Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is somewhat unfortunate because by the fourteenth of January we are supposed to agree a purchase plan with the health authority , and it 's a little difficult to do that in the absence of the knowledge of what conditions are attaching us to where and how you can spend the money . |
| 2 | In the final analysis you are getting nervous and undermining your chances for success because you are frightened of something which really does not matter as much as you are allowing it to . |
| 3 | ‘ How kind , ’ she said , ‘ how kind people are trusting me with their keys . ’ |
| 4 | But Calatin 's banqueting hall and the house in the forest had wavered and grown dim — ‘ as if I am seeing it through water , ’ thought Fergus — and there had been a great heaviness within him so that it was difficult to breathe . |
| 5 | No problem Mr Prospect , I 'm glad you feel that way however I am seeing you in a fortnight 's time , have a chat with him between then and now and when I see you next week I 'll ta or whenever the time 'll be , I 'll take his telephone number from you then . |
| 6 | Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past . |
| 7 | For me one of the greatest gifts is the ability to look at things as if you are seeing them for the first time . |
| 8 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 9 | After all , you are seeing him in ten minutes . ’ |
| 10 | She is going about her business , while he is writing about her to the world , and we are seeing her through his eyes . |
| 11 | To be sure we are seeing it in a grotesquely parodied form , but what leads to Celia being nearly raped is nothing less than the prevailing structures of patriarchal and heterosexual authority : it is after all her hitherto paranoidly jealous husband who has literally dragged her to Volpone 's bed . |
| 12 | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder , in which case Kitchens Of Distinction are using it as a sharp stick . |
| 13 | The United States department of defence is currently looking at using multi media to train reservists , and a few publishers are using it as an exciting new media for publishing encyclopaedias . |
| 14 | FoE 's rainforests campaigner , Tony Juniper , admits that some tree planting is a good idea , but says that " politicians are using it as a green smokescreen to hide the failure of developed countries to cut emissions of carbon dioxide " . |
| 15 | They are using it as part of their module to train for the real business world by setting up their own venture and running it for the school year . |
| 16 | ‘ The Bosnian Serbs are using humanitarian aid as a military weapon and the Bosnian government and Croatian groups are using it as a political weapon . ’ |
| 17 | Since we are using it for choices of ends , we can not treat the awareness it prescribes simply as a universal means to our ends whatever they may be , which is what the admonition suggests in ordinary discourse ( with the implication ‘ If you do n't you 'll suffer for it ’ ) . |
| 18 | ‘ I believe passionately in the future of this industry but what chance have we got when an avaricious few are using it for their own crazy purposes ? ’ |
| 19 | We have also developed genetic sexing methods such as I described earlier for A. albimanus and we are using it with species such as A. gambiae s.s . , |
| 20 | In the extracts from cases and other materials which follow , where the term ‘ sovereignty ’ is used , the judges or writers are using it in the sense of supremacy . |
| 21 | However , I am doing as the Daily Mirror suggested , and am contacting you in the hope that you can give me the answer . |
| 22 | I am bringing you to la Principessa . ’ |
| 23 | My muscles are reminding me of this morning 's ride and the unaccustomed exercise … ’ |
| 24 | That 's not what I am accusing you of . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You are accusing me of selling fakes ? ’ |
| 26 | Skerne Park residents who were delighted when the traffic-slowing plans were approved are now worried by the bus companies ' attitude and are accusing them of putting profit before public service . |
| 27 | Chris Patten , the Secretary of State for the Environment , later countered : ‘ If the Labour Party are accusing us of an electoral bribe , it shows that they find it rather difficult to criticise us on any other grounds . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ No , you are helping us with our enquiries . ’ |
| 29 | Obviously she will often clash with the adults who are grooming her for life . |
| 30 | The politicians around him are encouraging him in his insistence on the levy because they want to stop Patros . ’ |