Example sentences of "[prep] be [v-ing] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An attractive young blonde I had n't seen before was offering me a joint . |
| 2 | Mr Fred Barnes was a brick-faced , middle-aged man whose starched white collar seemed to be causing him an obstruction in breathing . |
| 3 | that , that there are others equally we say that we women to determine what happens to their own bodies and their destiny is for them , I respect that view too but in those circumstances you do n't resolve problems by the majority whatever it happens to be determining what the minority will do . |
| 4 | I mean ( looking back on it ) he seemed to be teaching me a lesson . |
| 5 | A set of 3-D viewing glasses will be bound into magazines , so that readers can look at a waiter who appears to be offering them a tray of cocktails . |
| 6 | Someone who put £50,000 into his licensed dealer 's portfolio , and who let it be churned around ad infinitum , was likely to be testing what the firm would do with it . |
| 7 | They were supposed to be doing me a favour , giving me that work , four and a half yards . |
| 8 | In theory , Verity and Lewis were meant to be giving me a lift in four days time , but that was obviously out , now . |
| 9 | They 're supposed to be giving us a face lift of . . |
| 10 | Even the ducks seemed to be giving it a miss . |
| 11 | But having it dished up twice in just 19 days — in what seems suspiciously like identical form — seems to be going it a bit . |
| 12 | Plans for the next show , however , are not running so smoothly and Pigott Smith does n't hide his frustration at a system which seems to be hindering his every move . |
| 13 | And I 'm gon na be giving you a handout which gives you information about how to calculate it . |