Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 The persons in respect of whom Parliament was legislating
2 ‘ You still maintain you are not the woman with whom Garry is having an affair ? ’ he asked , and she shivered at the threat in his quiet voice .
3 Me sister 's 'aving terrible trouble with 'er eldest daughter .
4 To tell them Goering was coming — well Halifax , or Cadogan , or Vansittart , anyone would want to hear that news .
5 ‘ She told me Melanie was expecting a baby soon after Christmas . ’
6 If the ‘ theorist ’ to whom Lucas was referring had , as his main area of interest , say , the axiomatic basis of social choice theory , his point would be well taken .
7 Champ 's target WORLD heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield forecasts that the challenger for his title early next year will be Britain 's Lennox Lewis , whom Holyfield is tipping to beat Razor Ruddock in their eliminator in October
8 There was a seriously dangerous note in his voice now , Cassie thought , so caught up in the play that she hardly realized that she was part of the script and it was she whom Johnny was talking about .
9 Well he will be he 's gon na be , he is better now than he was cos them antibiotics are working
10 All around me voices were saying , ‘ Good luck ’ , as I walked on to the stage , but I was much too nervous to do anything but nod , grimly .
11 And after what 's happened to me Rosella 's going to be treading very carefully indeed . ’
12 For many it will involve no more than a ritualised acknowledgement , mediated by the Church , of a realm of ultimate value which , if it does in fact inform their existence , they know only through blind obedience to the Church 's teaching : They have : Those for whom Hilton is writing , however , are those who are driven either intellectually ( Scale 1 , c.4 ) or emotionally ( Scale 1 , c.5 ) towards integrating an inner life of moral values and spiritual sensitivity with Christian teaching .
13 My o 's gon na be a snake and I go right down look at that that 's the last thing I 'm gon na have to be able to do .
14 Two of my sons are working too and they bring in about 300 rupees a month each .
15 Now that my sons are becoming more independent , I have time for myself and confidence in middle age that I lacked as a youngster .
16 Carrie thought , my heart 's breaking
17 My heart 's thudding .
18 My heart 's beating so fast ! ’
19 My heart is thudding already .
20 My heart is thumping !
21 But now My heart is breaking as I see the crumbling mess ,
22 My heart is breaking , ’ she says .
23 ‘ I make sure my heart is beating well and the oxygen is pumping to my brain every day . ’
24 My heart is choking me , beating in my throat .
25 My heart is hammering , my hands are balled into fists .
26 My heart is racing .
27 As I reached the changing room again my heart was thumping inside my chest .
28 My heart was thumping as if I had run a race and there was a pain in my back .
29 My heart was thumping with disquiet .
30 My heart was thumping .
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