Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | even though seeing them is not that different |
| 2 | I since you 've already contacted them in person , erm phoning them 's not going to you know reassure them that we 're a bona fide company |
| 3 | On one hand , you have the ultimate spartan aesthetic for portraits : the passport photo — cold , detached , flatly lit etc — and on the other hand , there are heavily manipulated images in which the person who 's producing them is far more physically involved . |
| 4 | But what strikes one about their situation and the way they are tackling it is how vary narrowly they are ahead . |
| 5 | ‘ I am just hoping and praying he is not going to be used as a human shield . |
| 6 | There the wee man goes and spoils it all by sayin' he 's not an ice man and if we get ourselves into a really bad pressure ridge he could n't say fur sure what would happen . |
| 7 | When he 's out walking he 's upright very up right . |
| 8 | No they 're not the realities , because what we 're saying is that we have to modernize the policies of the Labour Party , but the policies are absolutely based in our traditional concerns , I mean , let me give you an example , when Beveridge was talking about unemployment , and the life long need for people to work , he was talking about a male workforce , where it was a man supported by a non-working wife , now we still have at the absolute heart of our concerns in the Labour Party peoples need to work , but we 're now talking about a situation , where women are sharing with their husbands the role of bed breadwinner , and in many families the woman is the sole breadwinner , and therefore our policies about employment and the economy recognize that the world has changed , our principles are the same , but the world to which we 're applying it is very different , and , again , on that you see there would be no distinction between the so-called traditionalists and the so-called modernizers . |
| 9 | ‘ Insulting me is n't going to help Sam . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Smoking them 's not too bad , it 's putting them out with your foot that really hurts ’ |
| 11 | Not all of them , of course , are directly important to your work , but the key figures need to be known and meeting them is sometimes not easy . |
| 12 | And frightening me is n't as important as you think . |
| 13 | Anyone like us who , after two hand-outs , tries pretending she 's not there is eventually offered what sounds like a horrible curse . |
| 14 | Under the guise of complimenting Elizabeth 's mercy , Spenser is implying she is easily manipulated by others . |
| 15 | But surely you 're not so naïve that you ca n't understand that for any normal man to be in close contact with a girl for days on end without wanting her is damned impossible ? ’ |
| 16 | And there 's Master Tristram pretending he 's not listening to his father , who might 've been sitting in the Fowey stocks by now if it was n't for that same father 's efforts . " |
| 17 | When a therapist becomes aware that such a situation is developing it is most important that he discusses this with the patient and sets very clear limits on the relationship . |
| 18 | He 's not listening he 's not listening |
| 19 | Then , since there is no believing without some doubting and since believing is all the stronger for understanding and resolving doubt , we can say as Christians that if we doubt in believing it is also true that we believe in doubting . |
| 20 | Indeed , many executives harbor misconceptions , believing it is merely a matter of adding extra engineering and design personnel or introducing the latest computer-aided design ( CAD ) technology . |
| 21 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 22 | After a period of activity and shouting it is surprisingly easy to introduce a game like ‘ dead lions ’ ( p.39 ) and have all the children being as quiet as they can be . |
| 23 | What practical steps are we taking to discover how the Church appears from the outsider 's perspective and how its message is being interpreted ; remembering it 's not what we say but what they hear which really counts ? |
| 24 | I 'm looking it 's not one job for one person in one company today . |
| 25 | But to cover up anywhere a bit ugly , bare looking it 's very handy . |
| 26 | He 's pretending it 's not there . |
| 27 | Mm , he 's laying there pretending it 's not him , look ! |
| 28 | By avoiding this situation and pretending it 's not happening means that we can actually be risking the lives of one our friends , one of our family . |
| 29 | ‘ Stop pretending it is n't what you want , ’ he breathed as his lips touched hers . |
| 30 | I think any feminist movement in Britain should take on board the fact that Ireland is a colony and the fact that there is a lot of denial that goes on , people pretending it is n't happening , and saying there 's nothing that can be done . |