Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third placed Middlesbrough are playing two spinners . |
| 2 | Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA has now sold a block of 5.6% of its ordinary shares to Digital Equipment Corp , bringing DEC 's holding in Olivetti to almost 10% and fulfilling the agreement concluded last year , which gives the Italian privileged access to DEC 's Alpha RISC . |
| 3 | or you ca n't have a lunch break , but she did n't , she just automatically assumes that everybody knows what 's going on in her head be that everybody else should know as well , yeah anyway I 've got to go Matt 's shouting , he 's obviously having problems plumbing the dishwasher , god his little cotton socks , so we 'll see you later , alright then , see you later on ta ta . |
| 4 | I do n't think Kenneth was trying to be outrageous at all . |
| 5 | I mean Jim was saying that Winston has given them two weeks off so |
| 6 | While one in ten agreed ICI was doing a fair share to reduce its impact and using its scientific skills to develop ‘ greener ’ products , the environment journalists still rated the company among the worst polluters — alongside British Coal , Fisons , British Nuclear Fuels and Powergen . |
| 7 | I mean David 's talking about the leaf stem I could n't care less about the leaf stem I 'm with most people I understand that Councillor Barry Jackson 's offered to look after it in his garden cos he likes it and he 's welcome to do that . |
| 8 | Or I mean David was saying you can do this you can do that you can do the other you can do this . |
| 9 | Miguel Rafaelo was waiting , his jeep facing downhill , his face shadowy in the moonlight beneath those graceful cypresses . |
| 10 | He realized Maisie was kissing him . |
| 11 | Scientists fear Gaia is heading for a breakdown |
| 12 | Well , with the two lines going yeah would have been about right then but see , John I do n't suppose he realised Ann was gon na fetch all the people out of here there and everywhere and start that up . |
| 13 | Why has Tod been frittering my life away like this ? |
| 14 | Severb Trent is paying for the excavation , but developers have n't always been that considerate . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't know Dana was modelling one of your dresses , Claudia . |
| 16 | ‘ Say Markham is paying Wheeler or Wheeler is paying Markham for services rendered and say Paul was implicated either way , might not Rosamund know about it , if it involved money going into or out of any of Wheeler 's accounts ? ’ |
| 17 | Has Richard been looking after you ? ’ |
| 18 | David found Linda was caring and understanding ; soon he began to feel uneasy because he knew he could not have heterosexual Linda as a partner if he were to undergo his sexual transformation . |
| 19 | Cord Dillon is travelling as my personal representative with instructions to report back to mc about this subject directly and without reference to any intermediaries however highly placed . |
| 20 | Another notable promotion , to the trade this time , involved Picador 's sending pairs of pink knickers to booksellers all over the country — mostly men — to promote Tama Janowitz' new novel , The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group . |
| 21 | James Shelley Hamilton found Cagney 's acting ‘ stunning ’ and ‘ remarkable in its vividness and consistency ’ . |
| 22 | Then he took a bite of his passion cake and asked , ‘ How come Jake 's marrying her if she 's so awful ? |
| 23 | ‘ They say Stephen is failing . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't know Phil was coming . ’ |
| 25 | ( I mentioned McTaggaet 's saying that Russell had ceased to hold his earlier view , that ‘ I ’ is known by acquaintance . ) |
| 26 | James has said he did n't know Gardiner was going to stab White . |
| 27 | How come Graham 's playing golf again today anyway ? |
| 28 | Let me continue with the United States erm example in the United States it 's a , it 's a complex government situation , has Mr been speaking to you ? |
| 29 | Right now I do n't know Mr. 's trying to book some . |
| 30 | Annabel Hogan was wondering whether to change the main meal of the day to the evening . |