Example sentences of "[verb] and is [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If B replies no he is inviting A to tell him , while a response of no could be taken to mean that he does not know and is not expecting to be told . |
| 2 | Er and Jane has sent us in some proposals , which erm she 's s since modified and is now working on and she 's calling in to see us for half a day in the near future |
| 3 | Today there is much public concern about the amount of incest that occurs and is now coming to light . |
| 4 | The material was then taken back to the laboratory , where the real work was undertaken and is still going on . |
| 5 | The SNM withdrew and is now laying siege to Hargeisa and four other garrisons in the region . |
| 6 | Well I do n't know , ha ha have n't you got a position where er as , as we began to , to see last week , there is this radicalization coming in but the , the er i i it 's the peasants who 've moved to the left of the Party , you 're right , that they are inappropriate to this very moderate policy of rent reduction erm a tax on collaborators land is being redistributed and is n't saying right we , i i in the same way that , that Mao was identifying the problem in in , either you , you follow the masses or you , you lead them but , but thereof we are behind them and a sense the Party has got ta recognize that , it 's got ta catch up with the masses and is n't that first paragraph saying look this is the way you should be going , that there are peasants who are redistributing the land and land reform is in effect taking place and that 's what we want to see ? |
| 7 | " The changeable international situation , " he said , " has affected and is still affecting Xinjiang 's social stability . |
| 8 | It survived and is still trading but Gilbey now works from his Norfolk home as marketing manager for Team Lotus . |
| 9 | ‘ Mr Abberley 's daughter has been abducted and is still missing . |
| 10 | Again the internal market has n't worked and is n't working . |
| 11 | is a traditional cheese of the same era as Wensleydale , which has been revived and is now selling well . |
| 12 | Similarly Crest Homes Colegrove Down development of 21 luxury 4 and 5 bedroomed residences on Cumnor Hill Oxford has recently commenced and is also impressing the public with its exceptional elevated location and high standard of finish . |
| 13 | has never happened and is n't happening now and it 's |
| 14 | It is hard not to emphasize the negative aspects when you consider what Hong Kong still has to offer and is fast losing . |
| 15 | She now has a wedding dress that cost me the national debt , but which now bears no relation to the original creation because all the expensive seed-pearls are strewn around her bedroom floor , and which the dog thought would be marvellous to eat and is now residing at the local vet 's and which will cost me even more money . |
| 16 | The slimming down of the Group continued and is still going on . |
| 17 | The KGB has survived and is even taking on new tasks , such as distributing western food aid . |
| 18 | Goldie , replete , snaps her eyes shut and is soon snoring . |
| 19 | The press , the TV and the radio would like to know what 's going on and , incidentally , so would I. Kersey does n't know , or he does and is n't saying . ’ |
| 20 | For the simpler tasks of cataloguing , none the less , the computer has a major contribution to make and is already making it . |