Example sentences of "and [pers pn] is [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Annette Boyle has been promoted to catering manager to spearhead this exciting venture and she is already working closely with the Texaco facilities management team to ensure the move , currently scheduled for January , is as smooth as possible . |
| 2 | ‘ Her Majesty 's condition is comfortable , and she is presently sleeping . |
| 3 | We know that Roz 's new book on ‘ tensions ’ , which you have all been waiting for , is about to be published and she is also working on another booklet of machine knitting trims . |
| 4 | An hour into conversation and she is just starting to warm up . |
| 5 | A young married woman my office has tried to adopt a baby since she had a hysterectomy , and she is still waiting after a year . |
| 6 | ‘ She was fighting from the very first minute and she is still fighting . ’ |
| 7 | Her previous publications have addressed family care and community care in relation to older people and she is currently researching alternative forms of long term care for this group . |
| 8 | Taking the game in 1986 , Lea-Anna 's first handicap was 36 , but her progression has been extremely rapid and she is currently playing off 15 . |
| 9 | Alison 's problems appear to be resolved and she is now living near Clint in Carmel and studying acting in Los Angeles . |
| 10 | And she is now going up . |
| 11 | Effectively therefore she can neither walk nor talk and she is always going to need twenty four hour care for the rest of her life . |
| 12 | in the coming year , and he is today announcing that we are doubling the size of the homeless mentally ill programme in London . |
| 13 | And he is also calling for a massive reduction in overseas aid , already hit by the fall in the value of the pound . |
| 14 | And he is also shouting . |
| 15 | Erm there 's another Econ Soc the Economic Society putting on a lecture at five o'clock on Wednesday er in A forty two and the topic there is What 's Happening to the Distribution of Income in Britain and he is also talking to the Public Sector . |
| 16 | Now , after two or three treatments , his coordination has improved and he is also doing much better at school . |
| 17 | So far his progress has been encouraging and he is already taking a few steps with the aid of a frame . |
| 18 | By not considering this as a possibility , the pilot gives himself little or no hope of a safe landing , especially if the alternative is a very low 360° turn and he is already flying rather slowly . |
| 19 | By arguing , amongst other radical things , for limited liability , the new chairman could change that — and he is already making the right noises . |
| 20 | And he is already preparing Christmas stamps for the Ascension Islands . |
| 21 | With a lift , the carer takes control of the patient 's full weight , so that he makes no effort in the manoeuvre , even when his feet are on the floor and he is effectively standing up . |
| 22 | My husband has n't got a fixed address and he is probably hiding . |
| 23 | he tries to arrest her , but she bravely defies him until some guerrillas arrive , and he is soon begging abjectly for mercy . |
| 24 | On enquiry the Inspector contends that as the transactions were not recorded in the accounting records in March 1991 , no cognisance can be taken of the dividend , and he is therefore seeking to raise a s 419 assessment . |
| 25 | If Alger Hiss could betray his country for the sake of Communism — and he is still trying to establish his innocence — where else among the highest in the land might treason be found ? |
| 26 | ‘ Teams know about him now and he is still learning , ’ said Ferguson . |
| 27 | In three years of misery at White Hart Lane , the former England Under-21 was cruelly nicknamed ‘ Booby ’ Mimms — and he is still struggling to live down the tag , despite being the Premier League 's least charitable keeper this season . |
| 28 | What 's more , he 'll go on improving for some time because he was a late starter at 24 and he is still developing . ’ |
| 29 | But nothing came of it and he is still kicking his heels at Bramall Lane after drawing a blank in his summer quest to find a new club . |
| 30 | And he is still doing so . |