Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But more important than that , the title also represented a triumph in the battle against time which he has been waging since he learned that he might soon be forced to quit the Tour . |
| 2 | I mean we , we 've been looking before you know that the situation got |
| 3 | read the following judgment of the court , prepared by Brooke J. In these two cases we have been invited to determine , as preliminary issues , the capacity in which judges of the High Court are acting when they sit as visitors to the Inns of Court to determine appeals against orders by which barristers are to be disbarred or suspended from practice by their Inns . |
| 4 | But you 're having because I think if we are going to carry on using them , these absences should be translated into suspensions , and if that there 's any problem we do know that situation pertains . |
| 5 | That is what they 're saying and I think that that can only be seen as eminently reasonable and I think that that Edward has hit the nail right on the head when he says look if this issue is not properly considered locally there can be no alternative if Government fails in its duty to call it in in the in the interests of of the local communities and the region at large , then it will have to go to Brussels . |
| 6 | THE auction of LFA sheep quota by Lawrie & Symington at Lanark last week has confirmed most expectations of market prices but Ministry of Agriculture specialists have given warning that farmers are gambling if they trade before the transfer rules are confirmed some time next month . |
| 7 | ‘ We should therefore hate the committee to think that we are complaining when we say that , far from having a benefit to declare , we were clearly disadvantaged and out of pocket . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ There are informal networks through which we let one another know what we are doing and we meet and talk . |
| 9 | And the Americans are saying if you build that we pull out our our , our aid to you . |
| 10 | The stone referred to here is clearly a symbol of God rather than an embodiment of God , but at the same time it has an element of sacredness , which is what Gandhi may be implying when he maintains that God resides in the stone in a special way . |
| 11 | But I wonder if I wonder if Chris and Andy , cos Chris and Andy 's half brother is Steven who 's Debbie 's husband , I 'm wondering if they knew that they had different fathers . |
| 12 | computers and that and er he left it and he just carried on talking about this that and the other , and he says right I 'm going and he went and he left the game , he 'd brought it down for the kids , he did n't say , you know |
| 13 | They will be talking as they eat and it 's distracting and embarrassing to have to juggle something fussy and awkward while you 're trying to make new friends and business contacts . |
| 14 | Apparently the individual costs of the lines are staggering and they reckon that the cost of the calls does not outweigh it but what I think is certainly outweighed is the cost of all our time trying to get through on these lines |
| 15 | ‘ I am very happy with the way I am playing but I accept that he believes he should be England 's fly-half . |
| 16 | She said she 'd realised how tired your parents were becoming and she knew that if she wanted to remain at home on a long-term basis she would have to have some form of respite care . |
| 17 | You know , because I think we as parish council would have thought that we were interfering if we suggested that we should go to observe somebody 's group meeting . |
| 18 | Anyway I were looking and I looked and I looked and I looked and I says well what cigarettes do you use for it ? |
| 19 | I do n't know what they were doing and I guess that could be called an orgy . |
| 20 | I notice that a great many people were nodding when he suggested that , possibly including the hon. Lady , who should not be so argumentative because I am agreeing with him . |
| 21 | But er no , we were talking and she said if I give you the money you wo n't go and spend it on the |
| 22 | The writer is saying that he understood that the church was not really interested in helping the poor , just in attracting new members to the church for its own glory and ultimate gain . |
| 23 | Another aspect of this extravagance is the large amount of unanalysable recorded data ; this is presumably the point Labov is making when he remarks that the ( technical ) quality of participant-observation data is often poor ( 1981 : 4 ) . |
| 24 | I look over at him while everyone 's arguing and he smiles and winks at me like he 's really enjoying himself . |
| 25 | Donald McIntyre ( 1970 ) illustrates what is missing when he suggests that the ‘ result ’ of a pupil 's mathematics exam , instead of 40 per cent , might be recorded as a ‘ diagnostic profile ’ thus : |
| 26 | The government , they say , is bluffing when it claims that TECs are intended to tackle Britain 's persistent skills shortage . |
| 27 | ‘ For example , out of 28 graduates last year , I know that 15 are working and I know that three do n't have jobs . |
| 28 | His tone made me think he was phoning because he sympathized and wanted to help . |
| 29 | I was drawing and I read and and I played with toys and I read this game |
| 30 | In November , I wrote to him pointing that the formal period for consultation was ending and I asked when we might hear his response to the Green Paper . |