Example sentences of "[vb base] i be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 2 | Woo I 'm being careful . |
| 3 | I expect I 'm being silly though , Hazel . |
| 4 | Of course , I realise I am being unfair and that they were mostly awfully lonely boys far from home . |
| 5 | Therefore , I decided that I had the clue to something that had long baffled me , that whereas Levis 's strict division of the world into sensuous particulars and more intellectual abstractions — I hope I 'm being fair to him , I 'm caricaturing and shortening _ whereas this was applicable to the modern period , it probably was n't to the period I decided , I think , roughly before the eighteenth century , and with this in mind I then turned to the mysterious last plays of Shakespeare that we 've been talking about earlier and tried to see whether the sense one gets in those plays of love , for example , not as simply a logical construction for talking about the way people behave in relation to each other , but as some kind of spiritual entity existing prior to the human subjects in the play , whether that sense could be in some degree confirmed and explained by an investigation of the general use of universals in the period and earlier . |
| 6 | Therefore , I decided that I had the clue to something that had long baffled me , that whereas Leavis 's strict division of the world into sensuous particulars and more intellectual abstractions — I hope I 'm being fair to him , I 'm caricaturing and shortening — whereas this was applicable to the modern period , it probably was n't to the period , I decided I think roughly before the eighteenth century . |
| 7 | And remember I was being brought up in a non-drinking household . |
| 8 | ‘ I know I am being investigated but it is not something I would like to talk about . ’ |
| 9 | I know I am being stupid and the last thing I want to be is a possessive mother . |
| 10 | I just know I was being set up . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I know I 'm being stupid ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I know I 'm being a coward about this … should tell Sandy myself … ’ |
| 13 | I know I 'm being pessimistic but all I think about is that depressing drive home ! |
| 14 | ‘ I know I 'm being over-sentimental , but there it is . |
| 15 | But everyone is in a way , I mean I know I 'm being |
| 16 | He is also an inch or two taller than I am , Not even the most stupid policeman in the land could possibly mistake him for me in an identity parade , but I suppose I am being too optimistic in assuming that literary critics are likely to be more intelligent or perceptive than an ignorant cop . |
| 17 | ‘ I — I suppose I was being unreasonable , ’ she said , feeling slightly relieved . |
| 18 | I feel I am being ‘ fobbed off ’ with bland reassurances and I want to pin them down as much as possible . |
| 19 | ‘ I feel I 'm being so bloody patient , ’ exploded Derek , grabbing the space as she took breath . |
| 20 | no , cos I feel I 'm being |
| 21 | I said because I feel I 'm being . |
| 22 | ‘ I think I am being very reasonable , and let me make one thing quite clear . |
| 23 | ‘ I think I was being a bit too optimistic . ’ |
| 24 | I think I was being over-critical . |
| 25 | ‘ You think I 'm being selfish . |
| 26 | ‘ You think I 'm being carried away by enthusiasm . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I think I 'm being direct . |
| 28 | You might just catch these blemishes in the photo and think I 'm being overly generous about a dodgy finish . |
| 29 | There 's humour and tensions , the blossoming masculine friendship and those wonderful , surprising moments at which Forsyth excels ( and which , in case you think I 'm being coy , seldom translate from screen ) . |
| 30 | think I 'm being |