Example sentences of "and [pers pn] is [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason that the buyer selects a packet labelled , say , ‘ cocoa ’ from the shelf is that she wants cocoa and she is relying on the description ‘ cocoa ’ accurately to identify the packet and its contents . |
| 2 | His ankle is badly swollen and he is struggling for the weekend . ’ |
| 3 | Now the strings have gone slack , and he is waiting for the end . |
| 4 | He has kicked the booze , lost weight , and he is itching for the Italian League to get under way . |
| 5 | Behind him the sky has changed to sea , and he is charging down the hill . |
| 6 | He added : ‘ People from all over the country , people we have never heard of , have been good enough to sit down and write lengthy letters , to send flowers at great expense to a boy , just saying Tim Parry , Warrington , Cheshire , and it is getting to the house . |
| 7 | It will be a modest help and it is moving in the right direction . |
| 8 | Thank you Ma'am , I did er put this with , this request before Council and it is going through the er proper channels , shall we say , and we 'll be going ahead . |
| 9 | You are making a statement about a child and it is going on the child 's record . ’ |
| 10 | Both are in private hands , and it is owing to the generosity of the owner of one of them , the French harpsichordist Christophe Rousset , that I am able to report on it . |
| 11 | It is the scent of sweet basil , and it is coming from the far end of the market where a solitary wrinkled old man sits on an upturned basket , scores and scores of basil plants ringed all around him like a protective hedge . |