Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] be [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Offers were pouring in , my money was increasing by the week and I 'd already signed with A.T.V. for a T.V. show with five other ‘ New Faces ’ acts — Victoria Wood and Lenny Henry among them . |
| 2 | Rather a lot of everything in tins , that 's why do n't know if my Mum was waiting for the invite today only I hope she 's I was n't bothered Oh that 's nice . |
| 3 | My mum was sitting in the room . |
| 4 | I looked as if I was reading the paper , but my mind was going over the events at Ingard House , and the curious discrepancy in the stories about Andrew Stavanger . |
| 5 | My wig was swinging from the hooks on the charm bracelet , my orange hair tumbled over my face like a pound of grapes in an egg-cup and one shoe-less leg stuck out of a semi-detached dress . |
| 6 | My boss is getting to the position where he wants lots of information from me . |
| 7 | On Friday 24 February 1989 , my Group was meeting for the weekend at Oxford . |
| 8 | On 16th February 1991 whilst my husband was serving in the Gulf on Operation Granby , I was invited to attend a function at the Corporals Mess ’ — in a particular regiment which , of course , I shall not mention — ’ which I did attend with some of my friends . |
| 9 | I came down when my husband was working on the factory site then as I say , prior to us coming to live here this was had n't been even built so we 've seen it grow from the floor to what it is today , you know ? |
| 10 | ‘ Another operation was necessary when it was found a growth on my kneecap was burying into the bone . |
| 11 | My bookshelf is sagging under the weight of all my The Artist magazines , all in order of date and so often taken out to peruse back numbers . |
| 12 | but , then the next morning of course when Wendy got home she 'd been down my nephew 's looking after the kids for them and erm , and said we 've come to arrest you , and no , oh Rachael said oh mum there 's a police car pulled up outside , so she said , oh my god do n't tell me they 're wrong and it is Tracey , cos Tracey 's left home , she 's gone to live with her friend and erm , anyway , when Wendy got to the stairs she could n't go in , she could n't go any further and she said erm , when , when the policeman said Mrs I 've come to arrest you , she just about said Christ she said what have I done ? |
| 13 | Turning after 50 feet I saw my wife was sitting in the snow and weeping . |
| 14 | Aye my father 's leaning on the bridge like that . |
| 15 | I became aware that feet were scuttling down the stairs , and my father was bellowing from the regions below , ‘ For God 's sake , come down ! ’ |
| 16 | My father was staring at the camera looking morose . |
| 17 | Eva and my father were going into the front room , hand-in-hand , and they were reaching for each other low down , and clutching , tongues out , pressed against each other even before they 'd got through the door . |
| 18 | My niece was visiting for the day and she asked if she could have a drink of orange juice so I told her to go ahead and help herself . |
| 19 | My surgeon was looking at the past , not the present . |
| 20 | I might have a problem my daughter 's expecting on the twenty first of this month . |
| 21 | ‘ My strength is running between the wickets , especially the twos . |
| 22 | And he says my dad is coming to the school sports day . |
| 23 | My neighbour is working in the garden . |
| 24 | It had been one of the kindlier gases , so the after-effects left me feeling only as if I has swallowed barbed wire and my brain was battering at the inside of my skull . |
| 25 | I 'm gulping hot coffee and pulling on my coat ; my bag 's sitting on the reception desk in the hotel lobby and Andy 's standing , hunched and blinking and bleary-eyed , watching me stuff toast into my mouth and slurp coffee from a handle-free mug . |
| 26 | My family was suffering from the heat — ’ |
| 27 | By this time Gordon Sloan , a Reporter from Strathclyde Region , had been brought in to do the work in Orkney , as the islands ' own Reporter , Mrs Katherine Kemp , was still under suspension , and the details of her case were lying on the Secretary of State 's desk in Edinburgh . |
| 28 | She and her sister were sitting under the trees . |
| 29 | She looked round to where her sister was searching through the other books . |
| 30 | A handful of her hair was lying on the floor . |