Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was so excited to be returning that she was up before dawn and ready for the journey south long before the arrival of the taxi that was to take them to Berwick for the train to King 's Cross . |
| 2 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
| 3 | Callaghan seemed to be implying that it was not enough to offer young people a broad liberal curriculum in school , if such a curriculum did not prepare them to face the unthinking anonymity of the factory production line . |
| 4 | be late , because then I would be lying cos I 'm just home and I want to get |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't be going if I was n't absolutely fit and confident of the people and equipment on the trip , ’ he insists . |
| 6 | 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 . . |
| 7 | In any case , as Nora said , it 's exactly what they would be doing if they were still in funds ; and now , more than ever , they had to keep up their pretence . |
| 8 | You sit there , then you get up and you walk to one end of your cell , which is n't very far , stand there for a little while , then you walk back , look out the window , and all the thoughts go through your mind — I could be out there , your children , friends , what you 'd be doing if you was out there . |
| 9 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 10 | The judges would , in effect , be saying that they were not willing to sanction the disbarment of a barrister pursuant to unfair procedures , and would be insisting that the matter should be handled again more appropriately . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll be saying that he 's still here next . |
| 12 | The inquiry is limited to events after 1986 , but Mr Patten appeared to be saying that it was up to the head of the inquiry , under the oversight of the Police Complaints Authority , to decide whether to extend it . |
| 13 | Now that she 's gone you wo n't always be saying that you 're off to the pictures with her . |
| 14 | Sorry I should n't be saying because I was Incidentally , I did n't say to you that when they transcribe it , if a name comes up they , they just write erm do you want a cup of tea , name ? |
| 15 | And the ones who have n't had the bad time might well be suffering because they 're not being allowed the benefits of hormone replacement therapy . |
| 16 | See , it 's gone five and she 'll be creatin' if I 'm not back for my tea . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Surely he would n't be joking if something was seriously wrong … and he had called her ‘ Lucky ’ … |
| 19 | Monarchy also appealed because it was the logical development of a hierarchical view of the universe which might be waning but which was still immensely strong and very widely understood . |
| 20 | But looking at the whole thing from a higher perspective , it seems to me that the Leeds management may be thinking that we are not going to win the championship this season or at least they are prepared to wait another year to have a go . |
| 21 | By this stage , you could be feeling that you are quite an old hand at Christmas video making ; if so , recording the party should be child 's play in every sense . |
| 22 | If it was n't for them , he 'd be feeling like he was home again . |
| 23 | What happens when the unconscious child in Joan Halton finds yet again that she is always losing out , this time to her husband , to his old car on which he dotes or to his mother who is still demanding so much of his time and attention , and that he appears to be forgetting that he is now married and has new first loyalties ? |