Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] is [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We do n't know who is spreading these rumours but the reason seems to change with each caller . ’ |
| 2 | In the novel I can believe he is saying such things , perhaps because I am hearing his voice in my head , in the privacy of my own mind ( I am thinking him ) and I am extremely relieved to hear him say them because his words bring to an end a certain kind of conflict between himself and Connie . |
| 3 | That does not mean one is promoting that group 's lifestyle , orientation or activity . ’ |
| 4 | An indifferent speller will know that some words cause him difficulty , and will ask for them ; but he will also think he is spelling some words correctly that he is , in fact , getting wrong . |
| 5 | If that really is the way the authorities are now thinking — and ‘ readers ’ letters ' have long been notoriously close to official thinking in East Germany — then the government could find it is courting unprecedented disaster . |