Example sentences of "we keep [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he announced he would retire from the game at the end of Biarritz 's run in the Championship it was the signal for scores of journalists to gather at each match to report on his ‘ funeral ’ … but we kept postponing it ’ . |
| 2 | but if I 'd have give it , had to give them some water they 'd have done much better but I , like everybody else we kept hoping it were gon na rain , but ! |
| 3 | Our passing was n't up to their standard ( ! ) and we kept giving it away too often . |
| 4 | That 's why we kept turning it down . |
| 5 | They kept telling us what we 'd have to do and we kept saying we were not prepared to do it , ’ says Gedge . |
| 6 | we kept asking her , if like she said , if you said to her , where does Joanna live . |
| 7 | But when they say that ‘ the agenda shifted on to health ’ , this may just mean ‘ Mr Kinnock talked a lot about health this morning ’ , or ‘ Mr Major tried to talk about taxes this morning , but we had that yesterday , so we kept asking him about health instead . ’ |
| 8 | Now the position is authority together with other local authorities in this area , to start with in this authority proposes that the Stansted expanse stay there on the environment purpose , we keep hearing you saying where Hertfordshire , Harlow . |
| 9 | If we keep giving him pyjamas and dressing-gowns , we 're simply encouraging him to stay in bed all day long , do n't you see ? ’ |
| 10 | A lot of the old sayings are damned silly when you apply them wholesalely , but we keep saying them because some clever bod wrote a song around them . |
| 11 | There 's a huge I know we keep saying it , but , it really is his greatest virtue . |
| 12 | All the time we keep losing them little stubs you wan na leave the gr the whole complete thing on then we wo n't lose them . |
| 13 | We keep having it . |
| 14 | No well I feel in the long run it 's probably wasting money because erm we keep bodging it up which costs money , we might just as well see how much it is to get it and do it , and do it erm . |