Example sentences of "[v-ing] [subord] [pron] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , he 's taken to disappearing every morning at dawn and not returning until he 's exhausted . |
| 2 | think probably it 's because it needs painting cos it 's a horrible colour is n't it ? |
| 3 | Your driving down the road , and you carry on driving if there 's no cross-roads . |
| 4 | No I do n't mind walking if it 's fine , I said to Sandra |
| 5 | But Phillip Chubb is in our group And he wants to be Robin Hood And Ann Boot is sulking because she 's not with her friend And I do n't see why I should be wood . |
| 6 | I carry on walking till it 's really dark and all the cars have got their lights on . |
| 7 | If a frog is climbing when it is attacked , it may drop to the ground and lie there motionless for several minutes before risking an escape . |
| 8 | He is sensitive to her situation , never interfering or interrupting when she 's under the pressure he 's already created for her . |
| 9 | September is one of my favourite months for walking as it 's invariably cooler — and wetter , it 's true ! — yet the days are still long and it 's easier to avoid the crowds . |
| 10 | Crabs that live in areas where empty shells are scarce select relatively large shells when given a free choice , compared with crabs living where there is an abundance of empty shells . |
| 11 | a dog 's better looking than she is so you 're in with a chance ! |
| 12 | You must tell your partner to stop pushing if it is too painful . |
| 13 | I 'm playing a guitar and he 's acting like Liberace , acting like he 's in front of a 50-piece orchestra with a silver dress on . |
| 14 | Listen to that big-mouthed gilgul , acting like she 's a fully paid-up member of the team . |
| 15 | She 's frowning like she 's thinking real hard . |
| 16 | Everybody hates a bad leaver but , whereas in the West you can usually close the door on a guest who has finally reached the garden gate , in the islands it is impolite to stop waving and chanting until he is either round a corner and out of sight , or else too distant to be able to see the whites of his eyes . |
| 17 | He put a little fish to swim inside , looking like it 's wriggling free . |
| 18 | LOOKING like he is appearing in some designer-conscious jeans advert , Nicholas Cage steps out of a big white gas guzzler on a sun-baked road in Wyoming . |
| 19 | The bridge plate should only need replacing if it is split or lifting away from beneath the table ; check for this by looking inside with a torch and a small mirror . |
| 20 | Yet there is a danger of reading too much into petitioning unless it is given a firm context . |
| 21 | Yeah well Robert said why have we stopped so I said I think we 're looking because it 's a typical new house and daddy wants to see what typical new houses now offer . |
| 22 | Well , I 'd prefer him not to go into acting because it is such an insecure business . |
| 23 | My Warwick is currently being serviced by a luthier in Holbury who tells me that the truss rod needs replacing because it is beginning to shear . |
| 24 | When he opens his mouth , a valve closes to prevent him swallowing when he 's underwater , and he could have ejected that medicine if he had wanted to . ’ |
| 25 | You 're wet and shivering as it is . |
| 26 | Mind you he 's not as good looking as she is but |
| 27 | The question of management and legal representation for aspiring new-comers is just as valid in publishing as it is in recording . |
| 28 | She needs you : you are her lifeline — and that 's probably why she 's acting as she is . |
| 29 | Secular employment is as sanctified as preaching if it is done ‘ as unto the Lord ’ . |
| 30 | The other best bit about sleeping with Marie is waking up and seeing if she 's awake . |