Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a point of order , Mr. Speaker — not related to business questions or to the fact that I am sulking or anything like that ; it is a totally different matter . |
| 2 | Okay well they 're two completely different spelling different things and you got them bot right I did n't I did n't help you I did n't even say and think about which sort of bean you 're using or anything like that did I . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're saying that something about me niggles at you ? ’ |
| 4 | And we 're also having a sponsored Tree Best , where we 're hoping that lots of children will come along dressed up as trees , and have raised at least £10 sponsorship each and we 're having performances on a rainforest theme , and a dancer who will be doing a dance for rainforest , and there 's some rainforest type music and things like that , and there 'll be prizes and certificates for the children who are trees , and there 'll be an exhibition that head office are launching . |
| 5 | Police are investigating and anyone with information should contact . |
| 6 | We did n't sit down thinking deeply about what we had been doing or anything like that , largely because we were teaching at the same time . |
| 7 | By saying that God ‘ transcends ’ the universe we are saying that none of the limitations that apply to finite life — such as being in a particular place — applies to God . |
| 8 | With local elections due in April 1991 , the party knew that its candidates would be clamouring for lots of vote-winning enticements . |
| 9 | ‘ It is rather naughty , you know , my lord , ’ he would say into the phone ; ‘ I shall be coming after you with a big stick if the copy 's not here by tomorrow . ’ |
| 10 | The whole solution to this problem might cost you less than £10 , and even that outlay is allowing for lots of future use . |
| 11 | Paul is declaring that none of the things we boast about , or trust in — intellect , upbringing , orthodoxy , good life , and so on — are vehicles of salvation . |
| 12 | But not that I was looking or anything like that ! |
| 13 | The concern , though , was always with where the music was going and which of its layers were propelling it , so that the occasional sudden stillnesses became a real opening-up of another dimension in the music 's workings and vision , not just a refuelling stop for the orchestra . |