Example sentences of "[vb base] he [be] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I know the name " — is partially explained by the fact that the stage directions suggest he is still looking at Chetwyn , but we infer Anderson 's absent-mindedness from his response because any confusion over the referent of the question is unlikely , assuming that Anderson , as a participant in the Colloquium ( albeit an unenthusiastic one ) , knows that the venue is Prague . |
2 | I suspect he was still smarting about last year 's Which ? report which put the AA slowest at reaching stranded motorists . |
3 | I suppose you know he 's now touring through France ? |
4 | But I believe he is still seething about being dragged into the debate and left to look the villain of the piece . |
5 | No , but er I mean he 's even marrying into trouble . |
6 | Well me dad 's eighty two , I mean he 's hardly gon na go out to work is he ? |
7 | I mean he 's fairly lacking in confidence and whatever ? |
8 | I mean he 's never gon na be a when he 's obviously another Bright . |
9 | We all imagined he had some secret new money-spinning idea and soon we 'd all be amazed at what he 'd done to the place , and coming here to marvel at the crowds he 'd managed to attract … but I do n't think he was ever looking for a site for some viable business venture ; I think he was just looking for somewhere suited to his burned-out , fed-up , pissed-off mood . |
10 | actually caught with , I think he was just starting on that when Mike come down , er but , he got it out this magazine rack because it was at the back of there I put it , cos it 's this year 's the others I 've got upstairs in a drawer |
11 | I do , I er , well I presume he 's still working in fact , with this er with the bank . |