Example sentences of "be [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But why am I telling you all this ? |
| 2 | Why am I telling you this ? |
| 3 | ‘ Am I to take it that is the general male philosophy , that shrug-it-all-off attitude ? ’ |
| 4 | Now , am I to take it that sort of appeal will have a very low priority , I mean , how about Oxfam for example ? |
| 5 | Why am I doing them all ? ’ |
| 6 | Am I doing them any harm ? |
| 7 | What do I hope will happen ? " and " Why am I doing it this way ? " |
| 8 | Am I making you nervous ? |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | There you are I got it right for |
| 11 | Or are you taking it all a little too personally ? |
| 12 | But why are you telling me all this ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why are you telling me all this ? ’ asked Leonora , trying to move away . |
| 14 | " Are you telling me that — he wants to give me " |
| 15 | ‘ Why are you telling me this ? |
| 16 | ‘ Pinkie , are you telling me this fellow 's a bloody intellectual ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why are you telling us all this ? ’ asked Sorrel . |
| 18 | ‘ Why are you telling us this ? ’ asked Brian . |
| 19 | ‘ Are you giving me five pence or five peas for the milk ? |
| 20 | And he says , what are you giving me that for ? |
| 21 | This is perhaps why many an ageing schoolteacher smiles benignly when his students demand : ‘ Why are you giving us this information ? |
| 22 | Are you offering me that as an option chairman ? |
| 23 | ‘ Why are you offering me this ? ’ |
| 24 | Why are you asking me all these questions ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ So , why are you asking me these questions , and why should I answer them ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Why are you asking me this ? ’ |
| 27 | Why are you asking us that ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Why are you showing me these documents ? ’ he asked when he had finished reading them and passed them to me . |
| 29 | ‘ Guy , why are you showing me this place ? ’ |
| 30 | Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : If any new hospitals are built in Wales , such as the East Glamorgan hospital , will the funding for those hospitals , in terms of capital costs , be entirely met by the Welsh Office or , as a result of last week 's disclosure in Construction News , are we to take it that Treasury guidelines to introduce private sector money into such building will mean that the commitment from the Welsh Office will be less ? |