Example sentences of "'s [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steven and his numerous family are still on the canal 's somewhere having a hol . |
| 2 | No , Sky One there 's nothing it 's mostly wrestling Saturday afternoons . |
| 3 | It 's mostly sewing job in the clothing factories , low-paid . |
| 4 | Debbie suddenly ca n't resist cheese — one reason she 's slowly regaining the three stones she lost recently . |
| 5 | Traffic 's slowly beginning to ease up on all major routes coming out of Oxford , Abingdon and Aylesbury and no major problems to report in the centres either . |
| 6 | The family of the entertainer Leslie Crowther , who was critically injured in a car crash three months ago , says he 's slowly getting back to normal . |
| 7 | It 's slowly making me ill ! |
| 8 | ‘ Hip hop is rediscovering funk 's roots , it 's slowly finding its feet as the rave scene dies out . |
| 9 | Evan points to a hoist that 's slowly lowering the band 's gear down to ground level : ‘ When we played here last year , we were riding up and down in that thing . |
| 10 | You realise it 's slowly killing you ? ’ |
| 11 | I think she 's right saying that er er watch that off |
| 12 | Depending on which gossip column you read he 's either planning to wed his long-term live-in girlfriend , Toukie Smith , sister of the late fashion designer Willie Smith , or he 's secretly dating model Naomi Campbell . |
| 13 | Name the American , a former Wimbledon Champion , new retired from competitive play and expecting her first child , who is one of the company 's longest serving contract players ? |
| 14 | Salford intend to advertise for a full-time successor to the First Division 's longest serving coach . |
| 15 | Aside from having the industry 's longest serving chairman , BMW today is the one big car company in the world without any cross shareholdings or collaborative links with other companies , fiercely guarding its independence . |
| 16 | John Rothenstein , the Tate Gallery 's longest serving director , dies |
| 17 | Emeritus Professor Patrick Vincent ( Paddy ) McGrath was one of the University 's longest serving members . |
| 18 | Connors Chemists manageress and pharmacist Paula Morgan and one of the Newtownards branch 's longest serving staff members , Briege Mullan , chat with customer Mrs Eleanor King . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's probably come at a bad time , ’ said Pool 's longest serving player . |
| 20 | Campus talks to the man who sent them , one of the University 's longest serving members of staff , Walter Abbott , who retires this year . |
| 21 | Well it 's blatantly taking the piss , let's be honest , I mean , I ca n't muck around , I mean it 's blatantly taking the piss is n't it ? |
| 22 | Well it 's blatantly taking the piss , let's be honest , I mean , I ca n't muck around , I mean it 's blatantly taking the piss is n't it ? |
| 23 | ‘ It 's rather pointing that way , though . ’ |
| 24 | So I accept the point that , that Lynn made , but I feel that it 's a , somebody 's eventually going to fall into that water . |
| 25 | I always reckon it 's tremendously flattering that viewers want to talk to you when they meet you in the street . |
| 26 | I 've got me 'ands full wiv servin' an' lookin' after Rachel — that 's besides runnin' the 'ome . |
| 27 | And Heritage says it 's successfully riding the recession . |
| 28 | And Heritage says it 's successfully riding the recession . |
| 29 | Now she 's successfully selling her collection of beautiful crochet lace and jersey bodys , clinging high-wasted trousers with white stitching emphasising seam panelling , high-wasted skirts and figure-hugging catsuits . |
| 30 | My only qualm is that the final answer ( any shape , but get the size right ) is a bit of an anticlimax and , despite the author 's deftly misdirecting hand , those with a feeling for scale-changes will spot it sooner than they ought to . |