Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] is [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My sister is getting the compact disc for five hundred and ninety nine pound and I 'm only |
| 2 | My carriage is waiting the other side of the field ! |
| 3 | Today , my job is operating the big industrial vacuum cleaner , to clear an the crap between the rafters and joists while Pa deals with the cutting and cutting . |
| 4 | Consulate staff in Riyadh confirm Mr Devine wants to get home as soon as possible so he wo n't appeal , although back in Britain , his MP is pressing the Foreign Office to intervene . |
| 5 | His family is suing the Kenyan government over his death from a fractured skull after the vehicle veered on to the wrong side of the road on 3 August , hitting the couple from behind . |
| 6 | What Mead is calling the generalized other and its effects , can be read as nothing more than the process of socialization in which any one culture or social groupings ' values and norms are internalized . |
| 7 | Your body is following the typical pattern for weight loss — and it 's probably the most discouraging thing about dieting . |
| 8 | ‘ No ! ’ he said , ‘ you 'll never get a job as long as your father is taking the Daily Herald ! ’ |
| 9 | Our generation is seeing the global drawbacks of industrialisation , the responses to which to which are fourfold : local , national , regional and global . |