Example sentences of "and [pers pn] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see Pam and them was going to a bull fight but I do n't like |
| 2 | Dolores O'Riordan and three other blokes and me are sitting in a van that 's parked in a yard behind Charlie 's Bar where later on The Cranberries will bring tears to the eyes of grown men and ensure that all present can say ‘ yes ’ when asked if their weekend was happy and filled with nice things . |
| 3 | I am a staff nurse on a continuing care ward for elderly people and I am looking into ways of designing a new care plan assessment for our residents . |
| 4 | We have one possibility but the case is still under investigation and I am looking for possible motives . |
| 5 | And I am looking for 100 per cent loyalty . |
| 6 | An alkali will obviously have to be introduced to neutralise the acid and I am toying with the idea of lime in one form or another . |
| 7 | And I am speaking of the so-called infamous Gorbals . |
| 8 | This is now starting to burn oil and I am thinking of changing the engine to a diesel , The reasons for a diesel engine would be greater fuel economy and cheaper fuel as well as greater torque . |
| 9 | Suddenly , Stairway to Paradise is echoing through the theatre and I am stepping into the spotlight sliding faster and faster . |
| 10 | He mentioned then a touring display on the poet Hugh MacDiarmid , and I am writing to you now with some more information on the display . |
| 11 | I hope therefore that the enclosed design will be adopted more widely , and I am writing to ‘ Cycle Digest ’ ( the magazine sent to all local authorities ) to suggest an article on the subject . |
| 12 | ‘ I can not deny that I have had my troubles off the park , or that my mind was on other things for a while , but my head is down and I am concentrating on making a contribution to the team once again . |
| 13 | Wherever I play , I seem to be confident in myself and I am revelling in my return to fitness . |
| 14 | I have been involved in local politics for several years and I am running in South Ward for the second time . |
| 15 | ‘ I am practising hard to try to find the answer and I am playing in several events in the next few weeks and hope it comes right . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You are my guest and I am attempting to be nice to you . |
| 17 | This is an oral history project tape , my name is and I am interviewing of Ipswich . |
| 18 | Nothing gruesome happens , and I am coping with it fine so far . |
| 19 | I am not gon na move over and I am going at my own pace , so I slowed down to about twenty miles an hour and it 's a road about four miles long and er he just could n't get past , you know ? |
| 20 | And I am going into the light and I am going into time , and if I am to save the world , then I shall have served the world , and if I do not save the world , then at least I shall have tried . |
| 21 | And I am going into the light and I am going into time , and if I am to save the world , then I shall have served the world , and if I do not save the world , then at least I shall have tried . |
| 22 | Naturally this depends on the type of area and I am talking about hilly rural areas like this one . |
| 23 | ‘ This team has the talent to win trophies and I am talking about the championship as well as one-day competitions ’ . |
| 24 | Barbel fishing in the early days , and I am talking to more than a hundred years ago , was very popular amongst the gentry , who used to employ a man to bait a swim with thousands of lobworms over a period of days , sometimes weeks . |
| 25 | The first four volumes have been publishes and I am working on the final volume , covering chiefly the First World War . |
| 26 | Having made the Hannover picture I thought it would be nice to have a smaller version , so I now have a two-metre square version on canvas , also painted with Scanachrome , and I am working on the area of the television screen in a more painterly manner than I was able to use on the large one . |
| 27 | I hope that it will come about under the Portuguese presidency , and I am working towards that end ; but it must be an end that does not discriminate against Scottish farmers or British farmers generally . |
| 28 | I am dying to that old life , to that old self and I am following in this new life , and therefore , I am going through this , this symbolic act of being baptized , of dying to the old and being raised a new life in Jesus Christ . |
| 29 | I have always managed to miss the occasional pairs that nest on the Union Canal near my home and I am relying on second-hand reports when I say that the drake whistles softly to his mate who makes raucous growling noises in return . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , that 's an artful way to get me to wait on you , ’ interrupted Sally-Anne frankly , ‘ and I suppose , since you are so cunning , and I am dying for a drink , you might have your way — perhaps a bonus on my wages might be an idea , seeing that I shall be doing this out of hours . ’ |