Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [be] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So everyone is basking in the increased popularity of the game . |
| 2 | Eagerly I was bending over the vacuum cleaner . |
| 3 | especially I was looking at the C G A monitor all night , |
| 4 | Only I was passing at the time . |
| 5 | Ah , well then , perhaps I 'm thinking of the word in a different way to you , because pathos to me means tender . |
| 6 | Now I have said that , it 's not government policy , perhaps I 'm stretching over the bounds of saying it , but er those these ideas are around . |
| 7 | ‘ So obviously I was thinking along the same lines as him . |
| 8 | Yes , I think you 're drawing a distinction between what you do in practice and what you 're booklet says , so I am talking about the letter of your booklet and what you do in practice might be a lot better . |
| 9 | So I am fighting for the profession . |
| 10 | And erm the only other outstanding sponsor from last year was Northern Rock and that has been a bit of a qu a problem because er it 's , we have n't had a closing gala event which might attract them but just recently erm Paul who as you know performed last year with his band so er well er is , had rang me and said that they are doing something in Venice and they could in fact take the boat to Hull rather than to Dover and bring it here and I 'm , so I 'm working on the assumption that we might have that . |
| 11 | So I 'm walking up the stairs and he 's walking up behind me , and all I can hear is Russell saying watch yourself cos he had his hands on me watch yourself . |
| 12 | So I was waling through the bus station one day and I met this girl and er Ooh , she said , I 'm glad I 've seen you , she said . |
| 13 | So I was looking at the slide sitting on the strings , and looking at the major third on the fretboard , and then I said , ‘ If only I could get this note here . ’ |
| 14 | So I was looking around the Beckenham and Bromley area when I found this place called Haddon Hall which was an amazing property . |
| 15 | There was a feeling that by doing so I was siding with the white community , not showing solidarity with my own people . |
| 16 | ‘ But I loved it and I loved singing and so I was performing by the age of four . |
| 17 | Then , like a dam bursting , suddenly she was diving across the room , a sob escaping from her lips as she reached out to snatch it up . |
| 18 | If you ca n't find the right staff , perhaps you 're looking in the wrong place . |
| 19 | If you suffer from constipation , perhaps you are clinging to the past ? |
| 20 | For example , if you use the words , ‘ I am resigning ’ , that unambiguous statement is likely to be taken at face value unless perhaps you are speaking in the heat of the moment or under duress . |
| 21 | Perhaps you were travelling in the opposite direction ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ When you are well enough you are going to the Dordogne . |
| 23 | So she 's coming in the morning for it ? |
| 24 | Tamworth , yeah , he works in Tamworth and she has to fetch him cos he does n't drive , sometimes she fetches him a rather that him get the bus home and so she was going along the main she said the name of the road , but I ca n't , th , the number of the road but I ca n't remember she says she saw rats just trotting down the side of the road , you know ! |
| 25 | So she was going to the opposite direction actually , and I insisted that I do n't want to take her that long she would have to walk back again . |
| 26 | So you 're kicking against the pricks right from the start . |
| 27 | So you 're concentrating on the little bits you 're doing and then you 're |
| 28 | So you 're going for the hour slots are n't you really ? |
| 29 | So you 're standing on the roof of coaches . |
| 30 | So you were looking in the first place ! |