Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , Master , we are building our arguments on the fact that there were men who looked like King James . ’ |
| 2 | The employees are accepting their fate with the usual mix of bitterness and resignation . |
| 3 | At the moment of writing , Labour seems to have lumbered itself with a system in which thode entitled to nominate — Labour MPs — will have no reliable means of guessing whether they are wasting their nominations on a no-hoper . |
| 4 | Mr Takeshita 's immediate aim is to show the Americans that he is as adept in international affairs as in domestic politics , and that they are wasting their time on a boy like Mr Kaifu . |
| 5 | Producer Lord Grade wants Lowe to star as a writer whose aunts are using their basement as a mortuary . |
| 6 | To get power , you are using your power against the power that the opponent gives to you . |
| 7 | Groups in our society such as Friends of the Earth , Greenpeace and the Green party are to be congratulated for the energetic way they are drawing our attention to the issues involved . |
| 8 | They think I 'm reconciled , but I 've only been biding my time for a chance like this one you 've brought me now . |
| 9 | So , if you are intercepting your track at an angle of 30° , you will wait until your RC has moved to a point where it is displaced 30° from the RC 0° to 030° or 330° . |
| 10 | But now the men managing her money are accusing her father of a bid to take complete control . |
| 11 | The earliest the matter can be raised again is in January when the new Congress returns , and although if the benefit is reintroduced it may well be retroactive to1 January , potential donors are biding their time for the moment . |
| 12 | Just as I am drawing his attention to the point and beginning what I know will be a long and wearying discussion , Mirsal , who has been fighting the cabman about his fare outside , appears and lets loose such a torrent of thumbnail word portraits of the clerk 's family that , used as I am to his powers in this respect , I am struck dumb with admiration . |
| 13 | I 've just realised that as we talk , we are hanging our show on the miners and that there is not one image by a woman . |
| 14 | With some clients , such as Nissan , Nuclear Electric , Volkswagon Audi and Flight Refuelling , we are auditing our performance in the catering and facilities operations directly with our clients , resulting in true contract partnership . ’ |
| 15 | A client is not easily detached from a solicitor who has been handling his affairs over a period of years , but a comparatively mild solicitation may deprive an insurance broker of valuable business which otherwise might safely be reckoned on for a period . |
| 16 | I am helping my Pa with the outdoor work , as is right and proper . |
| 17 | But in promoting it to MPs we 've been drawing their attention to the kinds of organizations which in turn in their eyes just sort of represent that pyramid or structure of votes that . |
| 18 | Theo had been confiding his disappointment with the way his life was turning out , and Vincent quickly swept in with an indictment : ‘ It seems to me that the whole art business is rotten . ’ |
| 19 | The advertising is in black-and-white and is authentically ‘ French ’ — concentrating on moments or happenings in which French people , young and old , are enjoying their Janneau as a part of their everyday life — relaxed with that indefinable French quality of style which instils ordinary events with a particular panache , whether it be over a meal or simple as a complement to civilised living at any time of day . |
| 20 | They are bringing their children to a school about which they already know a great amount and have decided that it meets their needs . |
| 21 | During June and July many artists living and working in East and South East London have been opening their studios to the public , coordinated and publicised by the Whitechapel Gallery . |
| 22 | It is not the West End galleries however who have been opening their doors to the new generation . |
| 23 | ‘ For the first time in ages they are tackling their problems in a sensible , mature manner without hysteria on one side and bloody-mindedness on the other . |
| 24 | Trish , who has been representing her country for the last twelve years with such good horses as Manifesto and Michelangelo , only allows her horses to compete on decent surfaces . |
| 25 | So to raise funds , some of the villagers are opening their gardens to the public on Saturday . |
| 26 | ‘ Aye , after a battle once you have recited your thanksgivings , or prior to a campaign , while you are girding your soul for a crusade as now , as blessedly now — many of you may yearn to kneel in your cell with saw and magnilens , with rasp and buffing wheel and carbide graver , with brush and inkhorn . |
| 27 | If you can afford such luxuries , the device known as the Steadicam JR will give you perfectly smooth shooting even while you are walking your camcorder through a tracking shot ! |
| 28 | Writers and actors have been pledging their support at the start of National Library Week . |
| 29 | A coalman , Mr Martin Phipps , had been driving his lorry along the downs at Chartham at 7.25am on Tuesday when he noticed a Jaguar XJS parked in a chalkpit , said PC Burden . |
| 30 | It is a warm Saturday towards the end of the 1989–90 season , leagues are being decided , the unfortunates are being relegated and Scotland 's itinerant football fans are weaving their way to the citadels of Brechin , Forfar , and Cowdenbeath . |