Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [pron] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either it is raining or it is not raining . |
| 2 | Right you have to come I think the basis of this evening was to get people to come along and put there points of view and to say what 's happening and what is n't happening and I think we can take that take that away and considerate it yes I mean I I think the board or the management committee will be happy to meet with people to discuss the use of the theatre er what it 's used for what might what the unhappiness is if there is unhappiness and the positive and the positive as well as the negative points yes . |
| 3 | Yet this is exactly what is happening and it is also happening with the schools in a reactive stance . |
| 4 | Well , I think we should tell national office that this is , you know , this is happening and it 's not on ! |
| 5 | Mr Brown 's girlfriend is dying and he 's really cut up about it . |
| 6 | And they 'll check that out for you and we 'll see what 's happening but it 's just in case there 's any arthritis or anything like that that 's |
| 7 | The expansion of forestry by means of a policy of attrition and isolation of farms is occurring but it is not necessarily a process which in the long term will lead to a reasonable balance of land use . |
| 8 | It is very important to keep on happy and good terms with the family that are living and it is extremely sad when the death of a parent who loved all the children should be an unwitting source of family rifts . |
| 9 | No he 's alright looking but he 's just boring . |
| 10 | It 's a word which everyone is using and it 's almost like confetti . |
| 11 | These whiskers are sensitive not only to touch but to taste , so the fish can tell what on the river bed in front of its mouth is worth eating and what is not . |
| 12 | it 's stopped raining and it 's not raining or anything . |
| 13 | I just like , I just like , I know places , like I was told when I was meeting the girls yesterday , I did n't know what road I was going on I was just telling like , people names of the pubs and luckily this , like , bloke behind me getting on the bus , said oh you need a like , a seventy P or something and that 's when I knew where I was going and everyone 's like telling me where to get off , everyone gestures to me . |
| 14 | Through collecting up-to-the-minute information on what is selling and what is n't , and then making it available to suppliers via EDI , it becomes possible to achieve a stock replenishment process that is highly responsive to customer demand . |
| 15 | Pauline sold him at weaning and he is now another family 's pride and joy . |
| 16 | I am waiting and it is not a time for you to be chatting . |
| 17 | People always think we ignore them when they 're waiting but it is n't really like that . |
| 18 | A car picks them up from wherever they 're staying and there 's usually a phone , so they can ring us up if they get stuck in traffic jams , or if there is a last-minute change of plan . |
| 19 | I get the impression he agrees with what I 'm saying and he 's just shaking his head at the sheer extent of human deviousness and spite . |
| 20 | I know , look crying and it 's still sore today . |
| 21 | Philippa 's coming and she 's all right , but there are two straights as well and I do n't want you to frighten them . ’ |
| 22 | Editing a program you like is fine if you know what you 're doing but it 's too easy to spend hours fiddling with the EQ to get the distortion to sound just so , when getting the right room size is the element that makes the sound . |
| 23 | It is running but it 's not showing us anything |
| 24 | This is extremely time consuming and it is not always easy to tell whether the grains are what you think if they are not well-preserved . |
| 25 | It 's happening now , it 's always progressing and it 's always going on and you 're never going to reach an end point , you 're never going to reach a final point , whereas with something like history , I find it 's interesting , but you 're always going over and analysing what 's happened , it 's that much more backward looking , whereas science applied has got more constructive . |
| 26 | The idea of devoting one 's career to helping the other fellow on his way , rejoicing , may be ennobling but it is sometimes more evident in theory than in practice . |
| 27 | I would have thought that was a more likely erm But er we 're obviously we 're speculating and it 's perhaps |
| 28 | ‘ The IRA are sure that somebody in the organisation is talking and it 's really put the wind up some people . |
| 29 | Therefore if you 've got a relationship with somebody and all you seem to constantly to be doing is constantly arguing and it 's either I win or you win you 're never gon na get out of that unless other time . |
| 30 | Come on … now … before they finishes their arguing and it 's too late ! ’ |