Example sentences of "that [indef pn] [is] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Check that nothing is getting hot . |
| 2 | It is quite clear that nothing is missing from the other end of the Interludium as it was copied on to this vellum : the vellum had already been cut to its surviving top edge by the time the Interludium came to be written on to it . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , now that we 've decided that nothing is going to happen tonight that does n't happen every Saturday night in Pepe 's Bar , tell me — why on earth can you even think for a second that Miguel is falling for me ? ’ |
| 4 | Check that the bridge fits snugly back into place and that nothing is preventing it from seating properly ; small gaps at either end of the bridge are common , but the glue will fill these . |
| 5 | A feeling of loneliness is connected with a feeling that nothing is happening : |
| 6 | After the answers that I have given , I do not know how anyone can say that nothing is happening on the matter . |
| 7 | Suffice it to say , without getting into the tortured complexities of the US budget process , that everyone is fiddling with the numbers . |
| 8 | Reaction to the latest rise makes it clear that everyone is watching out for another eruption of internal discord on the exchange rate between Sir Alan Walters in Downing Street , and Mr Lawson in the Treasury . |
| 9 | The fact that everyone is writing us off does n't bother us . |
| 10 | It is evident , too , that everyone is doing this at a time when thoughts of recession could easily exclude any charitable action . |
| 11 | At first , we thought everyone else was booming while we were down in the dumps , but from talking to other businessmen you realise that everyone is suffering the same . ’ |
| 12 | My complaint about reviews so far is that everyone is reviewing the man Larkin and not the biography of him . |
| 13 | School makes me nervous ; when I walk down the corridor I feel that everyone is staring at me , and because a lot of people know about my anorexia they think it their job to comment constantly on what I am eating or not eating , and how much better I look now that I 've put on weight . |
| 14 | The use of words also helps to bring across the message of the poem with words such as ‘ futility ’ and ‘ fatuous ’ giving the distinct impression that Wilfred Owen has almost given up everything that he once believed in because he feels that everyone is going to kill each other anyway . |
| 15 | Well I do n't think it is because you 're again you 're back to the line that everyone is bullying and I do n't believe that everyone is bullying . |
| 16 | ‘ Forgive me , ’ Alexandra said , feeling a recurring surge of the courage that had invaded her at Langley Dene , ‘ but I think — with respect , I think that everyone is making too much of my meeting Mr Swinton . |
| 17 | We get people on the programme singing and dancing so badly it 's painful , but they come back the next week and tell us that everyone 's stopping them in the streets to congratulate them , not slag them off . ’ |
| 18 | Well a word about next Friday 's match then , that 's the big one , the one that everyone 's waiting for against Kings Lynn . |
| 19 | A series of complex and powerful planetary influences suggest that everyone 's gunning for you this month . |
| 20 | ’ I like the laugh that everyone 's having . |
| 21 | Maintaining control over which is the most up-to-date version of the document can be a problem unless there 's centralized organization , logging who 's done what and making sure that everyone 's working on the right version . |
| 22 | A combination of pressure , staff shortages and the feeling that no-one is listening to them makes many more inclined to take a day off . |
| 23 | You should , therefore , make every attempt to be in the first row , going fast as the gun goes and , ideally , with a space to leeward so that no-one is making you pinch . |
| 24 | If this is to be a spinnaker leg , hold onto the hoist until you are sure that no-one is going to luff you , but be ready for a quick hoist . |
| 25 | One of them was the fact that housing associations ask for the keys is or ask for notification up to a month in advance of the fact that someone 's going to leave and that is not something which in terms of our stock , we find practical to do . |
| 26 | Why do we say that someone is grinning like a Cheshire Cat ? |
| 27 | I suspect , ’ continued Dotty , unaware of Ella 's heightened blood pressure , ‘ that someone is stealing my eggs . |
| 28 | ‘ It helps to know that someone is looking after it , that someone cares . |
| 29 | Be seen to is found quite often for instance in the sort of context alluded to by Bolinger in which one gets the impression that someone is establishing the facts : ( 67 ) Nobody had been seen to enter the house or leave it . |
| 30 | ‘ You may not know who , but you do know that someone is creating — unauthorized , shall we say — zombis , do n't you ? ’ |