Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [prep] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are these plants really safe for long term aquatic use , as I am considering propagating several of my houseplants for this purpose ? |
| 2 | Outside the court , the countess said : ‘ I am considering taking civil action . |
| 3 | I am considering retaining these but using 8 spoke rims with a tyre more conducive to suggest ? |
| 4 | The evening event was thoroughly enjoyable with several awards being made , whilst Graham Crowe delivered one of his ‘ unaccustomed as I am to making short speeches ’ . |
| 5 | er , I 'm over hitting these |
| 6 | You see the only way we can get equity out and put money in ourselves is by selling this place . |
| 7 | I was for resolving this phenomenon into ship-wrecks , and supposing that they might have been flung on these coasts out of some unhappy vessels ; but this solution of mine is absolutely denied , from the frequency and regularity of the appearance of these seeds . " |
| 8 | I was for resolving this phenomenon into ship-wrecks , and supposing that they might have been flung on these coasts out of some unhappy vessels ; but this solution of mine is absolutely denied , from the frequency and regularity of the appearance of these seeds . " |
| 9 | ‘ I was into assisting private enterprise at that time , ’ Coetzee confides disarmingly . |
| 10 | So I was between say sixteen and seventeen and erm Brothers er by this time of course , Mr Richard was dead . |
| 11 | I was reminded of this , fresh as I was from reading some of the slanging that made the Bermondsey bye-election so appealing , when looking at a joint release from six trades unions . |
| 12 | Jip and Zab 's father claims that computer logic , unlike human logic , ‘ ca n't cope with a word used in a figurative sense , or with humour , which depends on wordplay , which is like assigning two values to a character ’ ( 87 ) . |
| 13 | She grew up with eight brothers , ’ which was like having nine fathers really , including my real father They were so bossy ’ . |
| 14 | Have you been in shipping all your life ? " |
| 15 | ‘ I hear you 're in catering these days . ’ |
| 16 | And with a creative use of light , creative use of decoration , you can actually make the space you 're in feel different . |
| 17 | She 's considering taking further legal action . |
| 18 | THE NEW trainer of Brightness , the recaptured Beluga whale , said yesterday she was against keeping wild animals captive , but she supported his return to Crimea , because he could not survive at sea . |
| 19 | We are for bringing outside analysis to departments along with the office of the Minister for the Civil Service and the Treasury . |
| 20 | WE 'RE SORRY we ca n't return any of your Gallery pictures , but not half as sorry as we are for inflicting this smirking , high-voiced , tubby toff with less personality than a plasticine man on you . |
| 21 | If these examples reveal anything , perhaps it is the unwelcome truth that most of us are better at memorizing and applying formulae for solving certain types of predictable problems than we are at generating imaginative solutions to unfamiliar problems . |
| 22 | I think it 's probably worth mentioning on that similar context following Mr 's comments about the false alarms , that the more successful we are at reducing those , the more that impacts on our budget because they take out for S S A , unlike road accidents . |
| 23 | Most certainly , though , we should appreciate how fortunate we are in having medical services , caring people around us , and living in a country where natural disasters are rare compared with many places on this earth . |
| 24 | Y but yes but we 're by doing some form of sale |
| 25 | ‘ Faith , and so do I , but we 're like to pay dear for it . |
| 26 | how specific shall we be in defining each person 's duties ? |
| 27 | Our solicitors , therefore , wrote to the Department of the Environment informing them that we were considering seeking judicial review of the case . |
| 28 | The first one is for producing diatonic sus4 type chords and the formula is ‘ substitute 3 for 4 ’ , so to build these chords on every scale degree all you do is delete the thirds from each triad and add in its place the note that is a diatonic fourth ( four letter names inclusive of the root note ) above the root of the chord . |
| 29 | She said : ‘ Producers need a powerful signal and a good way to send one is by returning non-refillable and non-returnable packaging . ’ |
| 30 | Okay , well I should start there you know , erm and , and er see what options there are for getting involved with erm you know young people , erm |