Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is something we are constantly monitoring through our intelligence gathering work , which is linked through a Paisley-based computer to a worldwide network of customs intelligence . ’ |
| 2 | The ‘ people like us ’ factor will ensure that , the greater the compatibility between what you are apparently conveying in your talk and what the other person values , the better the outcome . |
| 3 | ‘ Forgive us , Mistress Tolonen , ’ one of them said , recognising her , ‘ but we are only acting on our master 's orders . ’ |
| 4 | Just as Eve came from Adam 's rib , just as Venus was born out of the waves , Agnes sprang from the gesture of that sixty-year-old woman at the pool who waved to the lifeguard and whose features are already fading from my memory . |
| 5 | My friends are already applying for their summer jobs . |
| 6 | You 're only looking at her body ! |
| 7 | If you trust somebody okay you 're quite open to them , they 're quite open to you if you co-operate you 're flexible , you 're being flexible and you like to work together and what happens is is if you 've got low trust and low co-operation with somebody well what you 've got is really everybody both people or everybody involved being defensive constantly being def defensive , if you do n't trust somebody and you know you 're not co-operative you 're constantly looking over your back , what are they doing are they doing that 's gon na mess something up you know what are they trying to do now . |
| 8 | and we 're just thinking of what value are we going to , what would be the value of X point nought one before three ? |
| 9 | We 're just waiting for you grandma . |
| 10 | Right well that 's the chairman 's remarks so Tracy , the sorry , you 're still writing for your letter |
| 11 | And it can get awkward when people take things too Literally — you say , ‘ Hello , how are you ? ’ and twenty minutes later you 're still listening to their philosophy of life . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're still working with your pirate kit then ? ’ |
| 13 | And although they 're the A B Cs are with a separate body you 're still working within your scheme . |
| 14 | You 're always throwing in my face that I 'm going to get in trouble . |
| 15 | I reckon you 're always peering over my shoulder ! |
| 16 | We were talking earlier , and I understand you liked to ride at the weekends , and you 're often competing on your horse , er , ha , if you were to have a fall , and erm , you had a back injury , or erm , you sustained an injury that would you keep you from work for a substantial amount of time , er , how would you feel , would you be able to pay your premiums ? |
| 17 | Erm we did an initial pilot run of nine hundred and seven , er and we had them redirected here which was quite fortunate cos we did find some er previously unthought of errors , erm there were two categories , these are ones where , since the renewal date , they 've had er a decrease erm sorry an increase which meant that erm we 're now quoting on their benefit statement as at last renewal , they 've got today 's er premium which of course is wrong , so we 've had those redirected in future , inside here . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're late returning to your course , ’ Edouard said pleasantly . |
| 19 | Tony Busby , general services section leader with BP Chemicals , says : ‘ I came here because people are always popping into my office to seek advice on what choice to make . |
| 20 | Moreover , the truth that matters is not what we feel , but the fact that God loves us whatever we feel , and his energies are always tending towards our health and well-being . ’ |
| 21 | During ( ii ) I am usually sitting at my desk , quietly getting on with things . |
| 22 | Sitting in Camden 's World 's End pub , Debbie and fellow Curve axe-wielder , Alex Mitchell are still recovering from their appearance at this year 's Glastonbury festival . |
| 23 | Most of us are still thinking about our Summer holidays , but one group of people are already preparing for Christmas ! |
| 24 | The police are still looking for her killer . |
| 25 | The software is supplied on both 3.5″ and 5.25″ disks and once installed the program can be opened while you are still working on your document by pressing ALT and 0 ( although you can choose your own Hot Key combination if you wish ) . |
| 26 | This bold hypothesis would still be accepted by many anthropologists and historians , and even those who have tried to refute it are still working within its framework . |
| 27 | We are still waiting for its opponent on the centre-right . |
| 28 | Six months later , those people are still waiting for their redundancy payments . |
| 29 | Like the Sleeping Beauty , you are still waiting for your prince to come and awaken you . ’ |
| 30 | The Palestinians are also suffering in their country , including being deprived of the use of gas masks and adequate warning systems . |