Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Well none of them are are they ?
2 And some of them are are a bit short .
3 Well most of them are are n't they ?
4 Well some of them are are n't they ?
5 At present there are no more than half-a-dozen British products in the fields covered by Alvey and most of them are being used experimentally .
6 Barn owls need barns or similar buildings for breeding , and more and more of them are being converted into country houses .
7 So what 's interesting here is that they seem to be having a conversation about un the university matters , the history department and so on but in fact there 's this kind of subtext going on here in which both of them want to find out about the other person 's children and both of them are being very mysterious and avoiding the question .
8 Some of them are being taught in dining halls , store rooms and offices .
9 Many of them are being forced to turn the crop into cattle feed because Britain has more potatos than it needs .
10 Lot of them are being sacked off the bloody telly in n it ?
11 I 'm just trying to remember everybody in the same afternoon , to collect them all because of about six of them are being done around here
12 And I do n't mean I 'm bending them , but there were some , as I 've said many times , a lot of silly people refereeing in speedway , and thank goodness now , ninety nine per cent of them are being sensible and we 're seeing some good refereeing .
13 I think Chris and I are are in agreement e about the technical issues here .
14 Can I can I just raise a question er to r to clarify the point before I answer your question that I are am I are we to assume that in response to Mr , erm it 's on the record that there 's a er a request to add , clear expression of local preference I by local planning authorities ?
15 ‘ Onstage , ’ Fred reflects , ‘ he 's this outrageous lunatic camp person , but half an hour after the gig he 's back at the hotel reading Somerset Maugham and Rob and I are being disgusting to some barmaid completely off our head . ’
16 Lesley and even Emma and I are being seen as lads , unfeminine , trying to be blokes .
17 Oh yeah , I am am there , sorry , I was n't
18 I am are .
19 I am are n't I ?
20 A further great grievance that exists in this force in the Division where I am is that the Section Sergeant dare not enter any Station while he is on duty unless he signs the main station book ; yet the plain clothes P.C.s and Detective Constables , and even uniform P.C.s can go into the Station as often as they think and there is no order that any of them must sign in and out .
21 Or if someone says What are you doing ? we can just answer Eating a mango instead of I am eating a mango because we know that I am is understood and does not have to be said .
22 er , well I 'm , I 'm a waitress and erm when I 'm working I consider the restaurant my stage and I have to be somebody else because I 'm worried that you know who I am is n't good enough to entertain these people .
23 Erm , for instance , suppose that I think that one of the things that er makes me who I am is erm that I have a good head for numbers .
24 But where I am is in something of a dilemma , because if we do n't recruit anybody now it seems to me unlikely that we will actually manage to reduce our times , that would in tern would mean we 'd actually want more staff next year erm , so I have set out a series of options .
25 All that I have , and all that I am is now yours , I invest it in you , it is yours .
26 ‘ Perhaps I am being selfish , ’ she writes .
27 He is also an inch or two taller than I am , Not even the most stupid policeman in the land could possibly mistake him for me in an identity parade , but I suppose I am being too optimistic in assuming that literary critics are likely to be more intelligent or perceptive than an ignorant cop .
28 ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works .
29 Now I am being besieged by offers of films in Hollywood and other areas .
30 When I am being helped into a bath of hot water , however , I draw in my breath and cry out for her : ‘ Mama !
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