Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intense interest displayed on the Opposition Benches tonight about these matters hardly suggests that their desire to debate them is being frustrated . |
| 2 | He looked at me hard , realized I was being honest , and did as I asked . |
| 3 | I do not think I am being cruel . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm being treated fairly and I want to know what the hell is going on . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't think I 'm being pessimistic , just realistic about the fact that 's really hard to keep things together , with friends or lovers . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm being ridiculous . |
| 7 | And er I do n't think I 'm being too sort of general here if I sort of quote the place of the local preacher or the the person who 's leading our worship . |
| 8 | I hope you do n't think I 'm being enigmatic , by the way . |
| 9 | " Please do n't think I 'm being inquisitive . |
| 10 | But do n't think I 'm being complacent about this . |
| 11 | ‘ You know … please do n't think I 'm being funny ! — maybe Mr Hambro saw the Aurae Phiala ghost . |
| 12 | Do n't think I 'm being bitchy if I say that Stephen probably resents him as much as he admires him . |
| 13 | ‘ You might think I 'm being silly , but I feel he 'll blame Brett for everything that 's gone wrong for him , and come back looking for revenge . ’ |
| 14 | and with hindsight , although , do n't think I 'm being over critical , although you put forward eighty or so estimates for different schemes , with hindsight it 's clearly more prudent and fairer and accurate , more accurate to have a contingency fund is n't it ? , in the , in the budgetary cost |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm being terribly personal . |
| 16 | I did n't think I was being very original any longer and I was basically administering . |
| 17 | Sprinting is my living , and I did n't think I was being paid enough to appear in Britain . |
| 18 | And I 'm sending all this lot off that did n't get sent off , and contacting I 'm being contacted about the place . |
| 19 | I realised I was being deceived , ’ he told the General Medical Council 's professional conduct committee . |
| 20 | ‘ I fully realised I was being firmly pushed out of your life when you went back to England . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I need a solicitor — well Legal Aid — I mean I 'm being done for — you know — interfering with my daughter — incest they call it do n't they ? ’ |
| 22 | Woo I 'm being careful . |
| 23 | It has to be in a jug in case Mother Clare comes in and thinks I 'm being treated like someone normal . |
| 24 | He told me he had heard I was being watched , and that someone was looking for Magwitch . |
| 25 | ‘ I expect everyone 's being asked if they 're going to do any overthrowing , ’ said Gurder wisely . |
| 26 | I expect I 'm being silly though , Hazel . |
| 27 | Of course , I realise I am being unfair and that they were mostly awfully lonely boys far from home . |
| 28 | I found I was being sent to some ghastly hole , miles from civilisation , on top of the Lincolnshire wolds , and as I trekked sullenly north , little did I know how the course of my life was about to be permanently changed . |
| 29 | At first it will be helpful to know which is being described , but later , having worked through the chosen list , you could try to pick out which is being described when one category is chosen ( you do not know which ) in random order . |
| 30 | The requirements for safe glazing is being provided for the first time , but do not apply to glazing which is being replaced . |