Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If Mum finds out I 've been smoking she 'll kill me . |
| 2 | They won the League Cup two years ago and Hirst added : ‘ We 've done it once and the way we 're going we can do it again . |
| 3 | That 's right I know , but see this is , you see this is the point I 'm trying to make to you , you can quite happily do it in your own way , but the problem is you do n't know what you 're doing , right , and , and if you actually knew what you were doing and well aware of what you 're doing you would do it a hundred times better and you would do it all the time , right |
| 4 | ‘ You 're saying we should forget it ? ’ he enquired . |
| 5 | You 're saying I can do it a lot better than that . |
| 6 | We , we want there to be elements of socialism built into the capitalism we 're creating which will allow us to go straight into , to socialism in the future . |
| 7 | You 're assuming they 'll let me go . ’ |
| 8 | He says they need alot of financial support , but they 're hoping they 'll get it from supporters and will be able to save the rink . |
| 9 | The prison service does n't pretend to change every inmate 's attitude , but they 're hoping it will make them think . |
| 10 | and if you have n't got it you could be there all day on the exam , urgh urgh , and also you 're thinking I 'll put it this way up , that one over that |
| 11 | That 's why when I hear my daughter talking about getting fifteen or twenty K a year I 'm going it would pay me two or three years for God 's sake . |
| 12 | When I tell you the reason I 'm going you 'll wish you 'd let me go . |
| 13 | Well you 'll be saying you can keep her for another eighteen . |
| 14 | I 'm not saying it 'll come out right , but that 's what I 'm saying I would do it . |
| 15 | Well that 's what I 'm saying I 'll put him in the bed , but he wo n't sleep in the bed , he can sleep with me . |
| 16 | Erm but I 'm hoping they 'll put them on a , on the table when we sell them in here and there 's that 's the first thing that 'll hit them is the turned legs you see ? |
| 17 | And and erm if I I 'm hoping I 'll like it when I get in there , but something tells me I would . |
| 18 | I 'm hoping he will ring me this afternoon . |
| 19 | I 'm hoping someone will find it worth while having a proper inspection but these things pop up everywhere when the land is so dry . |
| 20 | Lesley 's family , colleagues and friends were praying she would make it through the first critical hours . |
| 21 | They 'd hear it th th they would n't erm they 'd know through the agent , when the ships were coming they used to make it their business to go and find out you see but today th they even got telephones on the houses now so they can call 'em out . |
| 22 | ‘ We were hoping you would tell us . ’ |
| 23 | Swindon Town are hoping it 'll put them on the road to Wembley . |
| 24 | She says I have just bought this pram from a jumble sale and I am thinking I may use it as a flower pot and maybe make some model babies out of flowers . |
| 25 | Today I 've been thinking he could keep me here for ever . |
| 26 | Insp Best said : ‘ I have come here with a very open mind but what I want to do is to develop the skills I have already and I am hoping it will give me more confidence . |
| 27 | Every day it was : ‘ If she 's expecting I 'll rescue her off the streets … ’ |
| 28 | It will be difficult to find the exact one as we have confiscated so many ; , but this soldier who is accompanying you will take you to a warehouse where you will find hundreds of bicycles of all descriptions . |
| 29 | and he 's saying he 'll marry her and then of course Acky he and he says you know , er A Acky you know , and I used to be a male nurse you know , and John says aye , John |
| 30 | I , I mean I went like this into dinner okay , and I suppose everyone was like what 's she doing in a skirt or whatever cos they were all like looking and then like half way when I was eating I could feel them all staring at me and laughing and Jim and that lot were laughing and I could see Charlie |