Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [indef pn] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first , we thought everyone else was booming while we were down in the dumps , but from talking to other businessmen you realise that everyone is suffering the same . ’ |
| 2 | Imagine yourself being in a crowd where English is being spoken , but suddenly you sense that somebody is talking in another language . |
| 3 | Although I am convinced that the prime management problem is ‘ making it happen ’ , one has to accept that in life there is always at least an evens chance that one is going the wrong way . |
| 4 | When you suspect that someone is flattering you in order to manipulate , or responding in an artificial manner , ask for specific detail . |
| 5 | That there is an application called desktop publishing is certainly not in doubt ; when IBM sets up a Business Unit ( the last one was to develop the PC ) you know that something is going on . |
| 6 | Suppose that one is choosing between two actions , both of which produce either no pain or the same amount , while one produces more pleasure . |
| 7 | Your laughter can be unrestrained only if you believe that nobody is getting hurt . |
| 8 | School makes me nervous ; when I walk down the corridor I feel that everyone is staring at me , and because a lot of people know about my anorexia they think it their job to comment constantly on what I am eating or not eating , and how much better I look now that I 've put on weight . |
| 9 | If we feel that something is going to be an ethical consideration , then we will probably not get involved in the project … |
| 10 | You want to promote anticipatory grieving and emphasise that everybody is going to be affected . ’ |
| 11 | But I doubt whether anyone is feeling a purely personal grief . |
| 12 | ‘ Forgive me , ’ Alexandra said , feeling a recurring surge of the courage that had invaded her at Langley Dene , ‘ but I think — with respect , I think that everyone is making too much of my meeting Mr Swinton . |
| 13 | But fundamentalists are also really dangerous , at least for a while , because hypocrites think that everybody is talking double talk , like them , and awful misunderstandings occur . |
| 14 | If you think that someone is trying to kill you , then you can die … because you are so afraid . ’ |
| 15 | I wonder if someone is pulling my syphon tube … |
| 16 | I mean , I think if someone is showing you the rainforest and he does n't stop every ten yards to show you something , then that 's not a good guide . |
| 17 | Check that nothing is getting hot . |
| 18 | I have to go up to the hospital twice a week to day assessment unit , where they are doing test on the baby just to monitor its progress and see if everything is going okay . |