Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [conj] [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I love Marie touching me like she 's doing now . |
| 2 | It was indeed Darwin 's wife , Emma , herself a scientist , who pointed out the real danger in the use of scientific method when she asked him : " May not the habit in scientific pursuits of believing nothing till it is proved , influence your mind too much in other things which can not be proved in the same way ? and which if true are likely to be above our comprehension ? " |
| 3 | It 's a shame that someone as obviously capable of expressing himself as you is given to such bursts of undisguised racism and ignorance . |
| 4 | Becky stood a good chance of saving herself but it 's believed she may have perished trying to help Emma , higher up on bales . |
| 5 | If a firm is to be successful , it will have to generate sufficient income to cover the cost not only of financing a capital asset but of replacing it when it is worn out . |
| 6 | oh yeah the people , matey 's walking along and he 's going like this and he 's pulling it as he 's doing it , he says and he 's doing it in proper time like that , but with one arm going he 's twiddling it , he 's doing it , he says no my feet are exactly like that , very effective but you can actually get fined for loosing them , you have to pay for them and its like a real , shooting sticks as well , you do n't tend to carry erm , these pay sticks you carry them like the old shooting sticks , the old you know ? |
| 7 | No wonder they are frightened , because the way in which the council tax will be implemented will confuse people to the point where they will be unclear about who is paying what and who is making the decisions . |
| 8 | Do n't be satisfied with buying something because it is described as ‘ green ’ . |
| 9 | Anne : Oh [ feels miffed , status diminished , he 's not considering her like she 's considering him ] . |
| 10 | The suggestion that he is not supporting her while she is receiving benefit can not therefore be taken as positive evidence that their relationship is not comparable to that of husband and wife . |
| 11 | Here again , if any particular type of equipment is absolutely essential in the bathroom , and finance is a problem , the social services department of the local authority may be able to help , and it is worth approaching them before anything is purchased or installed . |
| 12 | She 's doing everything that she 's going to . |
| 13 | I 'm using it for Tottenham fair on third , second or third of er July , but only because I 've managed to get a P C enthusiastic about doing it and he 's gon na man it for the day . |
| 14 | I 'll stop seeing her if it 's hurting you ! ’ |
| 15 | One of the factors is that it is a simple format , involving everyone and it is done with gusto and enthusiasm . |
| 16 | I always welcome hearing it when it is delivered so lucidly from the mouth of the hon. Member for Islington , North ( Mr. Corbyn ) . |
| 17 | And he 's singing it and he 's going like this |
| 18 | Anyway I went to see Foxy at lunchtime and erm and he said that erm er and I mentioned it to him and I said you know do n't go up to Sal and say Jess is feeling like erm you know , feeling that he 's , feeling really jealous because er if , if Sal is trying to get back that will just like please him , you know , if he is trying , if that 's the whole aim of the whole , you know , the operation then , then he 'll just feel pleased and it will also embarrass Jessica and she does n't want and if , and if it 's not , if it was nothing , you know , she 'll feel embarrassed so please do n't say anything and he said no no I 'll just make some subtle , subtle comment and he went up to , he told me that he went up to Sal and he goes erm and he says how 's everything going with Jessica and Sal goes yeah it 's good and , and he go erm cos er Phil erm cos Foxy goes oh cos it 's , it 's going really well with me and Catriona , it 's going really well I 'm really enjoying it , what about you , you know , and Sal goes yeah , it 's really good and Foxy goes erm you know is it , is it a long term thing then , you looking for a long term thing do you think and Sal goes yeah , what about you and Foxy goes yeah yeah definitely yeah , you know , cos he was doing it subtly so I came back and I said to Jess you know really , an and Foxy said there was nothing strange about , it was no f you know it was definitely to fe s f erm Sal was er you know being truthful , there was not like erm yeah well yeah you know and trying to get off the subject , it was n't it was completely , yeah , it 's brilliant , going really well , really enjoying it and it 's gon na be long term sort of thing . |
| 19 | What they thought is because he 's assessing them and she 's , they 're assessing us while he 's assessing them . |
| 20 | ‘ Are you telling me that someone is paying you to come here and write about voodoo ? |
| 21 | What , you leaving yours and she 's leaving hers ? |
| 22 | He said me and the boys we 're standing all day watching her when she 's bending down putting box in a sack |
| 23 | right , Craig 's just about to beat up Jane man , and he 's hitting her because she 's meant to have taped over something and I 'm taping over even more of it now ! |