Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought she was never going to stop until I heard a woman say , ‘ I see 'er 's still showin' off . ’ |
| 2 | and then suddenly from the other end there 's this like , cos we , it 's like a big room , it 's the other end of the room all the dealers there , and er anyway and er and suddenly I hear , and then someone 's like saying talking , they 're all , somebody 's like mi microphone and starts talking to them about er what 's happening in the market , things like that blah blah blah blah blah , and this means blah blah blah blah so watch out for blah blah blah and I thought it 's like living in a different world , it 's amazing . |
| 3 | ‘ Good old Acapulco — someone 's always dropping in for lunch ’ |
| 4 | This is played from the Critical Parent where someone is apparently praising a job well done but spoils the effect by pointing out a relatively insignificant imperfection . |
| 5 | He 's at a party in Toronto to honour his pal Warren Beatty ; someone is always giving a party for Beatty and when they do n't he gives one for himself . |
| 6 | Nuffink 's ever gon na be the same again , that 's fer sure . ’ |
| 7 | They are greeted by the magnificent vista of the plain and the strange , but familiar , shape of Ol Doinyo Lengai , which is steadily catching fire at its summit as the sun rises . |
| 8 | Especially with an organisation whose public profile continues to rise , whose impact on governments is openly acknowledged , and which is steadily gathering support from more and more people . |
| 9 | Support for the drug among women has been further heightened by the rise in anti-abortion activism in many parts of the world , which is steadily gaining ground and fighting hard to have RU 486 banned . |
| 10 | It was a contest to restore one 's faith in a game which is allegedly losing its way . |
| 11 | If someone comes to ask you to move your car forward a bit so he can park his 10 ton truck which is completely blocking the road , it 'll be when you 've lost the car keys . |
| 12 | He 's described as being white , 38 years old , 5ft 10ins tall , of medium build , with brown wavy hair which is slightly greying . |
| 13 | I can see some use for the theory I 've learnt — there 's some sort of application which is indirectly helping people . |
| 14 | For the present , it must suffice to say that Eadmer 's report brings into Rufus 's reign a theme which is wholly lacking in Anselm 's letters , and we must ask whether Eadmer is not , here as elsewhere , reading back into Rufus 's reign the lessons which he and Anselm were to learn in the course of their joint exile . |
| 15 | Seeing value in activities only in so far as we can conceive them retaining it when cut off from the main tides of human affairs , leads to a kind of preciosity and detachment from what excites most human beings which is ultimately impoverishing . |
| 16 | We write as partners in a practice which is presently enduring a three month interregnum . |
| 17 | The poet comes to the conclusion that despite all the life which is slowly drifting away there is one thing which is undying , and that is her ‘ love ’ for him . |
| 18 | A new breed of archaeologist is emerging — more open-minded and willing to see significance in the detail of the countryside which is slowly disappearing . |
| 19 | An element which is largely missing from both the Marxist and feminist accounts , in contrast to either the conservative- or liberal-historical approaches , is reference to the role of religion in contemporary society . |
| 20 | On the western side this was always an area characterised by a militancy which is presumably going out of fashion now too . |
| 21 | And all this minor misery is occurring in an island set in a leaden sea of even greater misery , in a world which is presumably going to end , sooner rather than later , in some cataclysmic downpour of misery beyond imagination . |
| 22 | It is technical advance also which is increasingly removing the natural advantages of countries with low labour costs . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've also found ourselves looking at other aspects , like eldercare , which is increasingly becoming a problem for people who work . |
| 24 | Mr Hussey arrived from Hong Kong refusing to discuss the affair which is increasingly raising questions over the way in which the corporation is run . |
| 25 | They say LSI is still negotiating ‘ starter kit ’ rights with Sun Microsystems Inc which is reportedly asking LSI for $250,000 . |
| 26 | They win their parents over with a rose-tinted vision of the world which is decidedly reassuring . |
| 27 | Is it not clear that it is an untried system , which is clearly producing a two-tier system for many patients , who are not receiving the very best care because their GP practices are treated as inferior to those that hold contracts ? |
| 28 | The fabric has to be read with care in order to understand the evolution of the building , which is clearly going to be impossible where churches have plastered interiors or stuccoed exteriors . |
| 29 | firstly the only application of his associated with er improvements to er passenger transport in the structure er , in hoping that the Authority 's running into Central London and in terms of er traffic generation which is clearly going to be a , a significant issue in , in consideration of this particular enquiry . |
| 30 | this is the manner in which the consultants were engaged , we chose quality , expertise er above all else in doing this work , which is clearly going to be challenged from every day here on , so the issue of having an agreed finalized figure will cost early on , pay on the |