Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] be [v-ing] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the middle of February , when the Shah had been in Morocco more than a month , it had become common gossip in the diplomatic corps that Hassan was giving him the cold shoulder . |
| 2 | ‘ Ah — so Rune is showing you the sights of Copenhagen , is he ? ’ |
| 3 | DEC says that OSF/1-on-Alpha is now its primary platform and applications target and that customers are telling it the transition would be made more easily from MIPS R/4000-based boxes running Ultrix than OSF/1 . |
| 4 | I could not get over the fact that people were giving me the responsibility of telling them how to get me up , and that I could choose what time I went to bed ! |
| 5 | After Big Bang , private clients discovered that stockbrokers were offering them an increasingly impersonal service . |
| 6 | ‘ They 're likely to charge him over the weekend , so Gerry was tipping me the wink there 's no story for us . |
| 7 | And Jim was giving it a drink of water . |
| 8 | But like er , she took it sch to school and Scott was giving us a lift to school so did n't have to walk and she 's in the car and she 's going if this gets if this gets all smashed up Scott I hope you realise I 'm blaming you ! |
| 9 | ‘ Did you see that friend of Molly and Saul 's giving you the once-over , Minna ? ’ says Becky , digging her sister in the ribs . |
| 10 | A good thriller , and Corgi is giving it a major campaign . |
| 11 | Just over five minutes later she had taken the tablet and Felipe was pouring her a cup of tea , and Maggie looked at him in amusement . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 13 | And er the , the difference is that I will know , at any one time , whether Norwich are offering you the best rate or not . |
| 14 | ‘ Th'did more for me when Garty were giving me a beating . ’ |