Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These implementations were at Nomura ( a global securities company ) , the Japanese Patent Office ( where they are implementing a paperless application and investigation system ) , and NTI ( their multi-vendor integrated architecture for their own internal operation ) . |
| 2 | They left , somewhat sheepishly , and followed Finnan into a tiny , grubby kitchen where he was setting a water-filled pot over the fire . |
| 3 | Five minutes before kick-off , Leicester goalkeeper Carl Muggleton went down in agony with a slipped disc and Hoult was ordered from the stand , where he was eating a hot dog . |
| 4 | In fact , he rarely came out of Bath and Wells , where he was proving a conscientious diocesan , predictably of a brisk administrative turn of mind . |
| 5 | Where it was melting a huge pile of boulder clay was built up , as a terminal moraine . |
| 6 | We could n't get a babysitter , so I was expecting a cold TV dinner thrown at my head when I rolled back . |
| 7 | My two main subjects were English and music , so I was spending a large part of every day doing the things I loved most . |
| 8 | Ah , so you been doing a whole week of cooking . |
| 9 | That is left for members of the host community to do , as it busies itself ghettoizing the minority ; and as it ghettoizes it mumbles , and if you listen carefully you can just discern beneath the self-righteousness , the self-congratulation , the following : ‘ Okay , okay , so you were having a hard time in your own country . |
| 10 | Where once you were making a conscious effort to cast long and accurately and were aware of the amount of punch you needed to put into the strike , you will find that with experience you begin to do these things quite naturally . |
| 11 | Although we are taking a whole day to film it , it will only occupy thirty five seconds of real time . |
| 12 | The loss could well be considerably higher , particularly if you are male or heavily overweight ; but over-high expectations can be just as demoralizing as very slow weight loss , so we are taking a restrained attitude . |
| 13 | so a child could work for an and do any work they want to in that hour so we 're doing a dual role , we 're holding a detention there |
| 14 | ‘ Everything official here seems to be tied up in red tape , so although it 's taking a long time I 'm sure the licence is being processed , ’ she declared defiantly . |
| 15 | Although he is taking a positive attitude , it is clear that George 's self-image has been shaken . |
| 16 | It 's terribly unfashionable , so it 's getting a new coat of paint at the Old Fire Station In Oxford . |
| 17 | Apple 's out to prove that its alliance with IBM will revolutionise the computer industry : so it 's offering a free video on the subject and picking up leads in the process . |
| 18 | ‘ If I am wearing a pure white carnation I am best avoided on that day because it means I am in a bad mood , ’ he said , adding that he always warns new acquaintances of this fact but has as yet not lived up to the threat . |
| 19 | If I am painting a small picture which includes figures , I often start with no preliminary line but go straight in , blocking in the face and body , changing the colour as I go . |
| 20 | If I were wearing a next-to-nothing nightie and he was sitting on my bed , I 'd be having serious trouble breathing too ! |
| 21 | It 's the sort of ’ You stupid boy , stop trying to drown yourself ’ speech I can imagine I would deliver if I were dragging a recalcitrant lad back to land . |
| 22 | If I were interviewing a new act , I would try to ascertain their sheer punishment factor . |
| 23 | ‘ If I was designing a one-off house , I would make acoustics a priority , because noise is one of the most harrowing problems of contemporary living . |
| 24 | So if I was working a full week , Sunday to Sunday , the next day would be my rest day , and the next week , it would be a Tuesday . |
| 25 | I might if I was running a coronary ambulance . |
| 26 | He 'd walk me home from school and it 's often said that he carried my ballet shoes , which sounds kind of romantic , but he actually did sometimes , if I was carrying a whole load of things . |
| 27 | I , I do n't know , I certainly would n't rely on just a sales brochure if I was making a major trans |
| 28 | if I 'm giving a single ear piece , cos they wo n't be quiet , otherwise they will get lost that way |
| 29 | Unless people are free to say ‘ I do n't think it 's good enough ’ , ‘ I do n't feel as if I 'm doing a good enough job ’ , and ‘ I do n't have a clear idea of how to do it better ’ , teacher-generated and teacher-appropriated change will not happen . |
| 30 | If I 'm doing a classical play she ca n't go on , but she 's good with the commoner stuff . |