Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zednik is helping him overcome that . |
| 2 | It gives local authorities an additional one hundred million pounds to spend when the low level of inflation is helping them keep down the cost of providing their services . |
| 3 | Archaeology has become significantly more scientific , with the result that science is helping it evolve from being something of a treasure hunt to a high tech study . |
| 4 | The Logger 's helping them tighten up even more . |
| 5 | And then what really bugs those people is seeing me keep catching up with them . |
| 6 | It 's seeing me look like an old hag first thing in the morning and not minding ! |
| 7 | ‘ Now he 's seeing it like this ' , ‘ now like that ’ would only be said of someone capable of making certain applications of the figure quite freely . |
| 8 | He 's letting me do that is he ? |
| 9 | ‘ The tenant 's a friend and she 's letting me use this place while she researches a book in Italy . ’ |
| 10 | Well it 's , I mean it 's letting them know what 's going off at other prisons . |
| 11 | Teacher that 's letting us do this . |
| 12 | Unsurprisingly , Steve looked around and said : bum bandits , all of 'em Come on , said Malcolm , be cool , he 's letting us play here . |
| 13 | And he 's letting it go for a song . |
| 14 | It makes people wonder why he 's only had one season at top level , never been bought by a successful club , and why Kevin Keegan is letting him move on to Coventry now . |
| 15 | ‘ Because , ’ the Doctor answered , a little hoarse himself , ‘ the enhancer works both ways , and the Old One 's survival instinct is letting him draw on its excess life-force to try and bring it back into the world . |
| 16 | It is his sense of swelling sorrow that is making him burst out into his poem . |
| 17 | Mum , Tim is making me drop this and hurt the fish . |
| 18 | All this is making me feel sick . ’ |
| 19 | This wretched cold is making me feel bloody . |
| 20 | All this talk of chocolate is making me feel hungry , and chocolate is my special passion . |
| 21 | Urgh , all the blood off that meat is making me feel sick ! |
| 22 | And the lace on this basque is making me itch — I think I 'll change it for something more practical . |
| 23 | ‘ You seem to hate everyone , and do n't you think this pursuing your career as Miss Efficiency is making you forget you belong to the human race ? ’ |
| 24 | You should , therefore , make every attempt to be in the first row , going fast as the gun goes and , ideally , with a space to leeward so that no-one is making you pinch . |
| 25 | Black outlook is making us see red |
| 26 | Your mother 's yawning , she 's making me yawn . |
| 27 | And I would n't even go in because I do n't think my dad 's making me go in except she kept me , and all behind because we did n't do our homework and she said right see me tomorrow , |
| 28 | It 's making me feel uncomfortable now , what can I do to discourage him ? |
| 29 | ‘ It 's the job that 's making me feel bad . ’ |
| 30 | Oh well of course that 's making me have a parched throat you know , so you 're gon na have to ma , go and make me a cup of tea ! |