Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [v-ing] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result is often a hesitation in buying new technologies until they are proven , and a pace of negotiation which is both fatiguing and maddening to Westerners caught up in it . |
| 2 | BUT it 's not like The U2 or The U2s , which is already happening and ruins it . ’ |
| 3 | One of the most far reaching developments of recent years , which is still influencing and affecting schools today , came from Education in Schools , a consultative document . |
| 4 | She stands for the civilization of the South , of the Midi , the home of the troubadours , against the sterner , rougher , cruder world of the North , represented , in this image , by her husband , the King of the North Wind , whose authority she is subtly undermining and against whom she will soon break out in open rebellion . |
| 5 | She in turn may hope that in time she will get the caring response she is really seeking and will pursue the pattern . |
| 6 | She is back in the house that she is always remembering and talking endlessly about , she has her precious Miss Cress . |
| 7 | The ideal person , if he can be found , is the young barrister in good practice who is rapidly rising and who may take you up with him . |
| 8 | A colliery manager who is actually planning and investing was asked how many pits would be producing at 130p per gigajoule . |
| 9 | As one graduate who is now living and working in the States , where the universities do award impressive diplomas for display , I would enjoy having a diploma from the University of Nottingham hanging on my wall . |
| 10 | He compares various glosses on ‘ preparation for adult life ’ and implies that this phrase itself is unduly restricting and illiberal . |
| 11 | There is also bowling and a ‘ hot rock ’ indoor swimming pool . |
| 12 | Without changing its movements , it now becomes the ‘ giant paw ’ of a huge cat — in this new role it is suddenly threatening and the animal responds appropriately with a defensive reaction . |
| 13 | There is a risk that what is intended to be an aid only during training can become an undesirable crutch in that performance comes to depend on it but this is rare and can be avoided by using a suitable time delay , thus ensuring that it is really learning and not action feedback . |
| 14 | He is also writing and illustrating an adventure story based on the life of Marco Polo , and working with Michael Morpurgo on a retelling of the legends of King Arthur . |
| 15 | And having met him , he at once began studying him and suffering with him : observing him ab extra and sharing the inside of his head ; hence his sense that he is both witnessing and experiencing the ‘ strange smile ’ which accompanies Raskolnikov 's surprise at his own dread of meeting his landlady . |
| 16 | Now what saying with that , that 'll be used again when he is actually walking and does n't need a pram and the other one 's still toddelling |
| 17 | He is now living and working in Guisborough . |
| 18 | And so it seems to me that erm we must look to you sir and Miss Whittaker to say what you feel as er independent erm hearkeners to the debate er we it 's time as I would say for erm North Yorkshire now to face up to what 's going on in its own territory and remove the planning obstacles to what is actually happening and just to make sure that it 's safely tied up with criteria to make sure it does n't erm erm unhappy consequences instead of the happy consequences that we are trying to achieve . |