Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [is] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | He probably thinks everyone is still having a good time out there somewhere in the fog . |
| 3 | In an effort to help stem the tide of rhino poaching which is now threatening the survival of the species , the UN Environment Programme has appointed a " special envoy " , charged with persuading governments to take steps to close down the trade in rhino products . |
| 4 | she do n't know she 's not gon na like it |
| 5 | I expect she is simply disliking the winter . ’ |
| 6 | And then it 's up to you know th er it just makes it so much easier for the kids alright but it also is much easier for the form teacher to know who 's not bringing in homework who 's who 's you know er erm and what have you , and I just feel that that helps the kids get into a routine and it will highlight immediately the work problem the kids who have got work problems or problems about where they 're gon na have |
| 7 | I agree that it is useful to know who 's actually running the stall in case you you 've got knocked off . |
| 8 | I say she 's only doing , she 's only playing around . |
| 9 | Police say she 's now recoevring from her terrifying experience . |
| 10 | She started to walk across the yard , and he followed her ; and they had reached the house door before her decision came : ‘ I 'll take the cart down there later on ; if he 's put her to work she 's likely pacing The Strand , ’ she said . |
| 11 | Some people say there is more sniffing in the summer , but perhaps it 's just more obvious in the long summer evenings . |
| 12 | They do n't know they is n't gon na just churn out , oh yeah well we 'd better pay that mate , eighteen thousand quid ! |
| 13 | ‘ I am just hoping and praying he is not going to be used as a human shield . |
| 14 | Solid as a bull whale in his confidence and peering through eyes that suggest he is not lacking in a little magic himself , Hugh Smith calmly rebuts every argument that London is in decline . |
| 15 | I know the name " — is partially explained by the fact that the stage directions suggest he is still looking at Chetwyn , but we infer Anderson 's absent-mindedness from his response because any confusion over the referent of the question is unlikely , assuming that Anderson , as a participant in the Colloquium ( albeit an unenthusiastic one ) , knows that the venue is Prague . |
| 16 | It 's time for him to match his maturity with his golf and realise he 's not going to win every time . |
| 17 | He said well you 've been right since Christmas and if you say it 's not going to snow , it 's not going to snow ! |
| 18 | Upstairs in the workshop , there is an air of quiet panic mingled with excitement because nothing is quite ready for the upcoming show , but it 's near enough to know it 's all going to be just divine . |
| 19 | You realise it 's slowly killing you ? ’ |
| 20 | Two important non runners there in the twelve fifty , number seven Far Senior and in the two o'clock number thirteen the I would n't say old timer but Panto Prince anyway shame he 's not going to get a run . |
| 21 | To be successful at meetings you need to know what is really going on , or in other words what is below the surface . |
| 22 | At the meeting the VHPB reviewed what is actually happening in different countries against what is recommended . |
| 23 | It exists in other professional fields , especially those which deal with people rather than things , and may in time arise in nursing which is currently becoming more academically orientated . |
| 24 | ‘ Insulting me is n't going to help Sam . ’ |
| 25 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 26 | Hugh said : ‘ She says she 's not coming back with us . ’ |
| 27 | She says she 's not banking on a short life for either of us . |
| 28 | That her teacher says she 's not paying attention ? |
| 29 | As well as soaking up the sun , Emma says she 's particularly looking forward to scuba diving and swimming in Stingray City . |
| 30 | But Amanda Cadder , who was planning to emigrate to America , says she 's never going back . |