Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the stressed housewife may take rights 3 and 7 and decide that : ‘ I have the right to suggest to my elderly mother-in-law that she enquire about the possibility of a home-help , as the demands she is making on me are wearing me out ’ . |
| 2 | sort of , but neither of them are taking it on are they next year ? |
| 3 | Oh my dear some of them are comparing you with Racquel Welsh or whatever , you know you get the impression they 're looking down their nose , as much to say oh how dreadful for me to have to be seen with this old person ! |
| 4 | I mean , I know , for instance , the institute charges for them are crippling them , you know , and to put on a production is incredibly expensive . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , but now some of them are regretting it , ’ Mrs Knelle put in , scattering fruit from her grapevine . |
| 6 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |
| 7 | out my nails look , I been scrubbing it everyday . |
| 8 | Henry and I are doing it , as the resident textile rescue-squad . |
| 9 | In the novel I can believe he is saying such things , perhaps because I am hearing his voice in my head , in the privacy of my own mind ( I am thinking him ) and I am extremely relieved to hear him say them because his words bring to an end a certain kind of conflict between himself and Connie . |
| 10 | She says I have just bought this pram from a jumble sale and I am thinking I may use it as a flower pot and maybe make some model babies out of flowers . |
| 11 | ‘ I am thinking you are not understanding the management of these people . ’ |
| 12 | I am hoping we can now arrange a telephone link-up with the Theobalds to discover whether they will , after all , be coming to the party tonight . |
| 13 | ‘ I am hoping you 'll agree to an interview for Der Spiegel . |
| 14 | ‘ I am hoping he will run on Saturday . |
| 15 | It 's a slur on the town 's industry which I am hoping he will now withdraw . ’ |
| 16 | So it is a major curriculum initiative itself and I am hoping it is going to have a knock-on effect and get people to consider the way they teach fairly radically . |
| 17 | Insp Best said : ‘ I have come here with a very open mind but what I want to do is to develop the skills I have already and I am hoping it will give me more confidence . |
| 18 | Mimesis has been one of the great seminal works for the study of literary style , and on that ground I am discussing it here ; for a number of reasons , however , it now seems to stand on the margins of modern approaches to literature . |
| 19 | So , rather than binning them directly , I am passing them to you ( and your Convocation Office colleagues ) . |
| 20 | I am fondling her like a memory , in the way you stroke a cat : knowing it 's there , glad it 's purring , but letting thoughts wander like your fingers tickling the fur . |
| 21 | And , Father , he asked — the lord sheriff asked — that I should beg you to have Brother Cadfael informed also , and when the morning comes , if you permit , I am to lead him to the place , to meet the sheriff there . |
| 22 | ’ 'T IS glad I am to 'ear it , me lord , ’ came the mocking response . |
| 23 | ‘ I am holding you directly responsible for the decline in his health . |
| 24 | I am bringing you to la Principessa . ’ |
| 25 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 26 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 27 | She said : ‘ I am enjoying it although it is difficult for me with the customers as I do n't know the shop . ’ |
| 28 | P.S. They cook good western food here , and I am enjoying it now and then as a change from Chinese . |
| 29 | I am enjoying it . |
| 30 | Back in Fr Butler 's home parish of St Lachtain in Freshford , Kilkenny , Fr Seamus Henry said : ‘ I have n't been in touch with John for some months but I am supporting him in a pastoral way . |