Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [adv prt] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Check no one is hanging around before you enter them . |
| 2 | Miracle Squares I think there 's a lot of thought gone into it you know , it ca n't be easy to re er to , to just dream up a game erm , I like the one about you go to the last supper and the waiter spills soup on your trousers , the waiter , ha tell you else about the Marx brothers an'all , the waiter is er the king of Snowdonia and it 's Groucho Marx , the , they 've got this massive hall , and er these big steps leading down into it you know and as , as they 're coming in there 's somebody at the top and Ann says who 's , who 's walking in and they walk down the stairs you know and Mr and Mrs and the king has you know and he says oh the king Snowdonia is about to arrive , he should be here any minute now , he should be here dead on this time you know , he gets these big fanfare trumpets up da , da , da , da , the king of Snowdonia , and there 's nothing and all of a sudden it flashes to Groucho Marx and then he 's in bed with |
| 3 | Rosa cast an eye at her mother 's frowning back where she attended to some task and tried to exchange a glance of impatience with Tommaso . |
| 4 | IF THE TRAIN IS PULLING OUT AS YOU ARRIVE , NEVER CHASE IT AND TRY TO GET ON . |
| 5 | So much is going on that you do n't know anything about — ’ |
| 6 | It can help some to keep track of what is going on if they have others to help them . |
| 7 | They also do not know what is going on or what to do next . |
| 8 | What is going on when we get our students seriously to reflect in this way ? |
| 9 | What is going on when we give reasons for our beliefs or actions ? |
| 10 | ‘ I wo n't march off and ask what the hell is going on because I know he will be acting in the best interests of the team . |
| 11 | We are within the Constitution as it stands , nothing illegal is going on and we claim the right to be treated as democratic citizens assembling as we are free to do . |
| 12 | Once this is achieved , she suggests , the dichotomy between realism and relativism becomes irrelevant ; both will proceed in the same way in trying to sort out what is going on and what to do . |
| 13 | Also , as compared with a shot in which the subject traverses the picture directly from one side to the other , the diagonal movement gives the eye longer in which to take in what is going on and it reduces the need to pan the camera to follow the subject . |
| 14 | I do n't think us er er public people really realize what is going on and I think then they would maybe stand up and be |
| 15 | Well , I think it erm , very , I mean I think as you said Chairman , if erm , there 's a clear majority for one party it 'll unblock a whole lot of delay and decision making which I think is going on and I think that that should be helpful . |
| 16 | you know that awful viral thing that 's going around and I meant to be pass the infectious now , or I would n't be here with you . |
| 17 | The person was older than me and he 's a bit higher up the rank than me and it 's all about it probably comes with experience he 's to stand for yourself really but it 's when you 're our age and a bit younger you do n't want to be seen to be rocking the boat if there 's something that 's going on that you do n't agree with but you 're asked to do something that you do n't want to do valid reasons you have n't got the time or it 's not really up to you to do it |
| 18 | she knows more what 's going on than I do |
| 19 | go as far as to say we probably know less about what 's going on than he does . |
| 20 | So erm and another thing I was going to suggest erm I need help really erm for the meetings , I need somebody who will help , a social secretary say somebody who will help with the raffles and somebody who will organize meetings , what 's going on at meetings because it 's getting , the job is getting most difficult and I work part-time and it 's , it 's , I 'm not getting any younger and I 'm finding it a struggle to try and get everything fixed , the raffles and the what 's going on and everything organized , so if you , if you if you could see the way clear , perhaps we could create a social secretary or an assistant secretary where we could have somebody who can give a hand with the organization of the meetings |
| 21 | Damned if I could make out quite what 's going on and I 've been trying hard enough . ’ |
| 22 | Oh it 's terrific you know it 's a great building I like it I like what 's going on and you say will you come back again ? |
| 23 | I have as much right to know what 's going on as they do . |
| 24 | One very quick point , sorry erm I do n't want to sound as if I feel I can but er I welcome your comment at the beginning the condition be be left out on what 's going on because I thought this was actually the key function of this committee and I mean I see these are being decision has been taken . |
| 25 | So Joyce thinks he 's , he 's going in after you see |
| 26 | It 's to keep you invested in building societies , only they , they 're frantic because all the money 's going out and they want to keep their erm their erm deposits up , so they 're offering these schemes , and they are quite good , there are no charges as such , but er you 'll get the value of the fund that they 've made , or you 'll get a say two or three percent bonus per annum on top of the er share rate , er if you keep it for four or five years . |
| 27 | And then I thought oh that 's Clayton coming in as well and then I thought no it is n't , he 's going out and I heard him go out . |
| 28 | It was n't so much the ageing process itself that sent my spirits plummeting — although greying hair and wrinkles were n't exactly adding to my self-esteem — as the realisation that time is marching on and I had better not waste a moment of it . |
| 29 | he says the toilet rolls the soft ones have dropped down , cos I get the soft Kleenex ones , everybody 's complaining about and he said they 'd dropped them three pound , is it twenty nine ? , to two eighty nine now |
| 30 | Now this old girl is getting on and she wants to move into town . |