Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] 'm be " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I need a solicitor — well Legal Aid — I mean I 'm being done for — you know — interfering with my daughter — incest they call it do n't they ? ’ |
| 2 | Woo I 'm being careful . |
| 3 | I expect I 'm being silly though , Hazel . |
| 4 | Therefore , I decided that I had the clue to something that had long baffled me , that whereas Levis 's strict division of the world into sensuous particulars and more intellectual abstractions — I hope I 'm being fair to him , I 'm caricaturing and shortening _ whereas this was applicable to the modern period , it probably was n't to the period I decided , I think , roughly before the eighteenth century , and with this in mind I then turned to the mysterious last plays of Shakespeare that we 've been talking about earlier and tried to see whether the sense one gets in those plays of love , for example , not as simply a logical construction for talking about the way people behave in relation to each other , but as some kind of spiritual entity existing prior to the human subjects in the play , whether that sense could be in some degree confirmed and explained by an investigation of the general use of universals in the period and earlier . |
| 5 | Therefore , I decided that I had the clue to something that had long baffled me , that whereas Leavis 's strict division of the world into sensuous particulars and more intellectual abstractions — I hope I 'm being fair to him , I 'm caricaturing and shortening — whereas this was applicable to the modern period , it probably was n't to the period , I decided I think roughly before the eighteenth century . |
| 6 | ‘ I know I 'm being stupid ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I know I 'm being a coward about this … should tell Sandy myself … ’ |
| 8 | I know I 'm being pessimistic but all I think about is that depressing drive home ! |
| 9 | ‘ I know I 'm being over-sentimental , but there it is . |
| 10 | But everyone is in a way , I mean I know I 'm being |
| 11 | ‘ I feel I 'm being so bloody patient , ’ exploded Derek , grabbing the space as she took breath . |
| 12 | no , cos I feel I 'm being |
| 13 | I said because I feel I 'm being . |
| 14 | ‘ You think I 'm being selfish . |
| 15 | ‘ You think I 'm being carried away by enthusiasm . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I think I 'm being direct . |
| 17 | You might just catch these blemishes in the photo and think I 'm being overly generous about a dodgy finish . |
| 18 | There 's humour and tensions , the blossoming masculine friendship and those wonderful , surprising moments at which Forsyth excels ( and which , in case you think I 'm being coy , seldom translate from screen ) . |
| 19 | think I 'm being |