Example sentences of "'s [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's sucking it up . |
| 2 | He 's sucking his thumb ! ’ |
| 3 | It 's speeding I expect |
| 4 | If I go and tell that mod over there that he 's insulted his tie and then I go and tell the rocker that the mod 's been rude about him , we 'll get them burning down the pier . ’ |
| 5 | That 's how he 's singing it ? |
| 6 | And he 's singing it and he 's going like this |
| 7 | ‘ Henriss … never liked him either ; fat lipped beggar … queer , y'know ; thass wha he 's singing you know ; d' you know that ? |
| 8 | All right , the little sod 's reminding me of the truth , so I 'll tell it . ) |
| 9 | My stomach 's reminding me that all I 've put in it so far today is coffee . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ She 's reminding us who 's boss . ’ |
| 11 | He says he 's heard her condition is critical and they 're all waiting for news . |
| 12 | Anyhow , it had been going for a very short time , not very satisfactory , because none of us really were very successful with our machine , and then a … messenger came in to say that a [ radio ] taxi driver had come into No. 10 to say he 's heard everything going on in his taxi in Whitehall . |
| 13 | She 's heard nothing since . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , he 's heard you 're chasing the five grand and wants to make sure you do n't know something he does n't . ’ |
| 15 | Terry B says it 's great to be back and he 's heard there 's a race for the over fifties which he may have a go at … he 's getting itchy feet and will soon be back riding for trainers … he 's also got his old job back as a steward at Worcester races and his public still love him |
| 16 | You 're lucky in a way that he 's there , and lucky , too , that he 's got his music and that it 's bringing him a name , for it 's some sort of compensation in the meantime , helping his waiting . ’ |
| 17 | And you see she 's bringing him on very well ! |
| 18 | it 's bringing them back |
| 19 | I hope she 's bringing them back aye . |
| 20 | He 's bringing them all . |
| 21 | No , she 's bringing them |
| 22 | Not only that she 's bringing them back to my house , you know what I mean ? |
| 23 | Charlotte 's bringing them in , oh he sat there playing I notice his button I presume it must be off his cardigan |
| 24 | Do you know what he 's bringing me ? ’ |
| 25 | Touched by her husband 's bringing her coffee Frau Nordern was in a good humour , dismissing her own worries about the accident as mere alarmism stoked by Bodo , and tempering her authoritarian ways by letting Paul stay in bed for an extra fifteen minutes instead of , as usual , rousing him in the manner of a sergeant in charge of a penal battalion . |
| 26 | Yes , but you know for years , when they were growing up in their teens , I was the the tennis net between him and his daughters , where 's she going , who 's she going with , who 's bringing her home , is she wearing eye make up , why 's she wearing nylons and not ankle socks , |
| 27 | Oh by the way , if Clare comes tomorrow she 's bringing her boyfriend . |
| 28 | You know , this way erm , if it 's on the agenda as to who 's bringing what , you can kneecap people erm , if they decide not to bring it , or if they , if they do n't bring it . |
| 29 | ‘ Someone 's bringing us down gently , ’ she said . |
| 30 | I think so , I do n't think he 's bringing anybody with him . |