Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone 's talking to the other girls . |
| 2 | The disability arts movement is the only area which is dealing with the cultural vacuum which now exists given this shift . |
| 3 | Ecologists at York University have warned that water voles are in danger of being wiped out by mink — an alien predator which is spreading through the British countryside as a result of escapes from mink farms . |
| 4 | It then raised the possibility that ‘ there is indeed a faction within MI5 which is gunning for the former prime minister ( and by implication the whole Labour leadership ) . ’ |
| 5 | The council is organising distribution of 100 Kwik Cricket sets donated by National Westminster Bank , which is working with the National Cricket Association to promote the game as an ideal way of developing skills and interest in the ‘ full-length ’ version . |
| 6 | And so here this rural craft er thing which I wrote for which you asked me which is arriving from the last minutes , is I 'll read it out to you . |
| 7 | It is ironic that the organisation which is researching into the falling hare population , the Game Conservancy ( Monitor . |
| 8 | The reduction in the and the persistent rise the depreciation charge , which is going over the last four years as we maintain a high level of capital spending . |
| 9 | They 're also acting as one of the major exhibition venues for Oxfordshire Artweek , which is running for the last 2 weeks in May . |
| 10 | are back in this country , but Louisa has gone off and is erm , got a job with C B S , she 's driving at the Olympic Games . |
| 11 | She 's travelling on the same train as you , but do n't fall in love with her . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , she 's going to the Baltic . |
| 13 | ‘ And she 's going to the big party on Saturday ’ |
| 14 | more or , is more or less is realized in a dream she has , just before she leaves Thornfield Hall , erm in which she dreams she 's lying in the red room again |
| 15 | But erm she 's coming along the right way so it 's trap two , Smoky Amber for me there ; dangers I think will be Barefoot Champion six and Marla Gain in five . |
| 16 | John at teatime is talking to veteran D J Paul about the best records of all time and musician Edward who 's playing at the Old Vic tonight , he 's on as well . |
| 17 | erm And if we are going to compete in world sport then erm and if we have to apply like Manchester , who 's applying for the Olympic Games , we have to have the appropriate stadia . |
| 18 | When the honest shopper acts as I have just described , he or she is acting with the implied authority of the owner of the supermarket to take the goods from the shelf , put them in the trolley , take them to the checkpoint and there pay the correct price , at which moment the property in the goods will pass to the shopper for the first time . |
| 19 | She is staying at the same Gasthaus as you . |
| 20 | She is talking to the Prime Minister . |
| 21 | Obviously , she is talking about the boiled egg and toast , but it is a funny way of putting things , talking about ‘ needs ’ and not appetite or eating habits . |
| 22 | Mrs Barzach will have a much more difficult time retaining her seat in the 15th arrondissement of Paris , which she has represented for only the past three years and where she is standing against the well-established local RPR mayor ( and deputy mayor of the capital ) . |
| 23 | You say she is working with the British ? ’ |
| 24 | She is relying of the Foreign Office in Bombay for information , but that 's hundreds of miles from the trial venue in the state of Goa . |
| 25 | Without Nashwan , the chief British-trained challenger in the Arc will be Aliysa , who is competing with the recent winner of the Prix Vermeille , Young Mother , for favouritism . |
| 26 | It is also clear that in the last two weeks the whole country , as it heard different voices and different noises , has wondered who is speaking for the Labour party . |
| 27 | Sheriff Brian Lockhart , who is presiding over the fatal accident inquiry , asked whether the Newton plans , referred to throughout five weeks of the inquiry so far as ‘ single lead ’ had not been considered to be so at the time . |
| 28 | Frank Layfield , the inspector who is presiding over the public inquiry into whether or not to build a PWR reactor at Sizewell ? |
| 29 | Radio operator Paul , who is serving with the Second Battalion Royal Irish Regiment , said : ‘ Gillian is the perfect bride I only hope I can be as good a husband . ’ |
| 30 | THE number of marriages between a divorcee and someone who is marrying for the first time is on the slide . |