Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [be] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I am still having fun , ’ she says . |
| 2 | ‘ He and I are always spending time together but we are not romantically inclined , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Well I 've er turned the tape over after side one , which was my first lesson and I 'm now doing side two , which is this lesson and the idea is to look at the s way in which language is used . |
| 4 | and I 'm certainly wearing paint tonight , quite a bit of it because its very hot under here and you would n't want to see me without it , but that 's me saying that , I mean why do I ? , why do I ? , why are we all wearing make-up ? , do we actually think we look better ? , are we trying to disguise something ? , yes |
| 5 | I know why my experienced colleague and I were both having trouble with the yarn looping at the edges . |
| 6 | It got rather nasty — at one point my sister and I were actually playing tug-of-war with a vase — and ended with us rowing about which of us was his favourite . |
| 7 | ‘ Every room here has been booked since a year ago , and I was dearly hoping Donna would screw up the nerve to send her packing , but Mrs Foster happened by , and Matthew 's fiancée recognised her . |
| 8 | The last tour , I had so much stuff and I was always having trouble with it breaking down and having to troubleshoot . |
| 9 | And you 're really enjoying maths now are n't you . |
| 10 | Black Agnes was outraged , declaring that she would never yield up Dunbar Castle to the English , despite her traitor husband , and she was now seeking help . |
| 11 | Although we are often successful in securing accommodation , it is a problem which stretches our resources to the full and we are urgently raising money to buy emergency short term accommodation for people with HIV/AIDS . |
| 12 | This Department took a lead role in the preparation of the report and we are now seeking permission to use the undernoted parts of the text in a Departmental Child Care Policy Statement : |
| 13 | ‘ Regarding the September issue , we are positive the matter is not connected and we are still gathering evidence to prosecute the culprit , ’ she added . |
| 14 | Both direct approaches and efforts to set up regional recruitment events are yielding positive results in four of the regions and we are still awaiting response to the other four . |
| 15 | ‘ We have only just finished the legal disputes , ’ he says , ‘ and we 're still fighting compensation battles . |
| 16 | The mills seem to be well pleased with it and we 're now getting interest from clothing manufacturers and even consumers . |
| 17 | To see a familiar , friendly face in a room full of strangers was very pleasant and we were soon exchanging news . |
| 18 | When I came out on top I immediately looked to starboard for the Pole Star and was rather shocked to find that it was oil the portside and we were obviously heading east , but by careful use of the engines was able to turn through 180° and the navigator gave me a heading after taking a sight from the astro compass . |
| 19 | probably a cup final and they 're still playing football on the first of May . |
| 20 | And they 're still making south . |
| 21 | They have received the support of the private sector and they are now requesting material from the Regional Council . |
| 22 | SACRED Sexuality is a doctrine being preached by a couple of Czechs called Zek and Misha Halu , and they are currently holding weekend courses to teach Westerners how to fulfil their own sexual potential . |
| 23 | We had paid some money to the police to look after us and they were also taking money from the journalists , and giving us their news , and ours to them ! |
| 24 | And he is already preparing Christmas stamps for the Ascension Islands . |
| 25 | He has signed ex-Portadown winger Vic Kasule and he is now looking south for defenders . |
| 26 | he 's taken a bite and he 's fucking spurting water all over the |
| 27 | He started walking away and he 's still walking kind of fast , so I grabbed his sweater from the back and pulled on it to slow him down . |
| 28 | He was wet , cold and irritable and he was already losing patience with this case . |
| 29 | Between 1949 and 1954 much of his spare time had been given to poetic scribbling ; and he was also giving voice to a measure of vacillation and disillusionment , which we shall encounter in his poetry from time to time . |
| 30 | It 'll be the first farmers strike in the history of the Soviet Union , and it 's already prompting strike calls elsewhere ; in the farming capitals of the Caucasus and the Ukraine . |