Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | is abolished the taper will be changed so that , instead of people over social security levels losing 15p in the £1 , they will lose 20p , thereby penalising people who are struggling to lift themselves out of poverty , provide pensions for themselves and do what the Conservative party always preaches — stand on their own two feet . |
| 2 | Eager to lessen its dependence on the highly regulated and increasingly competitive British telecoms market , BT has been struggling to turn itself into a ‘ one-stop-shop ’ provider of global telecoms services for multinationals . |
| 3 | In this sense , social work has been struggling to free itself from the same trap as much of British industry . |
| 4 | The NP has been seeking to make itself acceptable to non-whites and what better way than this . |
| 5 | That 's real scary when you 're struggling to create yourself . ’ |
| 6 | Will you blow your nose you 're going to give yourself a real bad chest ! |
| 7 | and they are excepting a lump sum from the Government and they 're going to manage themselves and make a going concern of it as a business and any profits they get will go back to that hospital , well the community unit are opting out as well , they 're hoping to opt out , but if Labour get in , they 're gon na do away with all that and they want to undo all the one 's that have opted out , I mean I du n no how the hell they 're gon na do it |
| 8 | ‘ It may start out like that — I 'm going to take this knife because when I produce it they 're going to crap themselves and run away . |
| 9 | What we are actually going to do today is to look using this data , is to look at structural stability , right , we 're going to ask ourselves are the parameters that we estimate over the entire sample , are they constant over time . |
| 10 | The , you may get by very nicely on very moderate physical ability in ordinary every day life because you can kind of order what you 're going to let yourself in for . |
| 11 | We 're going to lock ourselves inside the fragile skin of a small floating home , and all of us , three of us anyway , at odds and full of motives I did n't understand . |
| 12 | Even so , you 're going to find yourself needing more club on approach shots . |
| 13 | As ITN 's Purvis points out : ‘ Increasingly , we 're going to find ourselves having to argue that news is good business — but I do n't think that 's too difficult . ’ |
| 14 | They 're going to clear themselves are n't they ? |
| 15 | ‘ You 're going to drop yourselves in it . ’ |
| 16 | Have you got any idea in your retirement about how you 're going to keep yourself so that your body is not going to be a handicap to you ? |
| 17 | All I need for you to tell me right now is you 're going to commit yourself to this product and I will come round and we 'll sign the contract , all the stuff you told him , then we 'll talk about copy and it does n't cost you anything . |
| 18 | I think you 'd better get down now because you 're going to hurt yourself . |
| 19 | ‘ I think you 're beginning to repeat yourself , ’ Ross drawled smoothly . |
| 20 | Even the interview system is not an ideal one — once again you 're having to sell yourself — and if you 're a character actor like I am I can not show myself without being somebody else . |
| 21 | You must be upset , Fran , if you 're starting to repeat yourself like this . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm dead against this , er , on principle , I think it 's cutting the first sod of the hole that you 're preparing to dig yourselves . |
| 23 | It 's very amusing , and you 've explained it amusingly to us , but er , there 's a lot of truth , I think in er , what you say and er how can we , er make the best of these unwelcome guests who insist on turning up at the most inopportune times , when we 're trying to enjoy ourselves . |
| 24 | What expression do they have when they 're thinking black thoughts about someone they 're trying to ingratiate themselves with , or when they 're being praised for qualities they 're aware they do n't possess ? |
| 25 | And now you 're trying to choke yourself on a drink of juice . |
| 26 | Secondly , the IBM Agent market does not welcome untried and untested ( new ) products with open arms , and Cognos has been attempting to prove itself in this market . |
| 27 | Heads of department from the Soviet trade union centre , the AUCCTU , are expected to visit Congress House in the New Year on a fact-finding mission , and there have been requests for training links to be built between the TUC and the Hungarian trade union body , SZOT , which has been attempting to restructure itself over the last two years . |
| 28 | I am going to enjoy myself . ’ |
| 29 | For the purposes of the present discussion I am going to confine myself to sensation and perception and ignore behaviour . |
| 30 | As you know , I am now in debt to the extent of about 700 gulden and have n't the faintest idea how I am going to support myself , Mamma and your sister on my monthly salary … this is the first time I have got into debt . |