Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I am suggesting is a more subtle movement between the two . |
| 2 | What I am expressing is a tentative belief that it is raining , not the belief ( or awareness of the fact ) that I believe that it is raining . |
| 3 | All I am asking is a little donation now and again . |
| 4 | What I am saying is a joke , you know , it 's not in very good taste is it ? |
| 5 | ‘ What I 'm building is a reputation . |
| 6 | all I 'm getting is a load of racket from you lot |
| 7 | Henley I 'm told are a team transformed this season , is that down to Clive Woodward ? |
| 8 | This little shoemaker I 'm carving is a leprechaun [ he pronounced it ‘ leprehorn ’ ] and the priest will say there 's no such thing . |
| 9 | What I was experiencing was an islander 's version of the tea-ceremony and its ritual . |
| 10 | The year I was born was an eventful one — Hitler came to power , the Loch Ness Monster was first sighted , and the film King Kong was made . |
| 11 | When I looked in the mirror and told myself , first , ‘ that ca n't be me ’ , and later , ‘ that wo n't be me ’ , what I was seeing was a woman . |
| 12 | The gentleman to whom I was presented was an upright , elderly man with piercing eyes and a chin that looked as if he would stand no nonsense . |
| 13 | Erm a and the , the person I was playing is a friend of mine , he does do a lot of flying |
| 14 | And what I was playing was an official competition . |
| 15 | ‘ I was to have been an architect . ’ |
| 16 | I Tried to get some cleaning help but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 17 | ‘ At that time I tried to get some cleaning help , but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 18 | New radiators come in metric sizes , and if the one you are replacing is an old imperial size , go for one fractionally smaller than the original if possible . |
| 19 | That dress you are wearing is an offence to my eyes . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What you are proposing is an extremely unwise endeavour , ’ said the Thing . |
| 21 | ‘ What you 're inventing is a whole false little scenario of supposedly future wedded bliss , just so you can win custody of Kirsty . |
| 22 | What you 're getting is a representation of how the band feels at that time . |
| 23 | You 've picked up a book — you might even have bought it — that you thought was about cancer , but all you 're getting is an incoherent autobiography about an unknown . |
| 24 | So effectively what you 're saying is a sizable proportion of your proposals are South of the Tees . |
| 25 | ‘ The furniture and fabrics should go together , because what you 're selling is a complete look . ’ |
| 26 | In the case of nightclubs , what you 're selling is an environment . |
| 27 | The first exercise you 're doing is a bail application . |
| 28 | And the man she 's marrying is an art gallery . |
| 29 | She will recognize your being , and it may seem as if the light she is shining is a cold one at times . |
| 30 | In many of the analogous medieval fabliaux of a miller and two clerks , the one clerk 's designs upon the daughter are motivated by simple lust , because she is beautiful , and involve her deception too , as she is given , in the dark , what she is told is a gold ring but which is simply an iron ring off an andiron in the fireplace . |