Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [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 I 'm being silly though , Hazel . |
26 | Of course , I realise I am being unfair and that they were mostly awfully lonely boys far from home . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | Let everyone know you 're being humped . ’ |
29 | Did n't she know she was being played like a fish ? |
30 | Because there 's another storey down the bottom floor , because if you noticed there 's a huge great patio there , unfortunately , so er , so it 's eight thirty seven , say you 're being picked up nine thirty |