Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , it is extremely hard to determine just exactly where you are experiencing the most hostility and hassle — at home or at work ? |
| 2 | Make sure that the baby 's body is facing the breast and that he or she is taking the whole nipple to fill its mouth . |
| 3 | If I can find whoever the senior organizer is for each conference , or whoever is doing the introductory talk , |
| 4 | Where they 're offering the free hours counselling and er and the two days yeah you know consultancy |
| 5 | You ca n't away with er some bum figures like this one , it 's not good enough for the members to give , be given wrong information and I and I can tell you this we 'll be coming back again and then we would know and where they were getting where they were getting the seventeen homes |
| 6 | Where he is addressing the converted , so to speak , he can say that his intention may have been to reinforce or confirm views already held rather than to stir up hatred . |
| 7 | Lear was now working mostly from the menagerie at Knowsley Hall , where he was enjoying the congenial nature of Lord Derby 's patronage , and entertaining the Lord 's grandchildren . |
| 8 | At first , we thought everyone else was booming while we were down in the dumps , but from talking to other businessmen you realise that everyone is suffering the same . ’ |
| 9 | Although I was doing the same kind of of erm work . |
| 10 | ‘ And ask General Dornberg to tell the Prince 's Chief of Staff that I 'm watching the Charleroi road , ’ Sharpe added . |
| 11 | I 'm not even sure that I 'm doing the right course . |
| 12 | erm And as I said , we 're trying to , not that I 'm giving the opposite view to Doctor Plumtree , as I said , we 're trying to fund the people on the front line , you know , the foresters in their back yard , as it were , we 're trying to preserve it , and we also feel we 're not being patronising , it 's not like we 're writing out a large cheque and saying ’ here you are ’ , we 're actually putting a lot of time and effort into this , I mean , it 's now become a full time job for me and certainly for Dave Kester , and all the other people working on it . |
| 13 | I 'm not ashamed to admit that I was encountering the vast majority of the fish on show for the first time . |
| 14 | At the north-western tip of the island I picked malotira , on the long empty golden beach of Phalasarna , thinking from its exotic perfume that I was gathering the famous dittany of Crete which grows nowhere else but on this island . |
| 15 | A harassed young intern assisted by a cool , pretty nurse ( called Ruth , from Stanmore ) told me that I was bucking the statistical trend by having three fingers smashed between the knuckle and the phalangeal joint . |
| 16 | ‘ As a cover , I had told everybody that I was remixing the original Abba songs . |
| 17 | When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing . |
| 18 | If God would provide accommodation for my family while I was away , preferably with friends , and convince my parents that I was doing the right thing , then I would know that the trip was on . |
| 19 | I wanted to be sure that I was doing the right thing and would n't regret it . |
| 20 | Not at all sure that I was doing the right thing , I fumbled towards the nearest dish for a finger-load of food , and turned to Sadria . |
| 21 | ‘ I told him that I did n't give a rat 's arse , and that I was doing the best I could . ’ |
| 22 | I had found myself staggering from one situation to the next … we decided then that I was doing the same thing wrong you see , and so we looked at the actual practice … |
| 23 | Everyone in the community believes that someone is shielding the two youths . |
| 24 | Helen explained that someone was converting the disused Baptist chapel into a house . |
| 25 | ‘ I told him if he would n't stay in Copenhagen with me than I was catching the first plane home ! ’ |
| 26 | As a film like Scandal , which dealt with the Profumo affair , might make young people go back and check out more about what was happening in the early sixties , so I was doing the same in terms of the fifties . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't know about that , but I do know it 's the only good look I 'm going to get for months so I 'm making the most of it . ’ |
| 28 | And she said it 's the fact that she 's carrying the extra |
| 29 | To see that she is receiving the correct amount of occupational pension ( if any ) that is due to her . |
| 30 | Miss Pamela Lyall , who sat beside him and talked carelessly , represented the modern school of thought in that she was wearing the barest minimum of clothing on her sun-browned person . |