Example sentences of "be [pron] [pron] be be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the gentleman in your office , however , addressed me not as Mrs Maitland , but by my maiden name , which is the one I write under , I realized that it must indeed be me who was being phoned , whereupon it suddenly seemed ( perhaps only by association of ideas ) imperative that I had the means of writing to hand . |
| 2 | ‘ It seems to me that it is we who are being treated like criminals but I do n't suppose I have any choice . ’ |
| 3 | Their poor score will fail to recognise that they might well fully grasp the concepts behind the question — which is what they are being tested on . |
| 4 | But the point is what we 're being told is effectively that only the rich can have second marriages , that 's what this Child Support Act brings about . |
| 5 | ‘ That is what I am being paid to find out . |
| 6 | A cheerful and supportive disposition is what you are being assessed for . |
| 7 | But that was what he was being paid for and after hearing Mobuto at the United Nations he was now more determined than ever to ensure his safety . |
| 8 | I thought that was what I was being paid for . |