Example sentences of "[pron] is [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The promoters tell us that it 's not like a book in which someone is telling you something . |
| 2 | When you suspect that someone is flattering you in order to manipulate , or responding in an artificial manner , ask for specific detail . |
| 3 | ‘ I wo n't even go back to my flat just in case someone is watching it . |
| 4 | Erm but the idea that someone is putting it all down , all those private conversations , all those tensions , and it 's all being recorded , not to present the historic truth , but to present the truth as the person wants history to read it . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you telling me that someone is paying you to come here and write about voodoo ? |
| 6 | If someone is shielding her then she 'll probably have a bed for the night . ’ |
| 7 | Sounds like someone is giving you grief ? |
| 8 | ‘ If he has not , ’ Alexei observed , ‘ then I have no doubt that someone is showing them to him even now . ’ |
| 9 | I mean , I think if someone is showing you the rainforest and he does n't stop every ten yards to show you something , then that 's not a good guide . |
| 10 | If you think someone is following you on foot , check your suspicions by crossing the street , more than once if necessary . |
| 11 | If you think someone is following you , turn into the first public place or lighted house you come to . |
| 12 | ‘ I suppose someone is undercutting us , ’ he says . |
| 13 | They then distort the long-wave pattern which is controlling them , causing the next short-wave disturbances to move differently . |
| 14 | The announcement managed to elevate the NT import to the level of a strategic operating system for DEC , which is embracing it as a ‘ corporate solution ’ , language rarely heard from DEC 's mouth unless it 's talking about VAX/VMS . |
| 15 | We have spent so long fighting against a political tide which is pushing us ever backwards that it is a victory just to stand still . |
| 16 | People can use the Counselling Service to discuss any kind of personal , academic or emotional problem or issue which is concerning them . |
| 17 | While it is undeniable that that system has had a dramatic effect of the development of the market it is incorrect to assume that it is the only one which is influencing it . |
| 18 | Indeed , I believe that inklings of this understanding , ‘ Intimations of the Infinite ’ , are experienced by many of us at least once in a lifetime and are available to all if we can simply open our hearts to the inward life which is calling us , but is obscured by the continuous dazzle and activity of our own superficial minds and senses . |
| 19 | Robertson , who has spent time labouring and more recently teaching in Europe to finance his playing career , is now attached to Castle Eden and Peterlee golf club which is allowing him to concentrate on playing local professional events . |
| 20 | Tim Severin , a renowned adventurer and author , set off on May 13th on a ‘ China voyage ’ which is taking him from Hong Kong to California on a bamboo raft , and will produce a book of that name , published by Little , Brown , in October 1994 . |
| 21 | So , it 's the enactment or re=enactment of something and the making of the image which is taking them further and further into whatever they need to work on . |
| 22 | These inner ‘ whispers ’ are always creative , since they come from our inner self which is encouraging us to develop our full potential , to expand our awareness , to live more magically . |
| 23 | you are not dealt with sympathetically ( especially if it is a matter which is causing you emotional distress ) ; |
| 24 | You do not know that you are not a brain , suspended in a vat full of liquid in a laboratory , and wired to a computer which is feeding you your current experiences under the control of some ingenious technician/scientist ( benevolent or malevolent according to taste ) . |
| 25 | We long for nights when their aircraft can not attack us , and at the moment we are rejoicing in a fog which is sheltering us , I wish the politicians would see sense and stop the war . |
| 26 | Yes I I have er our management in inns erm believe that it is one of the major factors which is helping them to reduce their management turnover . |
| 27 | His responsibility is to ensure that a particular package has achieved the quality standards set by the project which is using it . |
| 28 | His responsibility is to ensure that a particular package has achieved the quality standards set by the project which is using it . |
| 29 | Sources close to the regional council said yesterday that a study — which could cost about of £25,000 — could restore the business community 's confidence in the pit and in the consortium which is operating it . |
| 30 | Sources close to the regional council said yesterday that one purpose of such a study — which could cost about of £25,000 — would be to restore the business community 's confidence in the pit and in the consortium which is operating it . |