Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He answers , ‘ She is cooking and she is eating . |
| 2 | Even in the prenatal period the fetus is communicating that it is growing in size ; and in the later months of pregnancy that it is capable of movement . |
| 3 | The board has lodged five complaints with the LEA and is questioning whether it is getting value for money . |
| 4 | B. Life in Britain is changing and it is changing more and more quickly . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's been a fine day , the sun is setting and somebody is telling you your daughter has been murdered . |
| 6 | The assumption is about what lies behind our saying of a man , when he comes out with the sounds , ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ , that he is asserting that he is going to the bank , but our not saying this of the parrot . |
| 7 | We say that the man , who utters the same sounds as the parrot , is asserting that he is going to the bank because he is a man , and not a parrot . |
| 8 | There was the distorted thud-thud of someone who is n't certain if their microphone is working and who is tapping it experimentally . |
| 9 | • Check that your child 's heart is beating and he is breathing regularly and , if necessary , give artificial respiration ( see Not Breathing ) . |