Example sentences of "[is] actually [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |
| 2 | It is actually leaking water , mum . |
| 3 | Launching the product at London 's Science Museum , Mr Sugar hit out at other suppliers for hyping new products ‘ without any evidence that their equipment is actually nearing production ’ . |
| 4 | Two level controls live on the front panel , each with a red and green triangular LED ; the green illuminates when the signal is -20dB below clipping while the red shows that clipping is actually taking place . |
| 5 | I shall make sure that I send him a copy of my speech tomorrow , which will give detail after detail of what is actually taking place in the valleys . |
| 6 | It follows naturally from the previous chapter that we should now go on to consider where sedimentation is actually taking place today . |
| 7 | At the emotional level , this can mean that the personal involvement is engaged ahead of the action , and that by the time the manipulation is actually taking effect , its originator can sit back and observe what she has set in motion . |
| 8 | The rock is actually quarrying residue in one of the oldest and most productive areas of Cotswold quarrying of the Jurassic limestone belt which has produced building stone since the reign of Edward III . |
| 9 | We find that the bank is actually paying interest to us rather than us paying interest to the bank . |
| 10 | Neither of these categories of time is included in the assessme nt of working hours unless of course , in the latter case , the housewif e is actually doing housewor k during the hours ‘ freed ’ by children 's sleep . |
| 11 | One of the major problems I 've encountered with this review is actually keeping hold of the guitar long enough to form my own opinion . |
| 12 | But one part of pregnancy Jacqui is definitely not looking forward to is actually giving birth . |
| 13 | No , you saw Steve actually , he 's actually moving house today but erm any chance you can come in Monday ? |
| 14 | Oh , indeed so , erm our domestic life is extraordinarily complicated but when , after my maternity leave expired and when I 'd finished having time off and breast feeding the baby , he in fact looked after her for a term in Cambridge and I came back to Sussex and taught during the week and went back to my daughter and husband at weekends , and now he 's actually taking leave in his turn , if you like , so that he can be the back-up here while I teach and do my work this year . |
| 15 | There have been a lot of studies done with regard to morale and job satisfaction and it has been shown that , that if people are well trained , they feel a lot more loyalty towards the company cos they feel that somebody 's actually taking responsibility for their training and development . |
| 16 | Lick figs out of my he 's actually saying lick piles from my and , you know the audience replies fig fig . |
| 17 | Well he 's actually having treatment for it now in fact he 's gone today . |
| 18 | He 's much more in his element in prometheus , which heaves and sighs as though it 's actually giving birth to fire . |
| 19 | I mean it 's actually giving light out , but er there 's one over there if anybody |
| 20 | The er it 's actually giving light out , but if you were to try and grasp that light in your hand , you could n't . |
| 21 | I mean , can you think of any other situation , Pop , when a man gets so close to a woman except when he 's actually making love to her ? ’ |