Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are accusing me of selling fakes ? ’ |
| 2 | Skerne Park residents who were delighted when the traffic-slowing plans were approved are now worried by the bus companies ' attitude and are accusing them of putting profit before public service . |
| 3 | They are taught nothing about helping people to die . |
| 4 | In our main survey , only seven per cent told us that they had had classes about household budgeting or managing money while they were at school — and rather less than half of even this small minority said that they had been taught anything about buying on credit , or borrowing money . |
| 5 | I must have known that those were the very advantages I had been denying myself in denying myself food . |
| 6 | At the same time , Peachcake , if worries about the future are what 's been keeping him from showing his feelings for you and he 's as much in love with you as you appear to be with him , there 's to be no hasty wedding . |
| 7 | While schools are attempting to get away from the system , we are formalising it by offering five different levels of funding . |
| 8 | Unless of course , you 're accusing them of rigging things ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose you 're accusing me of trying to manipulate you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You 're accusing me of killing Simon , ’ she said , as the reason for his fury finally penetrated . |
| 11 | You , you , you may come across er legislature like this but you , you would n't be sure , when you they 're justifying it by saying that this is natural , this is a progression in er a historical progression and that in fact that it 's a erm it 's only because the , the landlords were , were sort of evil and nasty to us that , that i it , that they , this is happening . |
| 12 | I bet they 're thanking them for getting two hundred and fifty nicker |
| 13 | You 're paying him for knowing how to do it . |
| 14 | We 've , the protest succeeded in focusing a spotlight on this northern test site where the Soviets hope to continue nuclear testing after their own people stopped them in Khazakstan They 're rattled and they 're angry with us , and now they 're punishing us by preventing us from having direct communication with our friends and finding out that they 're safe and well . |
| 15 | Well , be careful what you 're committing me to saying . |
| 16 | You 're heartlessly manipulating your mother into believing that we 're about to embark on a long and happy marriage , and you 're doing it by manipulating me . |
| 17 | ‘ What makes you think you 're taking me for granted ? ’ |
| 18 | They 're taking us for granted ! |
| 19 | They said , ‘ We 're arresting you for loitering with the intent of prostitution . ’ |
| 20 | James responded by supporting the role of the merchandisers , of whom he said , ‘ I do not think they are changing the LA image — I can only think they are enhancing it by ensuring the best level of stock service to the shops . ’ |
| 21 | Latterly they had been feeding him by dropping his fodder from a loft above the stall , and lowering down pails of water on a string . |
| 22 | Lindsey knew she had been fooling herself in thinking she could remain indifferent . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been doing lots of shouting recently and we 've both been unhappy . |
| 24 | Yeah or I mean which accents do you think people sound more intelligent when they 've got I mean , it 's not that 's heavily match- guised cos in match guised people are doing it without knowing what they 're doing . |
| 25 | People taking out policies of the kind just described are committing themselves to paying premiums as part of a long-term contract . |
| 26 | This is the easiest knot to learn and you 've probably been tying it without knowing its name . |
| 27 | Er Our local reporter Caroline er will be contacting me with regard to any suggestions I may have on the editorial side . |
| 28 | I thought I 'd be helping you by telling you what I did . |
| 29 | Fibre-optic broadcaster WilTel Corp will be using it for transmitting television programmes as will Vyvx Inc , which also provides videoconferencing , production and editing facilities to over 65 US cities . |
| 30 | You seem to be financing yourself by borrowing against your leases — leveraging in an expanding property market while interest rates are low . ’ |