Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [coord] [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very important to keep on happy and good terms with the family that are living and it is extremely sad when the death of a parent who loved all the children should be an unwitting source of family rifts . |
| 2 | Editing a program you like is fine if you know what you 're doing but it 's too easy to spend hours fiddling with the EQ to get the distortion to sound just so , when getting the right room size is the element that makes the sound . |
| 3 | Er I think what he 's trying to say about the rich peasants is that er that they were always resisting the movement , it was only later on when they find that you know , that they , they need to get involved otherwise their own positions are er threatened then , then they 're joining and they 're only joining but were not actually participating in it , they 're not moving along , and so that 's what , that 's why he 's making a distinction between different types of peasants . |
| 4 | I would have thought that was a more likely erm But er we 're obviously we 're speculating and it 's perhaps |
| 5 | All of the top clubs have been faltering and we 're quite happy to creep up on them . |
| 6 | crap bands and I 'm going but they 're so untalented , sort it out and he 's going |
| 7 | I think that we have a very butch attitude , I think the government has a very butch attitude quite honestly , er to , you know , you 've got to er stand up there and help yourself , and I suppose I 'm all for that , but you 've got to have something to help yourself with , and I think that 's where we ought to be aiming and I 'm very glad that the world 's leaders are heading straight in that direction . . |
| 8 | I get the impression he agrees with what I 'm saying and he 's just shaking his head at the sheer extent of human deviousness and spite . |
| 9 | The idea of devoting one 's career to helping the other fellow on his way , rejoicing , may be ennobling but it is sometimes more evident in theory than in practice . |
| 10 | and then last year we did Peter Pan and I said right I 'm leaving but she 's always wanted |
| 11 | I was gon na get well I 'm contemplating but I 'm either getting four cans of Strongbow and a bottle or just eight cans of Strongbow . |
| 12 | The children knew that the little bunnies were coming and they were so careful of the mother when they fed her with lettuce and cabbage . |
| 13 | The analyses of the multiple choice versions suggest strongly that many pupils were guessing and it is only the non-multiple choice versions which are reported here . |
| 14 | It 's a word which everyone is using and it 's almost like confetti . |
| 15 | And they 'll check that out for you and we 'll see what 's happening but it 's just in case there 's any arthritis or anything like that that 's |
| 16 | Yet this is exactly what is happening and it is also happening with the schools in a reactive stance . |
| 17 | Mr Brown 's girlfriend is dying and he 's really cut up about it . |
| 18 | Philippa 's coming and she 's all right , but there are two straights as well and I do n't want you to frighten them . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The IRA are sure that somebody in the organisation is talking and it 's really put the wind up some people . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's maddening but you 're just left not being able to work and having to get by on benefits . |
| 21 | Massive chunks of history are missing and it is really not possible to understand the Abstract Expressionists without reference to how they incorporated or reacted against those earlier tendencies . |
| 22 | A blackbird was singing and it was very quiet and peaceful in the Park . |
| 23 | Well Peter I sa la one night last week oh it was the week before I was going up past and this fella was walking and he was fucking staggering and he was going on the road and Peter 's came back and fucking him . |
| 24 | Not a lot was happening and I was really tired so I decided to go to bed . |
| 25 | Something was happening and it was so pleasurable she did n't want it to fade . |
| 26 | The sexual revolution was beginning and it was very exciting to get away from home and enjoy yourself in a relatively guilt-free way . ’ |
| 27 | I was busting and I was there going I said and I could n't exactly say can I go to the toilet ? |
| 28 | His face was bleeding and he was clearly very frightened . |
| 29 | The clouds had thinned , the sun was shining and it was almost warm enough to create the illusion of summer . |
| 30 | The red mark on his cheek was fading and she was suddenly horrified by her uncontrolled outburst . |