Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [pron] be [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think he would like it much if she was having lunch with another man . |
| 2 | There was time for one innings only if you were playing cricket . |
| 3 | So if you 're playing rave and you have it on volume two really really |
| 4 | A typical gas instantaneous water heater will give a temperature rise of 50°C with a flow rate of around 6.5 litres/minute — so if it is taking water from the mains at 10°C , it will raise the temperature to 60°C . |
| 5 | Dust is one of our main problems here especially if we 're loading malt ! |
| 6 | After just a minute or so , especially if we were handling metal , we would need to stop and huff on to frozen fingers , standing around with pained expressions while circulation returned . |
| 7 | especially if you 're using theta for the angle looks a bit like theta . |
| 8 | A lot of the glues and solvents that we use in the home , especially if you 're putting lino tiles down or , or carpet tiles , down contain substances that are highly flammable . |
| 9 | In Version 2.0 the accuracy was significantly improved but you need to watch the numbers very carefully , especially if you are using style sheets designed under an older version . |
| 10 | The vultures were a nuisance swooping down if you were carrying food . |
| 11 | just bang the words down like they 're screaming Fire ! |
| 12 | The ‘ presents ’ and the ‘ gifts ’ were those we exchanged daily when we were writing poetry together — presents which , unlike those of my childhood , did not break as soon as touched . |
| 13 | Only when she was undertaking solo engagements did she appear to come alive . |
| 14 | A huge local family came in as she was drinking coffee , and suddenly there were voices and laughter as they arranged the stately grandmother at the head of the table , the boisterous children banished to the other end . |
| 15 | Especially when I am watching puerto Rican mass murderers . |
| 16 | This did not seem a propitious moment for launching into an explanation of the possible repercussions of their lovemaking — and especially when she was having difficulty thinking . |
| 17 | Right okay so when you 're performing test for structural change , right , if you just erm go through the simple estimation routine as we 've done the way you think . |
| 18 | It is better to go in when they are losing money than when they are making money ; then one has more muscle ’ . |
| 19 | It was not until they were drinking coffee that Helen said , ‘ Well , now that you 've told me all about your visit to the zoo , tell me what you think about Joanna and Ian Woodall . ’ |
| 20 | erm she 's got a family Margaret , she said she wo n't go there any more she I , I do n't know whether that er Jean does so Did n't she just cotton on quickly , she said do you know that , I said why do I want anybody wandering in my house and my kitchen , I said it 's a bit like it 's clean , why should I have somebody sort of , well I mean just because I 'm doing cooking , she said you would n't stop fancy one , you never know , she said well unless you want to stop at the , please do n't , you 'll let me still have your jam wo n't you ? |
| 21 | Dai Walter Jones ( no relation ) was given a job at ‘ Laura Ashley ’ after being hospitalized for five years with a serious illness and with little prospect of finding employment elsewhere as he was approaching retirement age . |
| 22 | A late client , just as we 're having coffee . ’ |
| 23 | He came just as it was getting dark again . |
| 24 | Your colleague Pool is hiding his thoughts from me , just as I am hiding mine from him . |
| 25 | er , so I 've a , is n't it , it 's a case of no news is possibly good news again , erm , I 'm trying to get in touch with the National Co-Organiser for Carl and John without er any success erm , I know he was going to the erm , the British Section just erm , he was gon na check on them and what actions were forthcoming but er , I have n't heard about that erm , I dare say there 's some on the way erm , the erm , the other few points were erm Jackie 's talk last month she mentioned that erm she was gon na give sort of the more forms sort of side presentation and stuff at their centre in North London , I 've got ta date for that now , it 's erm the eighteenth of March , which is a Wednesday so eh , I 'll certainly be going , if anybody else is interested that 's er , that 's the date er , it 's , it 's not entirely to do with but it , it has a link in , erm we were mentioning campaigns last month , I believe there 's a fourth coming one on , indigenous peoples , which , er , it 's , it 's all sort of triggered off by erm the er five hundredth anniversary of Columbus discovering the Americas erm , the erm cast and the whole of all the sort of the Region and Action networks and the Americas are , erm gon na have a big link in with that campaign so , erm , I , I 'd really like to see us sort of getting involved with that , yes , and , I mean , I 'll be involved to an extent anyway , cos some of the actions that I 'll getting will be sort of addressing the issue of indigenous people 's but erm , erm , they if , if nobody else is wiling to take it on , I 'll , I 'll , I 'd certainly be prepared to erm , sort of co-ordinate that campaign , erm , having said all that , erm I mentioned to a few people that erm , erm in the process of buying a house , so erm I could be moving in well hopefully as little as two months time so erm , I mean if er is as quite as it has been for the last few months , I probably wo n't have any problems , but erm , sod 's law it 's bound to pick up just as I 'm moving house |
| 26 | He had worked for various firms doing all sorts of jobs , for he was nothing if not adaptable , and recently , just as he was approaching retirement , the firm he worked for in Deptford had become bankrupt . |
| 27 | Her assistant breezed in with some figures she wanted , just as she was taking hold of the Palmer & Pearson file . |
| 28 | Just as she was taking soup from the tureen and pouring it into her soup-plate the Hulsbys passed her table . |
| 29 | Two five-dollar bills had fallen out from behind the encyclopedia just when she was needing money so badly . |
| 30 | So the way you talk normally when you 're outside when you 're playing football that 's not the same as you need to talk when you 're writing is it ? |