Example sentences of "'s [be] [vb pp] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthony Gilberthorpe was originally awarded damages of more than sixty thousand pounds , but now that 's been overturned and he 's been told he must pay all the costs . |
| 2 | One policewoman said that , while the men disappear when a rape victim is brought in , they all want ‘ to gawp at the girl when she 's being examined and read her statement ’ ( FN 17/2/87 , p. 19 ) . |
| 3 | And , therefore , the argument is of people whose backs are pinned to the wall before they 're questioned as it were , and that does n't make for a sober and calm discussion , especially as there is some doubt , I suspect , in the mind of ministers , but certainly in the mind of many people in the Conservative Party , about whether these great absolutes , this wall against which ministers and departments are nailed , really need exist in quite the form it 's being constructed or whether the whole issue could n't be handled in a rather more sensitive and relaxed way . |
| 4 | definitely less cruel than hunting because the animal is chased and er , what it 's heart is doing while it 's being chased and it 's , really is the idea 's quite horrendous to me ! |
| 5 | That 's where the blood leads by , okay , on that side of the heart the left hand side of the heart it 's being pumped and therefore the muscle is a bigger muscle , that 's doing the contracting , the blood push out and it relaxes back again and that allows the blood to be sucked back down into the heart , okay , and the next time it 's shh , that goes out and then it relaxes down again and the blood sucks back down into the heart , okay so that 's what it does , all the muscle can do is that , muscle can only retract and then it relaxes , contract and then it relaxes , that 's what the heart 's doing all the time , how many beats a minute ? |
| 6 | Yes he 's saying a com condition of er general conformity that the general conformity is apparently er met by this er what 's being done and I think general conformity , I , I do n't know I 'm guessing , relates to the housing commitment of a broad strategic equivalent , is that the point ? |
| 7 | you know , and it 's being done and everything wants starting , and so on and so on . |
| 8 | I think we should express our concern in the way that it 's being handled and I think there are grounds for concern and I think must be aware that this Council is watching what they 're doing . |
| 9 | Ask them how it 's being transported and what 's the expected time of arrival . |
| 10 | Though not consistent among themselves , they date the first , less conclusive campaign in 818 or 819 , the second , more decisive one which , they say , resulted in Konya 's being taken and plundered , in 819 , 820 or 821 ; and the statements in the earliest extant list , itself dated 824/1421 , lead to dates of 818 and 820 for the two campaigns . |
| 11 | ‘ My father 's being released and I 'm the last to know ! |
| 12 | It 's the kind of angle that makes us look at the space of the room that 's being photographed and the arrangement of objects in the room rather than the subjective viewpoint of the picture taker — recalling the very beginnings of photography when it was a simple recording device , and before it was considered a means of expression , when it sometimes did n't strive to imitate painting . |