Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] are [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Decide which questions you are going to answer and put them in order of difficulty with the easiest coming first . |
| 2 | Tell your reader what questions you are going to answer and do n't make promises you ca n't keep ( see pp. 92 – 4 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , Mr Holroyd , I think I know which photographs you are referring to . |
| 4 | Now we hope we will be able to go out and actually plan which places we are going to inspect and how often we are going to do it . |
| 5 | ‘ He says you are trespassing on the land belonging to the Maker of Clouds . |
| 6 | ‘ Boys , ’ said Linda , ‘ Father says you are borrowing the lorry tonight . ’ |
| 7 | She says we are looking for people who can pull a crowd as well as have a bit of fun . |
| 8 | He says we are pressing for compensation for more of these men . |
| 9 | And this sign says we are going to Cape Town . ’ |
| 10 | Trevor Thompson says they are aiming to attract a vast range of customers — from charities to post offices . |
| 11 | He says they are getting towards £8,000 . |
| 12 | He says they are moving Steiner from the Tower of London to a place called St Mary 's Priory . ’ |
| 13 | Bill Mumford says you need climbing skills and it 's a challenge that takes them into a new realm … he says they are praying for dry weather … but it gets very cold … drops to minus twenty at night |
| 14 | ‘ Anyone who says they are coping with the Gulf without sleepless nights is telling lies ; it 's amazing how far you can stretch yourself , but it hurts sometimes . ’ |
| 15 | It says they are fighting for freedom for their people . |
| 16 | A female Canadian relative of mine says they are suffering in the same way . |
| 17 | He says they are examining the drugs angle . |
| 18 | The bank may reject your request for a loan because it thinks you are overcommitting yourself . |
| 19 | If you stare at a Rottweiler it thinks you are challenging it and goes for you immediately , knocking you down and tearing your throat out . |
| 20 | The object is not to create damage and disorder per se , but to carry out an act which is guaranteed to enrage the victim without doing what he thinks you are doing , i.e. stealing his machine . |
| 21 | ‘ Miss Maynard thinks you are suffering from post-natal depression , ’ he answered , coming straight to the point . |
| 22 | The first paragraph of your essay tells your reader what your essay will be about : what the main focus is and what question(s) you are going to answer . |
| 23 | They have come to their agreement , they have done their job well , and they have produced and excellent education system and the blip which he is talking about is one which is forced on us at the present time by a Conservative Government , who has decided that there is going to be no further expansion in the school service which we 're providing , and indeed is imposing upon us cuts which are going to mean that we reduce those services , and to argue that from a point of view that it 's a considered piece of policy from a Government which if I has introduced , if I may say , Poll Tax , an economy which is a disaster area , exports in nothing happening there , inflation |
| 24 | If you can achieve 20 reaches you are doing well ! |
| 25 | ‘ This result shows we are giving Williams a tough battle now and we are pushing them hard . ’ |
| 26 | He reckons we are going into it on the last of the downward slope this winter , and then will run along on level ground for the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 27 | A Special Branch Officer said : ‘ It shows they are driving around nationalist areas , consulting electoral register records and basically doing their homework . ’ |
| 28 | He realises they are fighting only to ‘ gild ’ Menelaus ' horns ; and is disgusted by Cressida 's easy morals when she arrives in the Greek camp , kissing anyone that offers : |
| 29 | If he thinks we are going to return to the old trick of frightening people into the ballot box by raising red bogeys or fascist bogeys , then he is sadly mistaken , ’ he said in an interview on BBC Breakfast News . |
| 30 | Getting the circulation going ensures you are helping to efficiently pump gallons of blood around your body . |