Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I realized how absurd I was being . |
| 2 | " I 'm afraid I 'm being a bit of a nuisance , " Richard tried to say . |
| 3 | It was mostly material like this which was being dumped in the mid-Atlantic . |
| 4 | ‘ Just to prove to you how , how superstitious you 're being . ’ |
| 5 | Agitation may have been couched in a vocabulary which spoke of national morality , but it was clear who were being singled out as the recipients of purity action . |
| 6 | Over these erm past couple of weeks we 've been looking at er some of the questions in the New Testament , we thought a couple of weeks back of the question that Jesus asked his disciples , do you think I 'm able to do this and then last week we looked at a question that the disciples put to Jesus , that time when they came down from the mountain and they found the re , three of them came down with Jesus from the mountain of transfiguration and they found the other disciples with a man who and a , whose son was demon possessed and er they had been unable to help him and the man or brings his son to Jesus and Jesus delivers him and afterwards the disciples who had been so helpless put the question to Jesus , why could we not cast out this demon and this morning I 'd like us to look at another question , we 've got another one today and one God willing next week , er and the question is , is found in Luke chapter thirteen , let me just read a few verses , because of course it 's , it 's not just the questions , it 's the answers that are important as well in Luke chapter thirteen , gon na read from verse twenty two it says in Jesus was passing through from one city and village to another , teaching and proceeding on his way to Jerusalem now that gives us a clue in that , because Jesus only ever went to Jerusalem apart from when he was a boy , he only ever went to Jerusalem once and that , after since that time , and that was when he was crucified , so Jesus was now on his way to Jerusalem , it was the latter days , the latter weeks of the life of Jesus , he was making his way now to Jerusalem and someone said to him Lord are there just a few who are being saved and Jesus said to hi , to them , strive to enter by the narrow door for many I tell you will seek to enter and will not be able , once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open to us , then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you are from , then you will begin to say we ate and drank in your presence and you taught in our streets , and he will say I tell you I do not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers , there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there , when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the profits in the kingdom of God , but yourselves being cast out and they will come from East and West and from North and South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , and behold some ar some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last , so it 's just that question then , let's remind ourselves that is put to Jesus Lord are there just a few who are being saved |
| 7 | Over these erm past couple of weeks we 've been looking at er some of the questions in the New Testament , we thought a couple of weeks back of the question that Jesus asked his disciples , do you think I 'm able to do this and then last week we looked at a question that the disciples put to Jesus , that time when they came down from the mountain and they found the re , three of them came down with Jesus from the mountain of transfiguration and they found the other disciples with a man who and a , whose son was demon possessed and er they had been unable to help him and the man or brings his son to Jesus and Jesus delivers him and afterwards the disciples who had been so helpless put the question to Jesus , why could we not cast out this demon and this morning I 'd like us to look at another question , we 've got another one today and one God willing next week , er and the question is , is found in Luke chapter thirteen , let me just read a few verses , because of course it 's , it 's not just the questions , it 's the answers that are important as well in Luke chapter thirteen , gon na read from verse twenty two it says in Jesus was passing through from one city and village to another , teaching and proceeding on his way to Jerusalem now that gives us a clue in that , because Jesus only ever went to Jerusalem apart from when he was a boy , he only ever went to Jerusalem once and that , after since that time , and that was when he was crucified , so Jesus was now on his way to Jerusalem , it was the latter days , the latter weeks of the life of Jesus , he was making his way now to Jerusalem and someone said to him Lord are there just a few who are being saved and Jesus said to hi , to them , strive to enter by the narrow door for many I tell you will seek to enter and will not be able , once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open to us , then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you are from , then you will begin to say we ate and drank in your presence and you taught in our streets , and he will say I tell you I do not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers , there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there , when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the profits in the kingdom of God , but yourselves being cast out and they will come from East and West and from North and South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , and behold some ar some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last , so it 's just that question then , let's remind ourselves that is put to Jesus Lord are there just a few who are being saved |
| 8 | He was far too sharp to miss how evasive she was being , and she knew that once the police had left there would be more questions to answer ; however , that was the least of her concerns . |
| 9 | It assumes that it is actually the unemployed who are being imprisoned , and , furthermore , is clearly untenable when faced with data which show the numbers unemployed in England and Wales many times greater than the numbers imprisoned . |
| 10 | I do n't know what this one this one 's being called . |
| 11 | There is at the present time a park and ride facility on the south western side of York er on the er Tadcaster Road and er another one is being proposed on the eastern side at Grimston Bar adjacent to the A sixty f Excuse me , A sixty four trunk road . |
| 12 | For all this they are being paid a fee . |
| 13 | In the 1830s they were being criticized for despoiling ‘ the crystalline beauties ’ of the local caves , or in other words bearing off as trophies the stalactites and stalagmites . |
| 14 | Like this it was is it ? |
| 15 | The 1992 world champion had been in a subdued mood all weekend and it was clear he was being worn down by the continuing rumours over his future . |
| 16 | This appeal went unheard , and by early March 1392 he was being sought in Wales . |
| 17 | By the early 1830s it was being run by the partnership of Leonard , Woolbright and Co , but by 1840 it was controlled by Nathaniel Samuel Marling , followed by Samuel Stephens Marling . |
| 18 | Although totally obsolete in today 's laboratories , a description of this simple device is useful in making clear what is being recorded , and illustrating some of the problems which still confront modern sleep researchers . |
| 19 | The easier these objects can be seen and felt , the easier it is to get the meaning across : ( a ) Names of things like pencils , tables and books may be taught by a pointing naming technique , the success of which depends on making clear what is being pointed out . |
| 20 | His basic proposition was ‘ That which is is , and it is impossible for it not to be . ’ |
| 21 | All the individuals referred to have contributed to the creation of goodness to a degree above that which is being created by millions of people in their ordinary day-to-day dealings . |
| 22 | In most social research the researcher aims to be detached and not to affect or interfere with that which is being studied . |
| 23 | But erm er I I I I really feel very strongly about this that we all know that democracy does n't just consist of electing a a national parliament once in five years , we all know the strength of democracy comprises that where the complex of local institutions of local bodies made up of people serving in different ways , not necessarily elected , that is what comprises democracy and it is that which is being undermined again by this measure in this in this Bill and I do say to Your Lordships that for the reasons given by both my Noble Friends er Lord and by , by the Noble Lord , Lord Lord er that there has been no demand for this |
| 24 | He could n't help noticing how much she was being affected ; it was a sign , he supposed , of how she 'd come to consider the valley her home and its people her own . |
| 25 | ALWAYS ESTABLISH HOW MUCH YOU ARE BEING PAID AND/OR HOW YOU WILL GET THE MONEY |
| 26 | But , Mrs Palko told the magazine , Diana is convinced she is being visited by her father 's spirit , because of private family details mentioned . |
| 27 | In the one-way mirror treatment , when males were unaware they were being watched , they were more aggressive towards infants than in the clear screen treatment and as a result they received a drubbing from the female . |
| 28 | And when they were later approached by the police they claimed that they were unaware they were being arrested . |
| 29 | For the first few years , I was convinced they were being polite in front of me . |
| 30 | Delighted he 's being given the O.K. , unsure what we 're meant to be doing now , and HUNGRY ! |