Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They include , to give just a few examples , realizing that they have re-read the same page of a book three times without taking any of it in ; nearly getting knocked over crossing the road ; yelling ‘ Tie ! ’ at a pupil they do n't know ; noticing that they are both reading a magazine and watching the television while having their evening meal ; spotting the line of empty wine bottles that has accrued since the weekend . |
| 2 | And DM shoes — I do n't wear them , but a lot of my friends do , and you ca n't help noticing that they 're much better made than the shoes for girls , they last so much longer . |
| 3 | There is obviously something wrong with a portrayal of children as totally lacking in reason until they leap out of bed on their tenth birthday announcing that they are now able to act on principle . |
| 4 | A nesting box must be positioned in an area that has no existing barn owl settlement , after checking that there are enough small mammals to feed an expanding population . |
| 5 | Hello tape recorder , you seemed to go off there for a while , I 'm just checking that you 're still working again , thanks very much . |
| 6 | It is a condition of booking that you are adequately insured on your holiday . |
| 7 | I 'm laughing cos I 'm so happy . |
| 8 | One of the great things about watching a good comedy show or film is that people around you start laughing and you are much more likely to join in . |
| 9 | ‘ It is cooling because you are so late . |
| 10 | It is no good complaining about militants running everything if we have not spotted what is happening because we 're so busy doing it the way ‘ we always do ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ But I do n't suppose she 'll be doing much painting while I 'm here . ’ |
| 12 | The new breeds of patio roses , Polyantha roses , and the modern shrub roses mentioned above , are all excellent subjects for pressing as they are considerably smaller than some other varieties , and bear a constant flow of flowers throughout the summer . |
| 13 | There 's an ecological number sung in typically spacey fashion ‘ The world 's spinning round , like a looney balloon ’ ; there 's an anti-Thatcher song summarising the Prime Minister 's lack of sensitivity in the one charge that she does n't like rock n roll ; and , proving that they are probably the only pop band ready for the single European market , there is an EC tribute : ‘ Down All The Days ( to 1992 ) ’ . |
| 14 | There is , therefore , a double dissociation between the effects of visual cortex and superior colliculus lesions , suggesting that they are functionally independent . |
| 15 | Prevalence rates for severe mental handicap are , however , considerably lower than this , perhaps four per 1000 , and given the more limited life expectancy in more severe cases , the most frequently quoted rate for severe mental handicap is 3.2 per 1000 suggesting that there are around 160,000 severely mentally handicapped people in the country . |
| 16 | ‘ It is hard enough for me to run my practice here , seeing that I am that strange animal , a gentleman . |
| 17 | It is no good pretending that you are ever going to do fine woodwork with this All Purpose saw , but for rough cutting and shaping it has many uses around the house . |
| 18 | I try it for a bit — you know , pretending that I 'm all frozen , but someone on a bike comes down the path and I got to move to get out the way . |
| 19 | Remembering that we are here dealing with a community first to exile and then returned to an impoverished and divided land ( i.e. |
| 20 | It is worth remembering that there are still people in Britain today who have never been to London . |
| 21 | I have now had to learn to cope with my problem and think before I react , remembering that I am now an adult . ’ |
| 22 | We may project the values we use ourselves on to other people — imagining that they are as critical as we are . |
| 23 | As we have seen earlier , this is a Freudian term implying that they are still committed to the ‘ pleasure principle ’ . |
| 24 | These features are worth remembering if you are currently exploring a new stretch of river . |
| 25 | The little dove huddles in her blanket , and , though Rainbow puts the heat on full , does not stop shivering until we 're somewhere in the depths of Essex , in the fast lane of the M25 . |
| 26 | Excuse me for swearing but I 'm just repeating what she said … |
| 27 | ( ‘ And their void shields are overlapping because they 're so figging close together ! |
| 28 | Erm , but those , that has all my appointments on , and I use a very simple system of crossed hatching when I am away from my base for , for the bulk of the day . |
| 29 | Erm again , this is why er er jogging at th at this point became so er popular if you remember everyb er a little while , few years ago everybody was rushing out jogging and there are still people who are doing it . |
| 30 | You 're either lying or you 're very naïve . |