Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did she not help ; in the time when she could have been helping she did things like lining the kitchen cupboards with flowery paper , polishing the brass door knocker , ironing tea-towels and shampooing the TV room carpet . |
| 2 | Until now he had been using one loaned to him by Christian . |
| 3 | I said well things are happening I said but quite honestly |
| 4 | Or — as we shall see in the next chapter — perhaps you have payoffs and hidden agendas which are keeping you stuck ? |
| 5 | If ever we wake up in the morning and feel that this is just ‘ another day to get through ’ , then our life is painfully stuck — and it is fear and limiting beliefs which are keeping us stuck . |
| 6 | She laughed and continued , ‘ Piers has been keeping me entertained while I waited for you . |
| 7 | Police and medical advisers are urging anyone caught in the cloud to consult their doctors as the chemicals can cause severe irritation to the eyes and throat . |
| 8 | You 're suggesting they leaked against you and the departmental structure you wanted and undermined it ? |
| 9 | Lord Aldington said : ‘ If you 're suggesting I knew they were behaving badly , then I did . |
| 10 | When you 're revising you said the other night , you cover the answers up and try the question . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're implying she became his mistress ? ’ |
| 12 | So you 're going you got okay now we 've got six lots of |
| 13 | As for Meredith-Lee 's death , if you 're asking me did I construct a bomb and blow him up , the answer is no . |
| 14 | I mean we we 're saying we had things down there in excess of three days . |
| 15 | And as I was saying about all this , you 're saying What did my Mother do to eke it out ? |
| 16 | ‘ And you 're saying it began with a Big Bang ? ’ |
| 17 | Even if it was your they 're saying it belonged to yourself . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're saying you went to the office twice then ? ’ |
| 19 | Sounds like you 're saying you caught me sulking or something like that no have you not seen it , he was in Inspector Morse as well . |
| 20 | ‘ So the position is , ’ Maxim summed up , ‘ that they assume the dead man , Hochhauser , had some document or other , they assume Blagg picked it up , and now they 're assuming he gave it to me . ’ |
| 21 | They 're claiming he started it ? ’ |
| 22 | The group are staying for another 24 hours , during which they 're hoping whatever did go bump in the night will make a return appearance . |
| 23 | So , I says an I says you 're working I said |
| 24 | I 'd been wondering what made me think of Schumann . ’ |
| 25 | He must have been wondering what had happened to his Sunday dinner , if they had such a thing in Joy 's house . |
| 26 | Your lord may even find it diverting , as well as enlightening , for he must have been wondering what had been laid on his doorstone . ’ |
| 27 | I wish I had saved the hedgehog now , and not stood aside , and I have been wondering what stopped me from performing a natural act of sentimental kindness . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been wondering what happened to you . ’ |
| 29 | As I had already been rock-climbing I decided it was time to take part in the activity which I had been looking forward to , canoeing ! |
| 30 | It was as though a pain that had been worrying me had disappeared . |