Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [adj] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm static the only trouble is with our front is that because we 're getting old we ca n't manage , we 're not going to plan each garden , so it might be easier to have a , a big lawn and then |
| 2 | When you 're doing that you can actually spend a lot of time on pictures . |
| 3 | " We 'll join them together , " said Hazel , " and while we 're doing that I 'd like to talk about what he said . |
| 4 | ‘ They 're doing all they can . ’ |
| 5 | Kersey said : ‘ They 're doing all they can but there 's really no way they can fit us in here for any length of time . |
| 6 | They 're furious that a promised reduction in hours has n't happened , although health chiefs say they 're doing all they can . |
| 7 | The police say they 're doing all they can to catch the culprits . |
| 8 | Press attache at the Madrid Embassy , Roy Osborne , says they 're doing all they can to help the stranded Britons , but he says conditions at the border are getting worse . |
| 9 | We 're doing all we can , but she 's a very ill little girl I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 10 | Brigadier , evidently and we 've heard lots and lots of these stories , and you 've said you think it 's the occasional example but you 're doing all you can to stamp it out , but evidently the Army is a haven for bullies , sadists and rapists . |
| 11 | As we 're doing this we should also consider the point of view from which those events are seen . |
| 12 | So er , at the moment they 're saying all I can see is that er , we would have to use up the whole of our balance , that 's sixteen thousand and the twenty four thousand arrears . |
| 13 | You got them on trough , then they 're saying alright we 'll do it somewhere else . |
| 14 | not taking her tablets when you 're feeling better we 'll come up and pick you up and take you out . |
| 15 | If you 're feeling brave you can swim in chilly crystal-clear lakes or take a hike in the mountains . |
| 16 | The main route for Day 10 is a fairly short walk in any case , as is Day 11 , so if you 're feeling fit you could combine the two . |
| 17 | Rest assured I am doing all I can . |
| 18 | She lowered her voice , half glancing at Gilbert , ‘ I am doing all I can , here , of course . |
| 19 | Mr Chamberlain 's services to the State are infinitely greater than any I have been able to render , but we are both men who are giving all we can give to the service of the State ; we are both men who are , or try to be , actuated by principle in our conduct ; we are men who , I think , have exactly the same views on the political problems of the day ; we are men who I believe — certainly on my side-have esteem and perhaps I may say affection for each other ; but the result of this dynamic force is that we stand here today , he prepared to go into the wilderness if he should be compelled to forsake the Prime Minister , and I prepared to go into the wilderness if I should be compelled to stay with him . |
| 20 | In the past , Singapore was able to draw on a ready pool of Malay Chinese to supplement its workforce , but with economies in the whole region growing so rapidly , skilled labour is at a premium and countries are doing all they can to hang on to their brainpower . |
| 21 | The churches , however , are doing all they can to encourage as much dialogue as possible and to ensure that effective communication plays a key role in the democratic process . |
| 22 | The job centre staff are doing all they can . |
| 23 | Staff at the Crumbs Bakery in Winchcombe are doing all they can to help . |
| 24 | We keep up standards by running training awards for Upholstery and Soft Furnishing trainees , these trainees are our future craftsmen and women and we are doing all we can to ‘ uphold ’ the same standards we had in the past and maintain them into the future . |
| 25 | ‘ We are doing all we can , ’ she continued gently . |
| 26 | We are doing all we can to encourage waste minimisation . |
| 27 | I 'm getting older I wo n't go boasting about it cos I 'll look every inch of what I am . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , if it 's true that I 'm getting younger it 'll probably suit me in that case . ’ |
| 29 | she 's had her chance and I 'm doing all I can to help her but at the end of the day it 's on her shoulders . |
| 30 | this cardigan was sixty two pounds , but it 's really nice , you know , and it 's , I 'm saying this you could make me one the same |