Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [Wh det] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | One technique is to divert your approach away from merely absorbing what you are told in books or lecture notes , and try to write down , and answer , as many questions as you can about each page . |
| 2 | Then she followed his gaze to the wine glasses , suddenly understanding what he was thinking . |
| 3 | when when you do that , and obviously the need to gauge the erm presentation against audience contact to see that they 're involved and they 're obviously understanding what you 're saying and pick them up and grab them . |
| 4 | That means not just searching for subject matter , but constantly reevaluating what I am doing and why . |
| 5 | That means not just searching for subject matter , but constantly reevaluating what I am doing and why . |
| 6 | She stopped abruptly , suddenly wondering what she was doing , telling him about her life . |
| 7 | There ; I have just used the expression ‘ Do you see what I mean ? ’ and now you are attending to it , perhaps wondering what I am going to say about it . |
| 8 | I approach the case , therefore , on the footing that , in looking after the child , the mother is only doing what she is legally bound to do . |
| 9 | After all , she had agreed to the option when she wanted Adam to join the company : he was only taking what he was entitled to . |
| 10 | Anxiety is an emotion similar to fear , but unlike fear , which is a response to some specific danger , such as an attacking stallion , anxiety is a state of mind creating a feeling of apprehension that something is wrong without necessarily knowing what it is . |
| 11 | Whoever controlled the PA system was obviously thinking what I was , and he made his point beautifully . |
| 12 | She began to tremble , but although he must surely have known that she was not enjoying what he was doing , he said and did nothing to reassure her , nor gave her any sign of love or affection . |
| 13 | It makes me feel insecure — not understanding what it is they want so much . |
| 14 | But surely that is involvement , I 'm not understanding what you 're putting forward ! |
| 15 | Angry as he was at the directors for failing to appreciate his talents and not understanding what he was driving at , Dustin was angrier with himself for losing jobs . |
| 16 | ‘ Do we have to ? ’ she breathed , not caring what she was offering to him tonight . |
| 17 | She says everyone 's done so well to raise a quarter of a million pounds — we 're just wondering what we 're going to do next ! |
| 18 | If I 'm not getting what I 'm supposed to , I 'll start . |
| 19 | it 's evident that they 're not informed because they 're not doing what they 're required to do , |
| 20 | But he does n't think there 'll be any discipline for not doing what he 's told . ’ |
| 21 | It was really all his own fault , for not doing what he was told . |
| 22 | No I said erm I had a conversation with Gillian about reading , about little bits of reading and , I made the point that we 'd said last night about him barking at print , reading through words that he did n't know and not asking what they were and she said she 'd noticed that . |
| 23 | Another insight that has been coming to me consistently is that instead of beseeching God to undertake certain actions or to grant certain mercies or blessings we should state our faith that He is already and always at work in the way that we desire , so that our petition becomes an expansion of our address to Him , a relative clause expressing our conviction of faith that He is already doing what we were about to request Him to do . |
| 24 | I was just saying what it was like . |
| 25 | From his comfortable desk there , he would look up from his Financial Times , and say : " They 're all monkeys at … , just doing what they 're told . |
| 26 | I 'd had some sailing instruction before on Lake Bala , in a larger Wayfarer which has room for two people and an instructor , but I found that I was tending to leave the thinking to my partner and the instructor , and just doing what I was told without knowing why . |
| 27 | Like I said , I 'm just doing what I was told . ’ |
| 28 | M most of it is just formalizing what we 're doing and formalizing the changes in the establishment |
| 29 | In the heat of debate , when one side may accuse the other of not knowing what they are talking about , both sides will still assume they are talking about the same thing . |
| 30 | Knowing that huge things are going to happen , but not knowing what they are … |