Example sentences of "are [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Medusa raised her arms : ‘ We are , ’ she said , spelling out the words slowly : ‘ We are bringing you the real magic , this time . ’ |
| 2 | By calling God infinite , we are denying Him a characteristic of objects in the world . |
| 3 | In India too people are convinced that the Western nations are seeing test-tube fusion and are keeping it a secret because they have realised that not only does test-tube fusion have great commercial potential , but could revolutionise military strategy . |
| 4 | My long-suffering owl chauffeur said to me one day while he was yet again driving me to some venue I was going to give a talk at , ‘ You and that bird are costing me a bloody fortune ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You are serving us the fermented grapes from Noah 's vines ? ’ |
| 6 | they pay , they pay , they are paying me a little bit , I think it ought to go up in price a bit though myself |
| 7 | People who think they 're being persecuted always think people are paying them a great deal of attention so they come to believe that they must in a sense be very important people , ’ he said . |
| 8 | 1 Walk of Life ( POLICE ) Permission given : PolyGram are sending us a standard license to use , and will charge 50 . |
| 9 | We are sending you a free subscription to our newsletter on stocks and shares for three months . |
| 10 | If you are sharing a FAX line with the telephone you really need someone to ring you first to say they are sending you a FAX . |
| 11 | All Home Risks policies set out the cover for BUILDINGS , whether or not this cover is currently in force , so we are sending you the new wording , which you should keep with your policy . |
| 12 | Australia are calling it a warm-up game for before the World Cup but I just hope they feel a little heat from my boys . |
| 13 | ‘ They are calling it the ‘ Seweries ’ . ’ |
| 14 | Merrel have introduced an all leather boot designed for British conditions and are calling it the Cumbria . |
| 15 | Experts on the Jurassic age are calling it the most significant discovery of its kind in Northern Europe . |
| 16 | ‘ Ninety-nine percent of vampires are real nice people , ’ he said , ‘ But we want to crack down on phoney vampires who are getting us a bad name . ’ |
| 17 | You are to keep it a secret , Theodosia . |
| 18 | Her people are giving her a car for Christmas — Susan , you 're not listening ! ’ |
| 19 | You are giving me a look ai n't you babe ? |
| 20 | Let herself go a bit — ye get that with women whose men are giving them a hard time , and who hav'na found a way of getting their retaliation in first . ’ |
| 21 | If as part of the task you specify the effect the programme is to have on the audience , you are building in the criteria by which that audience can judge the programme and you are giving them a purpose in viewing . |
| 22 | You can accept payments from passengers in your car if you are giving them a lift for social or other similar purposes . |
| 23 | You can accept payments from passengers in your car if you are giving them a lift for social or other similar purposes . |
| 24 | You can accept payments from passengers in your car if you are giving them a lift for social or other similar purposes . |
| 25 | I think the time has probably passed now , all the schools have got their own budgets , they 've got their own builders who are giving them a good service , and I doubt whether this is the time to resurrect that , especially with local government review not far off , and the future of a county-wide D S O in some doubt , when it comes to local government review . |
| 26 | You are taking rights away and you are giving them no consultation at all . |
| 27 | If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’ |
| 28 | And at only 70 calories per generous serving of plain boiled rice , you know you are giving them the healthy option . |
| 29 | Your baby will love the taste — and you can be happy in the knowledge that Robinsons concentrated juices are giving them the goodness that they need . |
| 30 | Adrian , who professes to prefer football to cricket , will certainly be paying more attention to the game from now on , particularly as we are giving him a year 's membership to the Young Cricketer Bunbury as our Young Cricketer of the Month . |