Example sentences of "be [pron] [verb] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm not sentimental , and nor am I flattered by having my photo in a newspaper , but my mother likes that sort of thing , so I 'm sending one to her in England , ’ she snapped , and hesitated perceptibly before continuing . |
| 2 | ‘ Or , ’ she added with deliberate coquetry , ‘ am I mistaken in assuming that the light-fingered Lotta is no longer a part of your — er — personal life ? ’ |
| 3 | What am I entitled to following a major change ? |
| 4 | How , are ye thinking of going tae London ? ’ |
| 5 | Is there much competition between people at work , or are you united in fighting external competition ? |
| 6 | PEG ( to Abberley ) : Are you frightened of dying at the moment ? |
| 7 | Are you thinking of taking the plunge , Michael ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ So , now that you 're home , are you thinking of staying at all ? |
| 9 | When are you thinking of leaving ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Are you thinking of buying this ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Are you thinking of scaling that wall ? ’ he asked with a hint of mockery in his voice . |
| 12 | ‘ How much are you thinking of paying me ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Where are you thinking of going , love ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Where are you thinking of going ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Are you thinking of going all the way to Morocco ? ’ he asked , with his even white teeth shining as he smiled and dived down like a dolphin around her . |
| 16 | Are you thinking of going ? |
| 17 | ‘ And what date are you thinking of pencilling in for our wedding ? ’ she asked . |
| 18 | I said why , are you thinking of crossing us ? |
| 19 | How high up are you thinking of putting it ? |
| 20 | Right , but what I 'm trying to say is that you can dance them to them and by the way when are you thinking of having it done |
| 21 | Are you thinking about putting up a bit of holly this year ? |
| 22 | You feel like er , that 's whose , like ex soldiers throughout the company , and he said to Colin er , he said , how many people are you thinking about employ , our Colin seems to think there 'd be enough work to keep 'im going , like , he says , he says , well how many people are you thinking about employing , he says , only only me and me like , it 's oh , oh , he says , there 's plenty of work to keep two of going , he said , I thought you employed about six . |
| 23 | ‘ What I mean is , are you worried about getting back ? |
| 24 | Are you worried about finding a place to live ? ’ |
| 25 | Are you plagued with watering eyes , blocked nose and incessant sneezing — all classic symptoms of hay fever ? |
| 26 | But would you envisage that the numbers er of aircraft actually kitted out with these things have been reduced or are you talking about having spares in case they get lost or damaged ? |
| 27 | Are you addicted to making love ? |
| 28 | Are you addicted to dieting ? |
| 29 | No well , well if you just put in ha what are you planning on buying , a two litre or a one litre bottle ? |
| 30 | Well I mean , are you planning on talking to them beforehand ? |