this way ? " |
| 11 | Now , what you 've got to do , the one thing you really have got to do is to , is is to start being critical of yourselves and well look , am I doing anything wrong here ? |
| 12 | Am I making myself transparent ? |
| 13 | Am I making you nervous ? |
| 14 | Oh yes , oh yes , oh mum went there for years and years every Saturday yeah , and as I say the wagonettes used to erm be stationed up by Albion Street , to take er shopping and , and er and Rushbrooks used to be the big confectioners then , that 's on the , it used to be on the corner of erm Albion , well there 's a market there , an indoor market now is n't there yeah they were the er the big confectioners Rushbrooks , and er bakers and confectioners and er all the barrels of flour used to be , you could see all that going in you know but er I do n't know whether it is , am I making it interesting , is it interesting for you ? |
| 15 | There you are I got it right for |
| 16 | I went rubbish cos he came and said to me the other day oh so how are you enjoying your first term |
| 17 | ‘ So , are you enjoying your wee hol in the Highlands ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Are you enjoying your new job ? ’ he asked as they waited for their order to be filled . |
| 19 | He means , normal are you getting your twenty ? |
| 20 | " Are you hiding something interesting under your jacket , Kim ? " asked the American , dropping playfully to his knees and pointing to the moving lump . |
| 21 | Or are you taking it all a little too personally ? |
| 22 | ‘ Why are you wasting your precious money paying me to look an absolute fool on your behalf , Roman ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Then why are you wasting my valuable time , mademoiselle ? |
| 24 | But why are you telling me all this ? |
| 25 | ‘ Why are you telling me all this ? ’ asked Leonora , trying to move away . |
| 26 | " Are you telling me that — he wants to give me " |
| 27 | ‘ Why are you telling me this ? |
| 28 | ‘ Pinkie , are you telling me this fellow 's a bloody intellectual ? |
| 29 | ‘ Why are you telling us all this ? ’ asked Sorrel . |
| 30 | ‘ Why are you telling us this ? ’ asked Brian . |