Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | She said she 's looking forward to the day that we get it fixed ! |
2 | Well she wa she 's not looking forward to cake , she 's she 's looking forward to the beauty of seeing it is n't she ? |
3 | She turns and calls down the corridor for a guy named Malcolm and all the time she 's leaning hard against the door trying to break my foot . |
4 | Oh , she 's doing well in the |
5 | " The one she 's wearing is getting very tight across the — well — it 's getting tight in the wrong places . |
6 | and that 's where the back door is , in the other bedroom you 've got a ventilator you know but it 's not actually facing into the bedroom , it 's facing outwards towards the bathroom , you know and the stairs |
7 | if there 's no fucking cellar key it 's stopping outside on the promenade ! |
8 | It 's sinking right to the bottom is n't it ? |
9 | The company that bottles the water says it 's acting completely within the law and is simply responding to customer demand . |
10 | Of course erm it 's perhaps , perhaps it 's looking slightly to the er historical future it it 's er it it was bad news in one sense because erm there came to be a view taken in Europe that wars between the great powers would be short , sharp wars . |
11 | It 's bubbling away on the hob there . ’ |
12 | It 's happening principally with the small and medium size businesses because they 're the first to suffer . |
13 | Not necessarily the but certainly from below the top it 's happening all over the world , it 's , it 's er upsetting everybody , they do n't know whether they 're coming or going . |
14 | It 's happening all over the country — not just to me . |
15 | It 's lying there in the straw . ’ |
16 | ‘ Now that buyers have seen it on the Paris catwalks , it 's appearing again on the high street . |
17 | It 's dripping all over the place . |
18 | It 's accelerating opposite to the direction in which all the loose objects are moving . |
19 | It 's coming apart on the back . |
20 | They say they 'll use the information happy in the knowledge that it 's coming straight from the horse 's mouth . |
21 | I mean , some of it o you 'll get away with , but generally you re you need to recover it , it 's going all over the place and it |
22 | Do you remember that day , Bernard , she come in the shop and he he here he is with a wee Pot Noodle and , and it 's going all over the floor ! |
23 | ‘ Having him back is a huge boost and he 's looking forward to the occasion . ’ |
24 | Mr Goodenough says he 's looking forward to the new post at a time when complaints against the police have increased . |
25 | Now that he 's on short time he 's doing more round the house . |
26 | Yeah , he knew we were there , he was responding and erm , he said er , he 's responding well to the operation and then on the Tuesday he went bright yellow and of course mum noticed it |
27 | : Mmd Jeremy Irons is impressed with the town plans generally , but , with stars like George Harrison and Simon Williams to back him , he 's forging ahead with the plan to save the Regal . |
28 | The man wants revenge , pure and simple , and he 's working logically through the family , saving Stone until last . |
29 | When he 's not in the office , he 's jetting all over the world clinching deals and making money . |