Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Anyway , TWA is not an attractive partner because big debts are forcing it to sell assets too . |
2 | The hon. Gentleman 's mathematical skills are letting him down today — perhaps I should not go too deeply into that in case we get into a tangle . |
3 | That and the Building Society 's own policies are making them increasingly frequent targets . |
4 | Similarly , some of the bigger employers are finding it impossible to attract young workers on to their YTS schemes . |
5 | In an attempt to maintain their share of the young labour market , employers are finding it necessary to offer their own training courses , on the rates of pay currently going to young people in the labour market , rather than the YTS trainee pay level . |
6 | Tore-Andre is in fact the most hunted player in Norway just now — this fall he has played himself into our succesful U-21 team and at the moment eight out of twelve norw. ‘ premiership ’ clubs are offering him a contract … |
7 | Moscow authorities are making it quite clear they 'll decide who does what in the city and not the Kremlin . |
8 | ‘ But obviously there 's something radically wrong with his knee and the signs are telling me that it is a cartilage problem . |
9 | By October 1921 , Her Majesty 's diary records that she ‘ went to see the Dolls ' House which Sir Edwin Lutyens and the British artists are giving me and are decorating for me … |
10 | But consumer experts are warning they could be extremely dangerous . |
11 | Evidence of two-tier trading already exists in Scotland , where companies with supermarket contracts are finding it impossible to cover overheads because the multiples themselves are locked in price competition . |
12 | I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage , |
13 | Two old Rolling Thunderites are getting it together to house mini ramps of varying sizes inside a place off Old Street . |
14 | they 're not ripening of course , but they 're strawberries , birds are enjoying them , look , look at the size of them , ridiculous is n't it ? . |
15 | STEVE BACKLEY yesterday wrote off his chances of being fit to compete in this month 's European Cup and admitted that his continuing injury woes are causing him major concern . |
16 | ‘ The Bosnian Serbs are using humanitarian aid as a military weapon and the Bosnian government and Croatian groups are using it as a political weapon . ’ |
17 | Well , this , I told you about this French boy that phoned , that contacted me , he 's erm , my name is , I 'm nineteen , I 'm a student at Harlow College , I 'm studying English foreign language and Law A Level , if there 's an Amnesty International I would like to set up a group in the college I hope you 're involved in local groups are writing you to receive about me , and information about the local group . |
18 | I tell Fairfax a great deal more than I had intended , but I believe our confidences are drawing us together . |
19 | the fans are catching it . |
20 | Leeds have bought so many players in the past few months that it is tempting to call the club New Leeds — although the fans are calling them Dad 's Army because they have bought so many stars over 30 . |
21 | A group of sports fans are claiming they were overcharged and let down by a tour operator who sold them tickets to the Olympic Games . |
22 | All these methods are calming us down and decreasing adrenalin release , and so accentuate the likelihood of falling asleep that is being promoted by our body clock . |
23 | While I ca n't condone this sort of cheating Mr Unce , I have found two very good methods are tucking them down your sock or writing them on your shirt cuff . |
24 | Instead , manufacturers are encouraging us to buy faster machines with more storage capacity and better displays . |
25 | The car 's manufacturers are taking it on the chin . |
26 | The car 's manufacturers are taking it on the chin . |
27 | Gradually , though , a baby 's brain learns to cope with the information the eyes are feeding it and by six months , most babies have more or less normal sight . |
28 | ‘ Your eyes are inviting me . ’ |
29 | ‘ I know what my eyes are telling me . |
30 | Mm so am I , my eyes are killing me . |