Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [be] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I discover , to my horror , that I am slowly becoming what I have been claiming all this time to be . |
| 2 | He replied , ‘ Herr Karajan , do you imagine that I am not listening to what you are doing ? |
| 3 | When I say ‘ myths ’ it should now be clear that I am not using the term ‘ myth ’ in any pejorative sense but am referring to the cultural assumptions existing in the world of work . |
| 4 | It follows that I am not using language properly if I say that you ought to do something , unless I hold by some universal principle from which this prescription follows and all other implications of which I would be prepared to endorse , most notably those which would prescribe under certain circumstances that I do something . |
| 5 | Remembering that I am not defining housewife as a woman dancing attendance on a healthy but indolent male but as a person looking after babies and others who need looking after , what do feminists think the housewife should live on ? |
| 6 | And every residential social worker knows that I am not exaggerating when I say that after a death has occurred — often alone or with one of us holding the dying resident 's hand — the family will descend like vultures , demanding a complete inventory of all their belongings , ransacking their personal clothes for valuables , and insisting on receiving all that is left of the petty cash . |
| 7 | I want you to note that I am not singing just ‘ Take my back , because it is my best feature ’ ( in the mirror we could see her beautiful strong back in the low cut of the dress , and of course we could see ourselves too ) . |
| 8 | In embarking on this section of my reminiscences , I need to stress once more that I am not writing my own memoirs . |
| 9 | That document — I now quote from it so that I can make certain that I am not misleading the House — states : ’ Special software packages are being developed commercially and will be available before April 1991 . |
| 10 | I think at this point it would be a good idea to tell you what my own personal beliefs are — and please remember that I am not attempting to convert anyone else to them . |
| 11 | It is not inconceivable that other organisations would become relevant in the future if I fell ill , but I like to assume that I am not going to fall seriously ill . |
| 12 | The upsetting thing is that I am not going to get any real Sheffield Shield cricket to get back into enough form to earn a Test before this summer is over . ’ |
| 13 | This does not mean that I am not going to suggest some home truths : only that I think they are truths , and not another uncomprehending outsider 's attempt to cajole , belittle or malign people who are struggling to do their best in a complex and stressful situation , and who know better than anyone else that their best sometimes is n't very good . |
| 14 | I 'm sure I could find him now , but I have made a vow that I am not going to tell anyone where he is , for the man is innocent and has no hope of proving that at the moment . |
| 15 | Let me quote again from the report so that people realise that I am not making this up . |
| 16 | ‘ The fact that I say ‘ bull-shit ’ shows that I am not bull-shitting yes ? ’ |
| 17 | It is possible that I am not sitting on a chair at all , but lying on a sofa . |
| 18 | As you do n't seem to be responding to telegrams for reasons best known to yourself , I am writing to say that I am not coming home immediately . |
| 19 | Should I tell my doctor that I am also having homoeopathic medicine ? |
| 20 | I no longer believe that I am just writing a treatment of her life . |
| 21 | I bear this in mind for my next visit and reflect that I am already learning and making mental notes about this hitherto unfished — by me at any rate — stretch of river . |
| 22 | And perhaps ‘ mutant ’ memes can exert the kinds of influence that I am here calling ‘ replicator power ’ . |
| 23 | A central feature of all such theories is the distinction between that which exist sin a fundamental sense , i.e. the basic entities ( I should emphasise that I am here using the term 'entity' in the broadest possible sense ) and that which is regarded as existing in a secondary , derivative , or parasitic sort of way . |
| 24 | ‘ At the same time I do not suppose that a court would take the view that I am here expressing . |
| 25 | ‘ The decision to do so was one of the hardest I have ever made : but now that I am committed ( by dint of posting the letter before I had time to change my mind ) I began to be afraid of opposite extremes — afraid that I am merely indulging in an orgy of egoism . ’ |
| 26 | refrain from taking some action that I am currently taking ? |
| 27 | Notice that I am deliberately speaking of ‘ levels of understanding ’ in believing , rather than ‘ stages in believing ’ . |
| 28 | Not that I am deliberately distorting or mis-speaking our findings , but because I have selected and imposed an order on the research which suits my theoretical and creative purposes and which therefore paints nature in the colours in which I wish to view it . |
| 29 | My records indicate that I am now holding on to two , one of which I hope to use in the Annual Report . |
| 30 | We are a whole and this is the me that I am now writing about . |