Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [coord] [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes well it 's possible that er Alan may see a way to using that but he is quite ni , I mean he he 's got no doubts he wants to come to me he 's in a divorce at the moment and the moment that the final papers are signed , he 's got to get out of the house he has to stay there till the last minute and then the moment that the papers are signed , he must go . |
| 2 | I am an artist on the verge of becoming professional and I am seriously considering investing in an airbrush kit . |
| 3 | I do n't I do n't I do n't I do n't think I do n't think anybody is denying that but it 's clearly not worked . |
| 4 | The disparities between rich and poor were becoming greater and they were not successfully justified in the official media . |
| 5 | The afternoon was becoming silly and we were now beginning to wish that he had dumped the carp rods sooner . |
| 6 | no but I oh I do sometimes , but today I 'm not eating much but I 'm not fat |
| 7 | It 's looking good but it 's down to us They 've convinced dealers that they have something worth selling … even in a recession . |
| 8 | Time and again their commitment to doing a good job proved stronger than their commitment to looking good and it was out of this honesty that many of the insights ( if such they be ) in this book arose . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're looking overwhelmed and I 'm not surprised . |
| 10 | Getting better but it 's just this gritty thing in the back of my eye , I mean I |
| 11 | This is getting worse and I 'm also developing the same pains in my fingers , wrists , ankles and toes , as well as in my hips . |
| 12 | In November 1985 North shipped out of America two Boeing 707-loads of Hawk anti-aircraft missiles , ostensibly for Israel although by now the pretence was wearing thin and they were simply transferred to Israeli cargo aircraft and flown straight on to Iran . |
| 13 | I never thought I 'd be saying this but I 'm now the proud owner of my very first home . |
| 14 | He knows he is doing wrong but it is just that , in certain situations of moral dilemma he has to act in ways that involve violence . |
| 15 | I I 'm finishing early but I 'm not go going out . |
| 16 | No but I mean , the there 's but there 's a lot of people , you see when you say they 're not easily persuaded that are working class that are voting Tory and they 're not easily persuaded they cha |
| 17 | Deterioration of the second pier was increasing fast and it was unfortunately closed in 1982 . |
| 18 | It was Christmas Eve , dusk was falling fast and we were hopelessly lost in the wilderness . |
| 19 | I had the uncanny feeling that the ghost of Sigmund Freud was chiding me for thinking this and she was clearly incensed that I could suggest that her father could have had any interest in religion whatsoever . |