Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Longmans , the well-known publishers are producing something called the spoken corpus which is er a a record of the way in which English is used . |
| 2 | Bradford showed little of the enterprising approach that has been helping them shed a dour image this season , but it was not until the 64th minute that they began to slide out of the contest . |
| 3 | ‘ The Geophysical Observatory in Port Moresby have over the years provided us with very useful earthquake data and are helping us monitor the after shocks which are sill being felt in the Tari area . ’ |
| 4 | The key is that when protons are touching they feel a strong attractive force , more powerful than the electrical forces that are trying to force them apart . |
| 5 | Her school are sponsoring me to have the baby that day — Comic Relief day — providing we have photos taken of me and ( later ) the baby with red noses on . |
| 6 | By this time , most of us are enjoying something resembling a regular sex life . |
| 7 | ‘ Many of the young girls who are starving themselves have no idea what they are doing to their bodies . |
| 8 | It is entirely clear from the documents in front of us in the treaty that we are enabling ourselves to have the option to opt in . |
| 9 | All this time she had been imagining him pacing the terrace at Rocamar . |
| 10 | So long as yu are living yu deserve a piece |
| 11 | She 's very sorry you are n't well , but not surprised ; apparently she 's been urging you to take a holiday for the last two years . ’ |
| 12 | As we can see , though , new concerns with how writing interacts with history are causing us to abandon the idea of literary study as something caught up with the transcendental . |
| 13 | Some congressmen are pushing it to sell the rest as fast as it can . |
| 14 | ‘ The four local MPs are urging them to sell the yard to the Merseyside Development Corporation . |
| 15 | So instead , they 're using them to create an exclusive new range of classic clothes . |
| 16 | Sounds as if you 've a strain , the way you 're walking you know the |
| 17 | When you 're revising you said the other night , you cover the answers up and try the question . |
| 18 | They 're teaching them to pull the trigger at the Academy of Marksmanship . |
| 19 | ‘ Then , bizarrely , we had a very good November and , although we 've not seen the figures yet , we 're expecting them to show a good December . ’ |
| 20 | They should be doing that work , if they 're asking us to design a remit , price it and then they 're using that remit to get prices from other people , er I would suggest that , that we perhaps ought to have words with our clients on that basis a and say we 're quite happy to tender in competition but erm i you ought to give it a little bit of thought before you actually put the thing . |
| 21 | Yeah , they 're asking you to do a survey thing . |
| 22 | yes , it 's tonight , it 's filling in the application form , but we 're asking you to read the scenario so you know a little bit about the people , and then this is all the information that 's been gathered . |
| 23 | but they 've had quite a good dinnertime today so I think they 're letting her stop a bit longer . |
| 24 | The situation is that in the current year , we 're saying we have a distribution of a specific grant which is ring fenced , roughly half of it came to us using er , S S A factors , standard standing assessment factors , and roughly , something of the order of half of it , came to us on the basis of one or two snapshots of what the D S S was spending in Shropshire in terms of supporting people in residential care . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're saying they think the man … the man who killed father locked himself in ? ’ |
| 26 | Neighbour Stuart Partlett said : ‘ We 're hoping he gets the all-clear and shows them all by taking the gold . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're forgetting we have a rafting and barbecue party tomorrow — ’ |
| 28 | Now , however , the Sun in Aries , at odds with your ruling planet Uranus , as well as Saturn and Neptune in Capricorn , the most sensitive area of your solar chart , signifies that intrigue and intimidation are forcing you to make a complete break from the past . |
| 29 | I am expecting you to do the same . ’ |
| 30 | No , what she found so overwhelmingly infuriating was that when he had enquired tactfully , some might say , whether she was tired , he clearly had been expecting her to say a polite ‘ yes ’ so that he could then suggest that she had an early night . |