Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [v-ing] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all makes me even more angry at the injustice of the situation , and then I worry that I am passing on that anger when I 'm with the boys . ’ |
| 2 | If I am writing on this side of the paper I can not at the same moment be writing on the other side . |
| 3 | I am bashing on all speed with the job . |
| 4 | I am standing on some of the oldest rock in the world , standing on a tiny island in the Atlantic Ocean , the island where , it is said , in 563 AD St Columba landed with 12 followers bringing Christianity from Ireland to the heathen Picts . |
| 5 | For instance , when I am sitting on this chair , how do you want me to appear ? etc. , etc . ’ |
| 6 | I am working on another case . |
| 7 | Perhaps the hon. Gentleman will contrive to listen to what I am saying on this complicated matter . |
| 8 | I think I 'm staying on this next game . |
| 9 | At least not when I 'm passing on that cost to you the users and as any cost increase will decrease the use of further track closures will follow . |
| 10 | No way I 'm gettin' on that fuckin' motorcycle with you , ’ she said . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm working on that right now ! |
| 12 | I 'm sitting on this step with my tongue bit nearly in half and the top of my head about flush with my shoulders . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm relying on that . |
| 14 | Now I 'm focusing on this new record and not even considering anything that 's happened , and maybe we can come out absolved . ’ |
| 15 | Holmes and I were sitting on either side of a bright fire in our sitting room in Baker Street . |
| 16 | Someone is counting on that . ’ |
| 17 | I was working on all this as I cycled . |
| 18 | I had the idea for this design one day when I was working on some embroidery . |
| 19 | I was working on some shoes on the table , and Will picked one up and looked at it . |
| 20 | At fifteen Deborah has a short story published in a collection and hopes to be a writer ; we had already met whilst I was working on another book . |
| 21 | If I was lying on that floor I 'd be as hungry as a cat outside a birdcage . |
| 22 | On the seats we 'll call it , on the seats of the rowing boat , I was standing on that and my father said to me when I got aboard , do n't do that no more , he said , cos he say if that paddle , what we call the paddle , come out of that sculling hole , he said you 'll go over the side and the boat will go away from you , he said , you 'll be bloody well drowned , which was right never forgot it never . |
| 23 | Because authorities do not have the right to impose completely independent duties on people , because their directives should reflect dependent reasons which are binding on those people in any case , they have the right to replace people 's own judgment on the merits of the case . |
| 24 | Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies . |
| 25 | Among the former are many participles , both present and past : ( 26 ) the watching crowd started to laugh he was greeted by smiling well-wishers the injured man had been feeding the orang-utan but participles do not exhaust the possibilities : ( 27 ) the angry bartender slammed the drink down five empty tumblers were standing by his elbow Notice , too , the clear ambiguity of : ( 28 ) a flashing light as meaning either a light which is flashing on some particular occasion , or one which normally has this characteristic . |
| 26 | Despite cruelty and sinfulness there is a common sense of the moral and spiritual universe which is binding on all persons . |
| 27 | This country is not prepared to accept the gospel of despair in mass unemployment , which is returning on such a scale today . |
| 28 | This is a process which is going on all the time in the world of bacteria , and drug firms are managing to keep ahead , just , by producing newer ( and inevitably , more expensive ) antibiotics that will still be effective . |
| 29 | The company sought judicial review of the proceedings , contending that the assessment had been effectively determined by the agreement under s 54 , which was binding on both parties . |
| 30 | Most people in Western countries are aware of the ‘ football pitch ’ sized areas of rainforest disappearing by the minute , but are they are aware of the murders and disappearances of the people who are living on these acres ? |