Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are allowing yourself a daily ration of alcohol , allow these calories in addition to a minimum calories ' worth of food and milk from the F-Plan menus . |
| 2 | By calling God infinite , we are denying Him a characteristic of objects in the world . |
| 3 | In India too people are convinced that the Western nations are seeing test-tube fusion and are keeping it a secret because they have realised that not only does test-tube fusion have great commercial potential , but could revolutionise military strategy . |
| 4 | I am writing you a joint letter this time , as I forget who I sent my last card to . |
| 5 | My long-suffering owl chauffeur said to me one day while he was yet again driving me to some venue I was going to give a talk at , ‘ You and that bird are costing me a bloody fortune ! ’ |
| 6 | OK , so perhaps she 'd been pushing it a little ! |
| 7 | ‘ I am causing you a deal of trouble one way and another . ’ |
| 8 | He says yes if you 're paying me a week 's wages and I says I ca n't do that . |
| 9 | They 're getting me a hose for Christmas . |
| 10 | You know you 're getting me a name for myself and there might be somebody listening you never know . |
| 11 | The great thing about the game is that you 're teaching them a little bit of culture |
| 12 | The could be if you pop yourself there , he sits there and she sits there , you 're asking him a question , he 's not sure , he looks at her , so if you look you ca n't see what you 're doing , you want to be able to maintain eye contact with them both , yeah , one of the effective ways , well they 're going to be aware of the layout of the living room , this is their , this is their stage . |
| 13 | Oh well now you 're asking me a tricky one . |
| 14 | You 're asking me a question ? |
| 15 | we could actually make you a bit bit A lot better than this , and I think the time has come to adjust how we 're treating you a little bit . |
| 16 | You 're doing me a favour . ’ |
| 17 | The farming bills do n't amount to much as the ones who do call me in always think they 're doing me a favour and consequently should n't be charged much . |
| 18 | ‘ They 're still very patronising to me , keep hinting that they 're doing me a favour . ’ |
| 19 | fact if you do n't inhale at all you 're doing yourself a big favour , but you nearly always get some down ion to the system and really the o the only thing I could ethically recommend as a doctor , is stopping . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're doing them a favour because legislation will catch up with them in the end . |
| 21 | A lot of men are under the impression that a divorcee in her forties is so hungry for sex that they 're doing her a huge favour by providing it , at very little inconvenience or cost to themselves . |
| 22 | Erm we 're doing something a little bit more sophisticated . |
| 23 | We 're doing yous a favour , our lads speaks plain to you , we 're doing yous a favour . |
| 24 | We 're doing yous a favour , our lads speaks plain to you , we 're doing yous a favour . |
| 25 | Most companies have a lackadaisical approach to recruitment — as if they 're doing us a great favour . ’ |
| 26 | The law then pretends it 's a waif or stray and that you 're doing it a favour , and all is forgiven . |
| 27 | I think you 're doing it a bit roughly Tim . |
| 28 | They have n't cultivated the attitude that by serving you they 're doing you a favour . |
| 29 | And if you just put it in a slightly more formal way on radio , that 's what you 're doing is , you 're not shifting the buck , you 're answering the question , you 're just , you 're giving yourself a bit of leeway . |
| 30 | Now if you knew which numbers were selected less frequently than others , and you kept that information to yourself and you bet on those numbers that were selected less frequently , then unless there 's any special reason why those numbers should produce fewer score draws than other numbers , you 're giving yourself an advantage because on the weeks in which those numbers produce score draws there are fewer people who 'll have them down as their numbers , and so there 's more money around for those few people who have them down , including you , and so if you win , then you 'd expect to win more money . |