Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 What I am advocating is balanced view of your own work and a more sensible approach to its shortcomings .
2 The related themes I am pursuing are difficult to keep apart , and really require a contrapuntal or fugal exposition .
3 According to that document , non-fundholding practices such as the one to which I am referring were entitled to reimbursement of computer costs from April 1990 .
4 It is easy to pretend that the values and standard of behaviour about which I am speaking are genteel or middle class .
5 I should be feeling disloyal to Fergus , I should certainly be wondering if what I am doing is right , and if I am going to be hurt .
6 If we look at the rates proposals — I shall give way to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside — He does not want to intervene because what I am saying is right .
7 That what I am saying is true .
8 I have my eye at the moment on the little-visited town of Amman , capital of Transjordan , which I am told is charming .
9 ‘ He told me that half the bacteria I 'm developing are lethal , ’ says Jack .
10 the amount of money I 'm getting is inadequate , I 'm not getting it made up in Income Support , please help .
11 What I 'm saying is important . ’
12 You care about her , Seb , and I believe that in your heart you know what I 'm saying is true . ’
13 If someone a obviously it 's it 's what I 'm asking is hypothetical anyway because I mean the flats are coming down so no one new can move in , but say you actually if if it was possible for other people to move into these flats and you knew someone and they said erm , You know I 'm thinking of moving into Green flats , what would you say ?
14 I 'm doing is smoking and eating .
15 Cos when he had that first kid , you know , when he moved here and I were asking be nice if you 'd had a a girl .
16 This was all the more so , since part of the problem with which I was faced was due , as I recognized , to lack of forethought on my side , though it had been complicated by a stroke of ill-luck .
17 ‘ And I suppose you 're going to tell me that the manner in which I was dismissed was standard procedure ? ’
18 I was told this was a retrograde step : what I was advocating was narrow nationalism in an age of increasing internationalism .
19 The food in the Gasthof Widman where I was staying was remarkable .
20 It turned out to be sensual depression , which I was told was different altogether .
21 He said the traditional exercises I was doing were unimportant in comparison with the meditative disciplines I was experiencing whilst making music .
22 Can you remember for example , given the the levels of relief you are advocating are acceptable on the blue route , how such roads such a link as an alternative to the western link would perform .
23 All the inverts that you are considering are suitable over the long term , but do steer clear of hard corals .
24 So if you are owed money by a company involved in a members ' voluntary liquidation the chances that you will get all you are owed are good .
25 They tell you that what you are experiencing is real , ’ he says .
26 What you are saying is ridiculous .
27 As with repayment loans , the interest you are paying is eligible for tax relief ( see under MIRAS on page 25 ) .
28 After all , if what I think you are supposing is true , it would hardly be in my interest for such information to emerge .
29 It is possible that the question you are asking is different from the sorts of discussion you have encountered in what you have read on the subject .
30 Ask your dealer if the species you are purchasing is captive bred or wild caught .
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