Example sentences of "that [pron] [am/are] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ All they 'll know is that I am escorting a companion who is totally irresistible , and they 'll fall for you as I have . ’
2 I find that I am writing a kind of completely sterile account of their life .
3 ‘ It is pointless and ill informed to say that I am entering a profession trained in killing , ’ he said in his defence .
4 In case you think that I am advocating a policy of lunatic aggression , no , I am not .
5 IT IS more than possible that I am missing a point , showing a lack of imagination , remaining in the Middle Ages and have my feet firmly stuck in the mud when I am under the impression they are just on the ground .
6 you believe that I 'm wearing a hairpiece so you do n't know and I I speak for most
7 ‘ There is a buzz going around that I 'm starting a band , ’ quoth Morrissey and no one could blame his Mancunian counterparts for deliberately yawning at the suggestion .
8 It seems unlikely that I 'm to construct a generation of broad based , supporters of .
9 Now that I 'm feeling a bit calmer , I can see that it was amazingly presumptuous of me even to imagine that Madeleine might love me enough to sacrifice all the luxuries she 's used to , just to be with me !
10 I 'm just trying to move passed that I 'm making a couple of holes bigger .
11 ‘ I feel that I 'm playing a game with someone , and I do n't know the rules or the stakes .
12 And when the promotions were made before the Watch Committee , I was the last one to go in , and the chairman of the Watch Committee , that was John , he said to me , Chief Constable has recommended that you be given a trial with the detective staff .
13 Lord Denning is among those who have emphasised that fair play may not always require that you be given a warning and time to improve if you refuse to acknowledge blatant fault on your part :
14 It may actually mean that you 're getting a bit too rough on your skin !
15 Any other problems that you 're getting a bit ?
16 Well you probably find that you 're getting a draught under that that door .
17 ‘ Winning close matches on a regular basis is a signal that you 're watching a champion . ’
18 I note from the supplied listings that you 're loading a mouse driver twice — once in CONFIG.SYS and again in AUTOEXEC.BAT .
19 You could almost say there 's a kind of rule that says you ought to write in fairly free verse nowadays and that you 're making a kind of statement if you do n't .
20 ‘ The fact is that you 're treading a minefield , and minefields , if they 're not manoeuvred through carefully , can prove very dangerous indeed . ’
21 Remember in your content that you 're representing a client .
22 If then you say that in such cases the mind thinks , I would only draw your attention to the fact that you are using a metaphor , that here the mind is an agent in a different sense from that in which the hand can be said to be the agent in writing .
23 You said yourself that you are taking a risk by meeting me . ’
24 If you have tried sprinkling it on breakfast cereal and weighed the quantity , you will have discovered that you get a large volume for a quarter of an ounce — just about as much as you can palatably add to a single portion of breakfast cereal , without beginning to think that you are eating a bowl of sawdust !
25 It seems to show that the imaginary case in which you are a brain in a vat being fed the experiences of reading a book is perfectly effective in showing that you do not know that you are reading a book .
26 The idea is that you are trying a program before you buy it , and the price you pay to the library in no way covers the cost of the program .
27 Would you say that you are building a reputation in eccentric roles ? necessarily eccentric — that just sounds a gimmick .
28 Imagine that you are watching a home movie of yourself as a small child of seven or eight years old .
29 Be sure that you are making a distinction between the instructions and intent of that chapter and this one .
30 Finally , tell your family and friends that you are starting a diet .
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