Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] [pers pn] is [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 Except when it is actually feeding ( it eats bacteria ) , the paramoecium is in constant motion , frequently bumping into obstacles in its path and , when it does so , reversing by switching the beat of the cilia on one side .
2 ‘ We saw her yesterday afternoon and though she is still getting treatment she is better . ’
3 I have not seen Brian Way for a few years now , since he went to work in America , but if he is continually developing his philosophy and practice at the rate Dorothy Heathcote is refining hers , then there is the added danger that anything written about them is out of date as it leaves the press .
4 But while it is easy working out how many bedrooms and bathrooms you want , arranging them into an attractive plan that suits your site is another matter entirely .
5 Er B B C radio York you are not in the South of France but as it is persistently snowing around the county at the moment I thought you know a little French flavour .
6 The young woman feels curiously as though she is only playing at house once more when she goes into the first flat or home that she can truly call her own .
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