Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [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 | " I mean , they do n't know they 're being watched . |
| 19 | They had strict orders not to let the Ping Tiao know they were being observed , but it was not something they could do indefinitely . |
| 20 | ‘ We did n't even know it was being taped — we were just warming up for another track by playing the song . |
| 21 | He does n't know he 's being filmed . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't feel I 'm being much use , ’ said Amiss . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you feel you are being watched now ? ’ |
| 25 | Would you feel you were being disloyal to Medau ? |
| 26 | That will make householders feel they are being doubly penalised . |
| 27 | For them , the use of the term ‘ British ’ as a synonym for ‘ English ’ is an insult , a fact that English Conservatives sometimes overlook : introducing the poll tax a year early in Scotland was probably the worst blow to British unity in recent years , for it made the Scots feel they were being treated like second-class citizens . |
| 28 | Reagan 's low-key , laid-back , non-specific approach clearly went down well with legislators who , for once , could feel they were being treated as genuine co-partners in the policy-making process . |
| 29 | And someone buying it looking for that kind of book could justifiably feel they were being sold short . |
| 30 | If Coventry lad Jimmy McGee ever again thinks of stepping out of his class , the best advice anybody can give him is be sure to step down . |