Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A magistrate who 's on trial for attempting to murder his wife by pumping car exhaust fumes into her bedroom has been explaining why he started her car at three o'clock in the morning . |
| 2 | MO Mowlam ( recreations : travelling , swimming , jogging , jigsaws , watching football ) has been explaining how she sometimes gets by during the campaign on just two hours sleep a night . |
| 3 | While she had not been looking where she was going , Rose had quietly taken her support . |
| 4 | and so you 're seeing where you 're going . |
| 5 | They 're wondering why they ca n't see a human inside , he thought . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're wondering why I 'm so concerned ? ’ he rasped . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're wondering why I 've woken you up . |
| 8 | If you 're wondering why I 'm going Spanish , it 's 'coz of that wondrous soap , Eldorado . |
| 9 | I daresay you 're wondering how we ever came to meet — Club Mediterranée it was . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're wondering how I get by , what the hell I do to get by . |
| 11 | Always tell them how well they 're doing when they try to do up their buttons ( even if they ca n't quite complete the task ) , put away a toy or own up when they have done something wrong . |
| 12 | First of all it 's a against the law but after that these youngsters quite often do n't know what they 're doing when they get into a car and they are lethal |
| 13 | To Phil he says : ‘ I saw quite a number of the men you 're doing when I was in London . |
| 14 | Well that 's exactly what you 're doing when you sleep on a Sherpa Underblanket made from pure New Zealand Long Tufted lambswool . |
| 15 | They 're not hard once you understand what you 're doing how you get it because you 're sharing out but they 're probably the most awkward when you 've got mixed whole numbers counting numbers and fractions all in together . |
| 16 | It said a lot of people who 're watching how they react ? |
| 17 | ‘ You 're forgetting where we found the photograph . |
| 18 | Marie had been wondering when he would . |
| 19 | I 'd been wondering when he 'd pick up cards in this game . |
| 20 | He prodded once more his attaché case — which I felt inclined to keep my eyes averted from — and said : ‘ I suppose you 've been wondering why I never let go of this case . |
| 21 | For some time now Zen had been wondering where they were going . |
| 22 | I 've been wondering where it was now . ’ |
| 23 | I was gratified to have your letter , as I had been wondering how you were faring , but understood that you must be too busy to write . |
| 24 | We were all asked to sit down — which was absolutely unheard of — and then he said , ‘ Well , I expect you 've all been wondering how you got here … . ’ |
| 25 | I am wondering how I can decorate the tank without using up too much space . |
| 26 | On the contrary , I am wondering how I may reward you … |
| 27 | Well these had got , these cherries had been growing where they could n't see them you know . |
| 28 | They can do it , and they are wondering why they are doing it . |
| 29 | For those who are wondering why I have this set-up , the three were introduced at a small size when I thought them a male and two females ; and I am unwilling to upset a settled pair by unnecessarily removing the decor and setting two with a net ! |
| 30 | ‘ You are wondering why I tell you this . |