Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave Doddie Weir a whack and he 's vilified by the press for three weeks afterwards , some of them suggesting that he was not fit to be a policemen . |
| 2 | Well I had learnt shorthand and typing at school but erm the money was necessary at home you see , and er with my sister working there , at H and T Hornes , er she spoke for me and er I had an interview and and they put me up in the nursery , we used to call it the nursery see because we were all fourteens up there and er then they called it the cylinder shop and er my foreman was a fella name Archie and erm everything was very very strict indeed , we could not move away from our board you could n't speak to the next one that was working by you , and er there was a fella named Mr and he was he , I did n't work for him I worked for Mr , but some you cou you were afraid to move because of this man and he he he 'd stare at you and he 'd look at you and anyway erm they put me assembling and it was very interesting indeed , there was a tall stand on , we called it the bench , a tall stand with a screw on the top and then to as begin to assemble the locks you had to take what we would call the body , screw it into the er little on the stand and then we had tweezers , there were , in the body there were five springs and then you had to have five breast pins and when you got the springs in you .. we have to have a plug at the back so as we could put each pin and push the plug over that a dummy plug we called it and so that was five pins were in and then there was a ball er when that , when we came to put it in our vice , we had to put the V I C E not V O voice . |
| 3 | Come on … now … before they finishes their arguing and it 's too late ! ’ |
| 4 | Are you implying that it 's not very long been in this country ? |
| 5 | Er are you saying that it is any part of the Council 's case that this land th it it 's it is er a possibility that having this land as a strategic reserve er can er is of assistance , or are you saying that it is simply er having included it in , it might form part of a strategic reserve ? |
| 6 | She said : ‘ Are n't you forgetting that they are n't always true ? |
| 7 | ‘ Well that 's just you dreaming and I 'm not going to argue with you . |
| 8 | It is the power to apply punishments as well as the power to control any discussion of rights and wrongs , the power to say ‘ that 's just you dreaming and I 'm not going to argue with you ’ . |
| 9 | At the time I was very much in love , one of those adventures which seem of overwhelming importance at the time but , afterwards , leave one wondering if it was n't a kind of sickness . |
| 10 | So , are we saying that it is somehow abnormal or freakish to be able to stick to a healthy regime and remain slim ? |
| 11 | nobody takes any notice of poor Simon , even though he is the only one admitting that they are only afraid of one another . |
| 12 | The next thing I remember is coming to on the canal bank , and a man bending over me asking if I was all right . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sure my husband wo n't mind me saying that it was not his wealth which made us all respect him — although I 've heard my husband say many a time that the wealth of Mr D'Arcy of Moss Side by Manchester was of an enormity to make the sultans and pashas of the East take note — but it was not for that , not at all , that we , all of us who knew of him … ’ |
| 14 | Like a ship on a slow tide , she had moved away from him , without either of them knowing until it was too late and the drift could n't be stopped . |
| 15 | When he opens his mouth , a valve closes to prevent him swallowing when he 's underwater , and he could have ejected that medicine if he had wanted to . ’ |
| 16 | He wrote to her pleading that it was up to ‘ the young generation to rebuild what Nazism has destroyed ’ , but Edith was not to be diverted from what she believed to be her only chance of happiness . |
| 17 | This letter had purportedly been written by his wife to him saying that he was not the father of the child and she had been having an affair with a man called Nigel , ’ said Mr Klevan . |
| 18 | He did n't want them to follow him thinking that he was just a free ride , a free ticket for all their problems a and difficulties . |
| 19 | It was funny cos I could hear them talking and I was really sort of like |
| 20 | Frank 's door was closed when he got back and there was a notice on it saying that he was not to be disturbed . |
| 21 | Brutus had said that he killed Caesar for the general good but Antony is now saying that he did n't know why they killed him , otherwise he saying that it was n't for the general good . |
| 22 | To do what I do well , be proud of it , and watch it knowing that it was bloody good and entirely born of me . ’ |
| 23 | I found myself wondering if he were really as indifferent as his expression and few comments suggested . |
| 24 | Are keepi You are I mean obviously you are keeping yourself going cos you 're obviously getting out to come here and do bits and bobs but |