Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] be be " in BNC.

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1 I do not think I am being cruel .
2 ‘ I do n't think I 'm being treated fairly and I want to know what the hell is going on . ’
3 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 .
4 ‘ I do n't think I 'm being ridiculous .
5 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 .
6 I hope you do n't think I 'm being enigmatic , by the way .
7 " Please do n't think I 'm being inquisitive .
8 But do n't think I 'm being complacent about this .
9 ‘ You know … please do n't think I 'm being funny ! — maybe Mr Hambro saw the Aurae Phiala ghost .
10 Do n't think I 'm being bitchy if I say that Stephen probably resents him as much as he admires him .
11 ‘ 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 . ’
12 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
13 ‘ I do n't think I 'm being terribly personal .
14 I did n't think I was being very original any longer and I was basically administering .
15 Sprinting is my living , and I did n't think I was being paid enough to appear in Britain .
16 Let everyone know you 're being humped . ’
17 Did n't she know she was being played like a fish ?
18 Can someone give me a list of these nicknames so I can know who is being discussed .
19 B would be more precise than A , for in A we should not know who was being spoken of ( " him " ) but in B we should find it stated ( " God " ) .
20 " I mean , they do n't know they 're being watched .
21 They had strict orders not to let the Ping Tiao know they were being observed , but it was not something they could do indefinitely .
22 ‘ We did n't even know it was being taped — we were just warming up for another track by playing the song .
23 He does n't know he 's being filmed .
24 One of the organisers , John Tipple , of the Socialist Workers Party , said : ‘ We just can not trust what is being said .
25 To ensure that he or she does know what is being missed , it is important to provide .
26 Firstly , it would be impossible to try out many of the gases and solvents ‘ blind ’ because they have a powerful smell — the patient would know what was being tested .
27 Chopra still did not know what was being excavated , or why they had stolen the most powerful thermonuclear device ever created .
28 erm like you we read the first passage and it was kind of what 's what 's all this about if you was n't in the room and you did n't know what was being you have n't got a clue what was going on because it does n't tell you , but the rest of the sections that put down they do give a sort of brief analysis
29 ‘ I do n't feel I 'm being much use , ’ said Amiss .
30 Do n't assume you 're being told the whole story this week just because you ca n't imagine how anyone could distort it .
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