Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If Kenny Shields is n't allowed to buy players soon , instead of being expected to rely on free transfers etc , then it is going to be a very , very long season for all at Carrick when everyone has been looking forward to so much . |
| 2 | Yes , I know everyone has been drinking Bulgarian Cabernet Sauvignon for ages , but Bulgaria has much more to offer , with original grape varieties such as Melnik , Gamza and Mavrud which are not grown elsewhere . |
| 3 | Because if you do , you can not fail to be deeply impressed by the very many ways in which high-fibre foods can help you to slim , and to come to the conclusion that the F-Plan is that major slimming breakthrough everyone has been seeking for so long . |
| 4 | It 's their last song , the one everyone has been waiting for , it 's their biggest hit — it 's a hysterical cock-up . |
| 5 | At the moment everyone has been talking about other people behind people 's backs yeah Shrimp , you got good English ! |
| 6 | At the moment everyone has been talking about other people behind people 's backs . |
| 7 | Fletcher said : ‘ Our batting department has let us down in both Tests , although everyone has been working hard on their game and how to combat their spinners on turning pitches . |
| 8 | Not everyone has been having a bad recession , and not everyone believes they must prune radically their investment and marketing budget . |
| 9 | And this week the IMF made public what everyone has been saying in private : that there can be little foreign help on offer until the Soviet Union reforms its ‘ rotten ’ economy . |
| 10 | We have been taking a lot of coal out these last few days , everyone has been putting the hours in . |
| 11 | Everyone has been asking this questions since it was announced that Holiday '91 Presenter Anne Gregg will be leaving the programme later this month at her BBC bosses ' request . |
| 12 | I suppose the appeal to me has been making things happen and changing things and feeling quite British about it and proud of what in my very small way I have been able to do in this country and being able to export that abroad and make it a success there . |
| 13 | I find myself alone with the steward who tells me has been working on this line for the past twenty-five years . |
| 14 | I think one of them has been trying to talk to me . ’ |
| 15 | The validity of these tests , however , has been assessed by few and unconfirmed studies , in patients who were not taking NSAID , and direct comparison between them has been lacking . |
| 16 | In terms of bed numbers it has substantially more relative to population than either London or New York , but like them has been closing short stay beds steadily since the mid-1970s . |
| 17 | No-one has been using them long enough to know . |
| 18 | What I advocate is exuding an aura of femaleness . |
| 19 | I see I 've been slipping up a bit . ’ |
| 20 | See I 've been getting a kind of rash on my face |
| 21 | He said , well you see I 've been smoking . |
| 22 | Well I mean I do I 've been doing aerobics a long time . |
| 23 | See I 've been coming for years with mouth ulcers . |
| 24 | I rub my face quick so she do n't see I 've been crying . |
| 25 | But I mean is gon na struggle cos he ai n't had many people for very long , has he ? |
| 26 | I mean were working with five at the minute , we 'll go to that place and double it up to say ten and by this time next , next year there 's not any reason why it should n't be more to sixteen |
| 27 | When I fight , I never think of being hurt — the one thing I fear is losing everything I 've worked for — the security for the future , for the kids and everything . |
| 28 | Another lady that I met was suffering from the elephant man 's disease ; her husband had recently died and she was expecting a baby . |
| 29 | And I got 's coming . |
| 30 | Friends and colleagues , most of you I expect are experiencing heavy increases in house and car insurance . |