Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [pers pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It keeps occurring and it 's called ‘ morphic resonance ’ ; something is simply in the air and more than one person picks it up . |
| 2 | Maybe summat special is happening and they 're rushing to get there , cos they look real excited and busy and hurrying to get some place . |
| 3 | And all the way through the film these things were happening and you 're waiting for the thrilling resolution . |
| 4 | At long last it was happening and I was receiving confirmation that the exotic and rare species , The Homosexual , existed somewhere else other than in my imagination . |
| 5 | The term ‘ poise ’ is difficult to define — it is the self-discipline that enables you to appear serenely dignified when your head is throbbing , your feet aching and you are confronted with an irate guest full of complaints . |
| 6 | I was laughing and you were getting the hump with it cos I knew I had it all on tape . |
| 7 | When Mrs Hollidaye had finished her praying and they were leaving the church , she stopped at the back and showed Dot a book with writing in it . |
| 8 | For example , the Turkish translation of ( 95 ) might be glossed as ( 96 ) , where the proximal demonstrative anaphorically refers to the first referent introduced , and the distal demonstrative to the second : ( 95 ) John and Mary came into the room : he was laughing but she was crying ( 96 ) John and Mary came into the room : this was laughing , but that was crying In that case , there are good arguments for considering that anaphora ultimately rests on deictic notions ( Lyons , 1977a : 671 ) . |
| 9 | And finally , erm again we 've been told that you either not remembering or you 're lying about the trousers . |
| 10 | I think that the skills and interest we develop in our young graduates these days are very much wider ranging and they 're reflected into the great variety of jobs into which you go , and erm frequently in talking to young people about geography I 'm at pains to say well we 're really rather a useless subject , but we do give insights into a lot of sorts of problems and erm these lead in many directions . |
| 11 | One example of this is the discounts offered to tenants purchasing local authority houses : these were altered in 1984 when sales showed signs of flagging and they were increased on flats in 1986 because few buyers could be found for flats . |
| 12 | oh , he was soaking and she was soaking , they come in , she had er trolley and he had er |
| 13 | His hair was damp as if he 'd been swimming and he was dressed casually in jeans and a thin denim-blue shirt . |
| 14 | er but if you are actually swimming and you are using the different strokes and so forth , it does use power-wise all the main muscles of the body . |
| 15 | I was , I keep looking and I 'm thinking |
| 16 | I 've given up smoking and I 'm getting enrolled as a soldier . " |
| 17 | IN the middle 80s , snooker was booming and I was doing my best to cash-in on selling it around the world . |
| 18 | so I thought he , he 's changing things he 's saying well I do n't think this is suitable and I do n't think my way of tackling this is suitable because he 's used to dealing with different kids , although they 're a similar age , they 're not very motivated or mighty but they 're more motivated than these kids , but he says like he 'll turned back towards the black board and he 'll be writing and they 're shouting abuse at him , F ing and blinding and he says it makes me so angry because I do n't know the voices well enough to know who 's saying it |
| 19 | Denise is going to do bandaging and I 'm going to do bandaging and so are you , so you have these packs and these packs , if you 'd like to take one pack each , I do n't know if there 's a pin in them , you might find a pin in there |
| 20 | Her legs were still trembling but she was pulling herself together as quickly as she could and she had to admit that his quiet actions helped . |
| 21 | We 're spluttering but we 're surviving . |
| 22 | We want them levelling and we are standing firm together . |
| 23 | The green man was flashing and we were crossing it and it just li I had to jump back onto the pavement ! |
| 24 | Her jaundice improved with stenting and she was allowed home . |
| 25 | some corrugated mesh from work when they 've finished building and I 'm going to do around there as well to stop stop him because you know they 've got holes in the fence and he jump |
| 26 | He answers , ‘ She is cooking and she is eating . |
| 27 | But she was cooking and she was going you take , she goes , she goes , some people like it a little bit on the side , you know , with their food , some people on the side . |
| 28 | you know I 'm still struggling and we were having a laugh , but the others who had him last term , said he was brilliant , because he actually combines work individually |
| 29 | Pointy-Beard simply said that Sunil wanted to see me when he 'd finished eating and we were going to meet him at Shazam 's and did I know it . |
| 30 | Oh yes we use cos when you 're dredging , you see when the eels came in the mud , eels always go in the mud in the winter time , you do n't , many eels swirl out , they go in the mud and when you 're dredging and they 're going into the hopper , cos they used to get stunned and they used to swim round right down the top of the water and they used to come up to the side , and if they come up to the side you could have your knife and just come here , cos they were stunned , pick 'em out . |