Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can make tracks and footmarks in the snow , and on finding footmarks can guess which way the person who made them was going . |
| 2 | Consequently the meters are now obsolete and maintaining them was becoming increasingly difficult , particularly in sourcing spare parts . |
| 3 | She thinks everyone 's talking about her . |
| 4 | The curtain which divided them was wearing thin . |
| 5 | What upset me was hearing the door locked . |
| 6 | ‘ I had n't realised I was resuming hostilities ! ’ |
| 7 | I realized I was getting extremely slushy , and tried firmly to pull myself together . |
| 8 | Then I realized I was kneeling on a tarpaulin which someone had carefully placed over what could have been a small metal gate — or — the detached ‘ fun bumper ’ cow-catcher device from a small four-wheel-drive vehicle , say , a Shogun . |
| 9 | I realized I was sweating and I was breathing hard . |
| 10 | I also realized I was going to be OK . |
| 11 | I wondered what he wanted , so I did it ; and in the interval of the rehearsal he came and said he was suffering from nervous shock because the moment I started he realized I was doing exactly the contrary of all the things he had taught the orchestra . |
| 12 | Instinctively I turned away , and then I realized I was walking in the opposite direction , then running , almost tripping over my own two flat feet . |
| 13 | When I realized I was walking towards my father 's house I quickly changed my direction . |
| 14 | When I calmed down I realized I was defending an organization I refused to be in , though I had nothing good to say for the one I 'd left it for . |
| 15 | I do n't think I am taking this line merely because I have been corrupted by a philosophical training and can not come off the fence . |
| 16 | ‘ Do you still think I am holding back on Surere ? ’ |
| 17 | You may think I am exaggerating but I am telling you the truth as clearly as I remember it and I remember it very clearly . |
| 18 | Somebody will think I am trying to abduct you … ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You do n't think I am going to wear that trash , do you ? ’ she had said when the great day came ; and wondered why he had ‘ got into one of his passionate tempers ’ ( poor little disappointed boy ! ) |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't think I am going to talk to Shaunagh again , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ So do you think I am going to be afraid of Lennox Lewis ? |
| 22 | Do I think I am going to the bank at the same time as I say I am going to the bank ? |
| 23 | ‘ Then what makes you think I am going to do them ? ’ |
| 24 | No I 'm not , I do n't think I am gon na come down cos I 've been down so long anyway |
| 25 | Do you think I am lying ? |
| 26 | ‘ Do you think I am making a mistake ? ’ |
| 27 | I hope that you wo n't think I am rushing in , for I assure you that I am no fool , unlike certain other people . |
| 28 | Do n't think I 'm joking . |
| 29 | My aunt will think I 'm joking . |
| 30 | You may think I 'm joking I do n't go abroad for my holidays , I go to Norfolk . |