Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But for the painful bout of constipation , the aesthetics of mass eating — coping with hospital food when sharing a table with sixteen others most of whom are also carrying some form of umbilical , from blood to urine — everything was fine . |
2 | I HAVE listened with great interest to those voices who do n't want the ‘ South African tour rebels ' ’ ban to be lifted , and it is clear to me that many of them are not expressing these views out of a sense of justice or respect for the millions of blacks still suffering in South Africa . |
3 | Staff and participants involved in them are now asking critical questions about the future of such projects . |
4 | Engineers and some metallurgists resisted the idea with the whole force of their emotions and even today some of them are still making growling noises in caves in the backwoods . |
5 | I am also providing additional funding to Highlands and Islands Enterprise specifically to tackle the effects of the winding down of the Holy Loch naval base . |
6 | Should I tell my doctor that I am also having homoeopathic medicine ? |
7 | I am also preparing introductory notes on Council Tax for my staff , as soon as these are available I will send you a copy for your information . |
8 | I am again offering Green Party members and sympathisers in North Ward , the opportunity to vote Green . |
9 | I am simply flagging those issues ; I do not want to go into them in great detail . |
10 | Fortunately , I am already getting positive responses from some of these and I hope you will be able to confirm Aspinwall & Co 's willingness to lend support . |
11 | I am immediately introducing new measures to ensure that all high-risk premises , which include restaurants , will be looked at by some health officer every six months . ’ |
12 | As I announced at the end of the trial , I am immediately doing two things . |
13 | If you really can not talk then you can write your replies , but I am not leaving this room until I have them . |
14 | And I am not suggesting that learning to relax will change a single external circumstance ; what it will change is the effect those external circumstances have on your mind and body . |
15 | While I am not denigrating individual interpreters working for the immigration service or the Home Office , many of whom work extremely hard and do a very good job , it is essential that those seeking political asylum have an absolute guarantee that the person doing the translating is independent , is fully aware of the importance of an asylum application , is fully familiar with the cases and is somebody whose background has been inquired into to make sure that he or she is not in a position to infiltrate the immigration service and pass information back to the regime from which the individual may be fleeing , thus putting their family at risk . |
16 | I am not making pedantic points when I refer to all those complexities and difficulties which are now beginning to bite in a way that I find worrying . |
17 | ‘ I am not making this sacrifice for nothing . ’ |
18 | I am now using three photographs that I took in Kenya , plus back-up material for specific areas , from six books . |
19 | I am now using three photographs that I took in Kenya , plus back-up material for specific areas , from six books . |
20 | This does not mean that I am now suggesting all children should have the chance of performing a scripted play in front of an audience ( indeed I doubt whether many young people are likely to be mature enough to cope with the sophisticated Stanislavsky approach to performance ) . |
21 | I am now holding this package in my hand , Diane . |
22 | I am now holding this package in my hand , Diane . |
23 | Ferguson revealed : ‘ I have been so impressed by Danny 's form that I am now giving serious consideration about playing him in the League team . |
24 | It still gives a lot back to me , and I am still making new friends . |
25 | ‘ I am currently teaching Russian immigrants to speak English and it is something that I really enjoy . ’ |
26 | As you can see , I am once making great claims on behalf of separatism . |
27 | In pointing into the flower-vase and saying , ‘ Here ’ , I am obviously distinguishing one place from another as the place where the thimble is . |
28 | I said that in pointing into the flower-vase and saying , ‘ Here ’ , I am obviously distinguishing one place from another as the place where the thimble is , and that if places could n't be distinguished — by pointing , or naming , or describing , or giving co-ordinates or in some other way — there would be no possibility of this use of ‘ Here ’ . |
29 | I think I 'm finally living that fantasy ’ |
30 | ‘ I think I 'm finally living that fantasy now ’ . |