Example sentences of "[vb -s] [indef pn] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says everyone is talking about the new store . ’ |
| 2 | Mike says everything is bouncing up and down but he does n't know why he does it … after today 's race he will not be able to get out of bed in the morning because he 'll be so bruised |
| 3 | At that age one thinks one is going to live for ever ! ’ |
| 4 | Outer observation is inherently fallible : one may not actually be perceiving what one thinks one is perceiving . |
| 5 | It seems everyone is waiting for Strach to have 2 quiet games in order to start ending his career . |
| 6 | The Governor even went further by paraphrasing the Bible in his urgings for the bill 's passage : ‘ He that doeth nothing is damned , and I do n't want to be damned . ’ |
| 7 | This enables those who have had their turn to be identified and ensures nobody is missed out . |
| 8 | It 's 9 a.m. and Tara senses something is going to happen , but she 's not really sure what . |
| 9 | as if every , she thinks everybody is talking about her . |
| 10 | The ethnographer 's conventional notepad can be obtrusive , yet when time in the field extends to a full eight-hour shift , it is impossible to dispense with it , for without notes one is left only with general impressions recorded at the end of the day or fragmentary notes recorded surreptitiously ; yet to use a tape-recorder would have been more obtrusive . |
| 11 | There is indeed a world market for savings , although that is not a wholly comforting fact : the Chancellor himself foresees a world shortage of savings , which means everyone is going to have to compete harder ( ie , pay more ) for them . |
| 12 | The distinctive sensitivity towards the antique that occurred in Italy is understandable because even today wherever one walks one is bombarded by fragments of ancient sculpture , remains of buildings and inscriptions , reminders of Rome 's grandeur . |
| 13 | But now Hughie , a man who built his first craft at the old Whitehall shipyard in 1950 , believes everything is ebbing away from Whitby . |