Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [be] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The curtain which divided them was wearing thin . |
| 2 | I do n't think I am taking this line merely because I have been corrupted by a philosophical training and can not come off the fence . |
| 3 | I do n't think I 'm eating enough to actually make myself go . |
| 4 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau has got a pro forma which if a person goes in and says I think I ought to be getting , I think I , I do n't think I 'm getting sufficient income support or I 'm going to apply for income support . |
| 5 | ‘ What do you think I 'm doing all this for ? |
| 6 | What the hell do you think I 'm doing all this for ? |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't think I 'm doing this out of pity for you , ’ he called . |
| 8 | Now if I were to suggest to you that in some gay bars the ‘ lads ’ pop off to the toilets that number of times to indulge themselves , then you might think I was repeating lurid propaganda put about by the puritan league . |
| 9 | ‘ Why should I force myself to pretend I 'm enjoying this ? ’ |
| 10 | Then two years ago I realised I was going broke . |
| 11 | I realised I was missing half the jokes , so I mugged up from a textbook — and here I am , ready for more ! ’ |
| 12 | Erm I thought that erm I , I mean I was getting some things that John has n't , has n't mentioned , erm when you mentioned the wife being there erm when you , when you were introducing the C C Q you then assumed that you would be coming back with recommendations |
| 13 | I think that would do the trick but preparing handou I mean I was doing those till two , this lot for you this mor I 'm absolutely y'know it 's quite hard work when you 're concurrently teaching all the time . |
| 14 | I mean I 'm finding that you know through it because I 'm sort of straining all the time I 'm getting terrible headaches and all of the |
| 15 | Oh yeah I mean I 'm saying two a day , but erm if you can get three a day , I 'd prefer it because |
| 16 | The Stephen They 're not all I mean I 'm saying that 's right but that some of them there are more than one answer to . |
| 17 | Well I 'm I 'm not some I would n't I would n't say that I mean I 'm saying that erm |
| 18 | ‘ How did you know I was imagining that ? |
| 19 | Do you know I was thinking this the other day , do you think , say there was some girl like , let's just take Flick no , somebody , who do , who do , who do the people think 's real , who do the blokes always , yeah Flick they think is a real frump do n't they ? |
| 20 | He just looked at me as if to say ‘ how did you know I was doing that ? ’ |
| 21 | You say how do you know I was doing forty miles an hour ? |
| 22 | He does n't know I 'm doing this . |
| 23 | Like I say I 'm getting some erm |
| 24 | Out drinking with a couple of female journalists ( in what was supposedly Hemingway 's favourite bar in Havana , if you must know ) , I mentioned I was writing this article and we all launched into our favourite New Age stories , like the one about the Immortalists , a group who take to its logical end the New Age philosophy of positive thinking and creating your own reality , and have decided they are going to live forever . |
| 25 | ‘ Has someone been spreading malicious gossip ? ’ he asked innocently , and reached for her hand . |
| 26 | Do n't you know you 're using that boy like bait to catch a fish ? |
| 27 | They were in awe of him because you would never have guessed from meeting him how immensely wealthy he was , and because you would never have guessed from knowing how immensely wealthy he was how immensely clever he was as well , and because he was called Freddie when his initials were A. P. J. You 'd catch a glimpse of this tall , stooped figure crossing Trinity Great Court , with one shoulder held slightly higher than the other , and you 'd know you were watching one of the world 's great fortunes walking about , plus , on the same two lanky legs , behind the same untidily dangling forelock , one of the world 's great instruments of serious scholarship . |
| 28 | Needless to say she has to take life as quietly as possible for some time if she is to regain her health and everyone will be pleased to know she is making good progress along these lines . |
| 29 | Well did she not know she was doing this ? |
| 30 | ‘ We do n't know who is spreading these rumours but the reason seems to change with each caller . ’ |