Example sentences of "be [v-ing] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want to exacerbate what he saw as an existing weakness of his own in that respect , and although he was not censorious of other people , I think he was genuinely quite frightened of it , and at one point in the Arts Lab , when there was quite a lot of speed pills , amphetamines , going around amongst the young people there , he did speak out very strongly one evening against it , saying that he personally did not want anything like that around anything he was closely involved with because he felt that it was not a good thing for people to be speeding and it created the sort of vibes that might end up causing problems . |
| 2 | should , should attract visitors and things should be going and I do n't care how much |
| 3 | I had to be quick , they told me ; it was quite a long climb to the hut where Eric would be waiting and I had to return to Parma that night . |
| 4 | In fact … one of them was stuffing something through the wire and bars of his cage which they should n't be doing and he did n't much like it … |
| 5 | I understand that you and/or your colleague Margaret Douglas will be coming and I look forward to meeting you . |
| 6 | Very very good Ian erm excellent voice , remind the prospect as to why you were gon na be asking and I thought you were very good there erm i in fact you were that good that you were actually offered to contact before you even asked |
| 7 | ‘ We always seem to be importing and I do n't know why . |
| 8 | He turned up at a party one night having just managed to get back from Italy where he 'd been supposed to be studying and it came out that he 'd been to Rome , too , and had actually met her father and knew their story — better than she did — and had sat at the feet of the Marchesa Giulia . |
| 9 | I mean it 's the last fortnight she 's meant to be studying and she 's been out with her boyfriends and |