Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [v-ing] [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy is yelling as he runs , coat-tails flapping out behind him , gloved hands outspread , his head thrown back , the ear flaps on his hat snapping and clapping like wings . |
| 2 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 3 | I think the point that Mr is making if I read him correctly is that is you had an inner relief road , in fact it would siphon off traffic from the A sixty one going south from say the Killinghall bypass or relief road . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | In fact this is what Socrates is going when he 's asked , well what do you want us to do with your body , he said you can do what you like , I wo n't be in it anyway . |
| 6 | This is what Thomas S. Szasz is implying when he writes about ‘ definition ’ : ‘ In the animal kingdom , the rule is eat or be eaten ; in the human kingdom , define or be defined . |
| 7 | President Bush is recovering after he collapsed during a banquet in Japan . |
| 8 | I understand what Morrissey is saying because he lives his life like me . ’ |
| 9 | what , what Sottle is doing when he comes in on the scene ? |
| 10 | Er I would like to k to know more about what Michael is saying before I got involved in any discussion of that . |