Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden . |
| 2 | Erm I do n't represent Mr and Mrs as you know , although they 've been in to give us a witness statement . |
| 3 | ‘ You are not telling me the truth . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You are not giving us a chance . |
| 5 | We are not told who the petitioner is . |
| 6 | I know those pictures there are just showing you the result of something but you know when we discuss erm er a p er a situation it 's not a theoretical situation , it 's something which happened , something that does happen . |
| 7 | " So you 're along to pay her a visit , is that it ? " |
| 8 | In other words er pictures of er springs emerging from er Pennine moorland er backdrops etcetera etcetera they 're just to give you the backdrop . |
| 9 | I said , ‘ Oh for Chris'sakes , shut up I know you 're trying to be nice to me and help me , but please do n't because you 're just giving me a headache . ’ |
| 10 | I you see you 're not exceeding what the government is establishing as your target level , you 're falling short of that , and that means that some people will not get services that they would get if you had gone up to the level . |
| 11 | ‘ You know you 're not telling me the truth , Barbara , ’ said Cardiff , shining the torch in her direction now that Jimmy Devlin 's torches arrangement was lighting up the basement like the stage of some avant-garde theatre . |
| 12 | ‘ Lucenzo … you 're not leading me a dance , are you ? ’ she asked , lifting her unhappy face to his . |
| 13 | ‘ Because you 're not giving yourself a chance to test your own feelings — or to learn whether or not she has changed . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're not giving yourself a chance to test your own feelings ’ , she had advised . |
| 15 | Now they 're not giving us the time to make . |
| 16 | And they 've just said , and and they 've said no they 're not giving you a reason or |
| 17 | so they 're like sending me a list , well they sent me back a half list |
| 18 | A woman who had been up getting herself a glass of water heard the commotion and ran out into the street . |
| 19 | I 'm not buying her a present , I mean I 'll chip in with a present for you for her and Mark if it comes , but we 'll have to go to , but erm , you know , she , . |
| 20 | I 'm not eating them every day though . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not giving you a divorce so you need n't think I am . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm not giving you a lift downstairs , come off it |
| 23 | I tell you , I 'm not giving you a penny more for clothes , I 'm not paying for any driving lessons when you 're seventeen , I 'm not shelling out for another disco , I 'm not giving you another lift to a party that everyone else in your year 's going to and you 'd be a freak if you missed it . |
| 24 | I 'm not giving you no money . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not doing you a favour , ’ Claudia snapped . |
| 26 | I 'm just giving you a chance to tell us , that 's all . |
| 27 | I 'm just giving you a spread sheet and this blank page and |
| 28 | Obviously , I 'm just giving you the down-side , if you 're going to be there in your office , and you know you 're going to be there , you 're not going to dash off , or if you are , you can hear your phone ringing , erm it 's very , very handy , and in fact it 's smoother , because the person phoning in gets to speak to the person they want to speak to , not half a day , half a week later , alright ? |
| 29 | Er , words and phrases , erm , not an asset , I 'm just wondering what the title below that , that one , er , inflexible , flexible , |
| 30 | So , off you go , and I 'll be through to read you a story in a few minutes . ’ |