Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [that] [pers pn] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The iconography necessarily shows rather small numbers of dancers ; generally the seals and rings only allow space for three or four figures , but we should assume that we are being shown only the nucleus of a larger religious ceremony . |
| 2 | We may feel that we are being neurotic if we have a bad self-image , vain if we have a good one , or trivial to care at all . |
| 3 | Existing customers may feel that they are being unfairly barred from a cut price deal , but there are often good reasons for this . |
| 4 | The region or local office may feel that it is being dictated to by a central office that has no understanding of local needs and conditions . |
| 5 | John could tell that it was being driven back up the hill towards Putna . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd say that you 're being totally rude and arrogant , ’ Alyssia snapped , ‘ and I 'd also say that I think a meal out with André will more than get me back to my old , charming self ! ’ |
| 7 | It was with difficulty that Greg restrained himself from saying ‘ What ! ’ , but knowing that his colleague would assume that he was being told he was about to become an unmarried father , and spread it , he said in the same world-weary voice : ‘ That 's very interesting . ’ |
| 8 | While window-shopping in Manhattan or on Broadway , they would find that they were being followed block after block , then , having sized up her figure and made certain the Girl was aware she was being followed , the man would walk ahead , glance round to check that her face was as good as her body and start a conversation . |
| 9 | Something that provides a life line , mobility for people who otherwise would find that they were being seriously disadvantaged , that their lives would not be as full as . |
| 10 | The young child will feel that he is being pushed out of the way to make room for someone much more important . |
| 11 | Girls in school uniform , women in hospital nightgowns , mothers struggling with poverty , who have no time or money to spend on their appearance , can feel that they are being depersonalized . |