Example sentences of "be [v-ing] and [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very important to keep on happy and good terms with the family that are living and it is extremely sad when the death of a parent who loved all the children should be an unwitting source of family rifts . |
| 2 | A car picks them up from wherever they 're staying and there 's usually a phone , so they can ring us up if they get stuck in traffic jams , or if there is a last-minute change of plan . |
| 3 | Er I think what he 's trying to say about the rich peasants is that er that they were always resisting the movement , it was only later on when they find that you know , that they , they need to get involved otherwise their own positions are er threatened then , then they 're joining and they 're only joining but were not actually participating in it , they 're not moving along , and so that 's what , that 's why he 's making a distinction between different types of peasants . |
| 4 | You just sit there thinking you 're taping and you 're not . |
| 5 | I would have thought that was a more likely erm But er we 're obviously we 're speculating and it 's perhaps |
| 6 | ‘ You 've found a place you like , you 've found people you like … you 're working and you 're not even paying any tax . |
| 7 | You 're working and you 're not bugging anyone and you turn yourself in — they do n't come and pick you off the street — and still they do this . ’ |
| 8 | I am waiting and it is not a time for you to be chatting . |
| 9 | All of the top clubs have been faltering and we 're quite happy to creep up on them . |
| 10 | 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 . . |
| 11 | I get the impression he agrees with what I 'm saying and he 's just shaking his head at the sheer extent of human deviousness and spite . |
| 12 | Some were eating and there was always the chance when this happened that they might put something into the Cages for the eagles . |
| 13 | The children knew that the little bunnies were coming and they were so careful of the mother when they fed her with lettuce and cabbage . |
| 14 | The analyses of the multiple choice versions suggest strongly that many pupils were guessing and it is only the non-multiple choice versions which are reported here . |
| 15 | I did that once , quite bad it was , my father was furious , but my mother said I 'd been trying and he was n't to do anything . |
| 16 | It 's a word which everyone is using and it 's almost like confetti . |
| 17 | Right you have to come I think the basis of this evening was to get people to come along and put there points of view and to say what 's happening and what is n't happening and I think we can take that take that away and considerate it yes I mean I I think the board or the management committee will be happy to meet with people to discuss the use of the theatre er what it 's used for what might what the unhappiness is if there is unhappiness and the positive and the positive as well as the negative points yes . |
| 18 | it 's a tangent it 's just another thing to be aware of er that certain put their exam but it 's along the same thing cos I know what 's happening and they 're not writing G C S E but they 're writing exam entries so many pupils x number of subjects so many passes okay ? |
| 19 | Well , I think we should tell national office that this is , you know , this is happening and it 's not on ! |
| 20 | Yet this is exactly what is happening and it is also happening with the schools in a reactive stance . |
| 21 | Mr Brown 's girlfriend is dying and he 's really cut up about it . |
| 22 | Through collecting up-to-the-minute information on what is selling and what is n't , and then making it available to suppliers via EDI , it becomes possible to achieve a stock replenishment process that is highly responsive to customer demand . |
| 23 | Philippa 's coming and she 's all right , but there are two straights as well and I do n't want you to frighten them . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ The IRA are sure that somebody in the organisation is talking and it 's really put the wind up some people . |
| 25 | I can split them up , and then I 'm not needed , and I can just wander round and have this panorama , and you see who 's working and who is n't . |
| 26 | Massive chunks of history are missing and it is really not possible to understand the Abstract Expressionists without reference to how they incorporated or reacted against those earlier tendencies . |
| 27 | The exception is important as it avoids having to repeat descriptions on the plant schedule and makes clear what we are covering and what is not covered . |
| 28 | I was struggling and I was n't going anywhere . |
| 29 | A blackbird was singing and it was very quiet and peaceful in the Park . |
| 30 | Well Peter I sa la one night last week oh it was the week before I was going up past and this fella was walking and he was fucking staggering and he was going on the road and Peter 's came back and fucking him . |