Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is as much to keep other things from crowding in as it is to ensure that we pay attention to all that matters . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Erm I du n no , the thing is our prom , yeah , is the day before so like I 'm gon na be pretty fucked erm two , a couple of my friends who are coming , they 've got they 're like in the middle of the ex their exams like erm I know my one friend 's driving there but he 's going from St John 's Wood , thanks , erm we might be able to pick you up , I 'm not sure , it depends what 's happening or you might go with Josh , like we 'll meet outside probably . |
| 4 | There is a massive sub-culture there , looking backwards and it 's getting more insidious all the time . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's sleepin' well an' she 's put on two pounds . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ That is not to say I am not looking around and it 's reassuring that there 's money available if necessary . |
| 7 | Without this information , the speechreader may appear to interrupt rudely or think that something is going on that he is missing . |
| 8 | let's hope they can win the game for him … we 're going to finish with our roundup of what 's going on and what 's coming up … here 's Mark Kiff |
| 9 | As regards the concept of time , the poem is remarkable for its modern point of view : ‘ Similarly , time by itself does not exist ; but from things themselves there results a sense of what has already taken place , what is now going on and what is to ensue . |
| 10 | Smoke detector 's batteries must be going down cos it 's making a funny noise . |
| 11 | Ricardo Ellcock , the Middlesex fast bowler , plans to study in the United States for a career as an airline pilot after confirming yesterday that he is to retire from first-class cricket , as reported in Monday 's Daily Telegraph . |
| 12 | He goes well , you know , we erm , well , do n't ask okay , but just do n't touch him , okay , cos he 's dangerous just do n't , anyway the man gets drunk , he 's going he 's going like that he 's excuse me , you 're interrupting my joke . |
| 13 | you 're coming near to the end of your shift you 're not waking up because it 's getting near morning whereas everybody else is , you 're finding it much more difficult to carry on because you 've gone through the whole night working , the night is well along and it becomes increasingly more difficult to stay awake so physically , spiritually , whatever way you look at it , it is certainly very difficult to stay awake in the truth today , but it is n't that difficult and it is n't er a hurdle that none of us can overcome , Jehovah says that his load is light , Jesus echoed that did n't he and it is true that if we do Jehovah 's will , Jehovah 's way , then it will be made light for us , he will help us to stay awake , but he 's not going to allow us to slumber and drift off into obscurity , but it all comes back in hinges upon us and that 's why the counsel is in verse thirteen as a day , as in a day time look , let us walk decently so we have to do something do n't we ? |
| 14 | Well if he 's going out and she 's going out , who 's gon na look after the children ? |
| 15 | He keeps calling in till he 's acknowledged , then he asks for a road report . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a tragedy that it looks as if he 's quitting just when he 's developed from being a superstar into an awesome megastar . |
| 17 | staying longer and she 's going to come here to tell well you know the reality ! |
| 18 | The strikers are staying out until he 's reinstated . |
| 19 | Where the water 's stuck and it keeps coming down and it 's getting quite wide where anyone could slip in . |
| 20 | has become an increasingly dangerous on this right hand side I have said just now they must try and stop this coming in because he is getting some magnificent balls in to the penalty area and sooner or later they 're gon na concede a goal . |
| 21 | I would understand it if the Minister were saying merely that he is reorganising the same amount of resources , but he has cut resources . |
| 22 | I remember Debbie bringing me home once from Bingo and he 's coming up as she 's coming up , she 's almost there too her house , and he would n't budge , he would n't back , he would n't reverse at all . |
| 23 | And the bear 's behind all , all blood coming out and he 's going and the man turns round and he goes . |
| 24 | I 'll stop moaning now because it 's going to be a great season . |
| 25 | Dame Gillian Brown thanked the speakers with great enthusiasm , congratulated the Principal on ensuring the succession , and also thanked Patricia Hutchinson and Mary Keen for a successful meeting , and the University Womens ' Club ( worth joining even if it is known as Pussy Cat Hall by my irreverent 88 year old cousin , a St. Hugh 's gal ) gave us rather a good tea . |
| 26 | Gradually add the oil stirring steadily until it is amalgamated and the sauce has the consistency of a creamed butter . |
| 27 | right , and I look over to Roger and Roger 's flicking through his notes like this and as you , you were peeping through and he 's trying to find out what , what he 's talking about , they 're not looking at each other and anyway at the end of it , er we went through it and at the end of it he turned round and went how was it , what were you playing at , what was that spiel that you gave it 's in my brief , that 's one of my objections |
| 28 | There 's far more communication flowing down than there is flowing up . |
| 29 | I said , I said , if we do get going , and we do start finding out that it 's going alright , he 'll turn that , into like er , shop er , blasting shop . |
| 30 | ‘ There might be some spare cash floating around since it 's getting near the end of the year . ’ |