Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [v-ing] [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | A baroness who was jailed after stripping an elderly relative of all her wealth is insisting she did nothing wrong . |
| 2 | Me vocabulary is changing I do n't use coloured or bitch |
| 3 | Even where you have to answer set questions — as in an exam — a choice between alternatives usually has to be made ; and not only do you have to pick a particular question to answer , but you also have to decide exactly what it is that the question is asking you to do . |
| 4 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |
| 5 | Learners require opportunities for both form-focused and function-focused practice in the development of particular skill areas , and if one or the other is lacking they do not appear to benefit as much … |
| 6 | ‘ I believe the Lord is asking me to do a Discipleship Training School ( YWAM ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Life is inviting you to do something ! |
| 8 | Councillor regrets that er we 're bringing council rents up by nine and half percent but what we 're doing is in fact precisely what his government is recommending us to do , so I 'm a little sup so would councillor kindly at some point explain why he regrets his own government 's policy . |
| 9 | The order of the book as laid out is thus merely a façade , disguising a deeper , underlying order , and , in effect , what Cortázar is inviting us to do is to throw off our habitual passiveness , to reject the given and to join him and Oliveira in their quest for a different , more authentic order . |
| 10 | The real problem is getting something done about the cheap imports . ’ |