Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [pron] [adv] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 've gone all , you see I have n't been eating them so they 've been in the fridge and they 've gone all soft . |
| 2 | I just need to draw attention to the fact that the erm Selby have given us a a very clear explanation of their unemployment problems and the difficulties they 're facing and erm their th th their solution being er the allocations that they 're suggesting which obviously I do n't agree with . |
| 3 | They 're sending them overseas I hear , like ENSA … |
| 4 | This story itself offers a useful control device in that you 're asking them how they manage without magic . |
| 5 | And I think , the way they 're doing it now I do n't know how she 's teaching them , I know she 's distraught . |
| 6 | I 've tried their gear out with Quo a couple of times , and when you 're setting it up it sounds good , then everybody starts and next thing they 're all turning round to see what happened to the bass , because the sound has disappeared . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
| 8 | and I thought , it came out erm , incorrect pin number , please remove your card , I thought at least I 'm getting it back you know so I whipped it out , I said to mum , I 'm gon na have to pay for this with a cheque , I said , I ca n't get the cash out , and she , she said why , and I said I , I forgotten my number , I was getting in quite a panic cos I knew I did n't have it written down anywhere at home . |
| 9 | So she said that big girl ! oh I think I 'm getting it so I said , but I know you used to talk about it , and I said here we go ! and her I did n't know the others , but Tom said one of the other things is a it 's this girl , but I said no she 's got a and then she said and I , and I thought that 's a big , I did n't know ! |
| 10 | And I wanted to be doing something so I went I went back to nursing . |
| 11 | But the way I 'm doing it now I do n't like it . |
| 12 | She says I 'm doing now she says I 'm doing it now she says I 'm doing now . |
| 13 | Yeah but I 'm telling you where you got ta |
| 14 | So sometimes I wallop it in , sometime the the other one would stick his finger through the hole , and the riveter would be dying to be hitting it back he thought it was a drift you know . |
| 15 | And 40 years ago you — or rather your semi-erect ancestors — were asking us why we did n't just change our name to New Accordion Express . |
| 16 | When he was satisfied they were doing it correctly he picked up the head of the dead buffalo and carried it to the river . |
| 17 | Did you notice when you were badgering her how she got interested in remembering Pempie and then could leave the room ? |
| 18 | Which is what you said earlier when you were working them out you said , Oh so they get one and a half each . |
| 19 | ‘ Feargal has just been telling me how you helped out this morning , and your idea of putting pictures on the menus . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't be a spoilsport , Sidney ; Ernie 's been telling us how he shook hands with the undertaker . ’ |
| 21 | Harriet , she begins to talk , feeling the wine in her head , and talking faster , you are telling me how you bought this pretty scenery for Mummy 's sake , partly . |
| 22 | I mean she used to toss , toss me off on the old and there 's , there 's and she used to sit on there used , used to sit on there she used to toss me off and I got this fucking as she 's tossing me off she did this love bite . |
| 23 | He 's telling us how he spent last night here , on the car-park , in his van . ’ |
| 24 | You know I 've had it happen the lights have changed just as I 've been crossing them so I 've gone over and three cars immediately behind me have followed me . |
| 25 | And she knew she was annoying them whenever she questioned their assumptions . |
| 26 | When he was driving her home he said , ‘ I do n't intend to lose touch with you , Kate . ’ |
| 27 | Cos I was passing it so she gave me a couple of tablets . |
| 28 | But as he was passing it across he paused halfway , holding the precious piece of paper up by three fingers . |
| 29 | I was doing something all I heard was the sound of this chair . |
| 30 | Let me try I was wondering why he was doing it then I realized on the tape she done that in n it . |