Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Driving like his is helping the growth of off-road riding . |
| 2 | What we have done to ourselves is to destroy the adventure of life by rooting ourselves to one spot in the physical sense , and demoralising ourselves by forcing the mind to spend its time on nuts and bolts and the rest of our shoddy interests , when it is thirsting for the trackless regions of the nomads . |
| 3 | ‘ Someone 's triggered the alarm . |
| 4 | ‘ Sounds like someone 's playing the flute down there at night . |
| 5 | There 's a close-up of a guitar when someone 's playing the piano , and a close-up of the back of someone 's head when someone else is f—ing flying over the other side of the stage . |
| 6 | It 's very , it 's deceptive if you 're not working out what you 're doing and relating it back to the graph , and relating it back to physics , to an experiment you 're doing , someone 's checking the clock every second to see how much further it 's gone . |
| 7 | someone 's letting the rope down |
| 8 | Formulated in words suggested by this quotation , the question I want to find an answer to is : are there logical conditions of someone 's having the experience of seeing something as , say , blue ? |
| 9 | And someone 's switched the reels . |
| 10 | Be seen to is found quite often for instance in the sort of context alluded to by Bolinger in which one gets the impression that someone is establishing the facts : ( 67 ) Nobody had been seen to enter the house or leave it . |
| 11 | If someone is doubting the resurrection , it is irrelevant to assure him of Christ 's promise never to leave him — Christ never was with him if he has not risen . |
| 12 | This time of the year is the open season for demonstrations but we 're beginning to wonder if someone is co-ordinating the restlessness we 've got at the moment . |
| 13 | Outside I can hear a sound which is also achingly familiar to me : someone is trimming the grass outside with shears . |
| 14 | 'E 's worryin' the life out of 'is muvver . |
| 15 | When 'e 's backed the lorry in the yard we close the gates like I said . |
| 16 | This new PSW initiates the interrupt handling routine , a first task of which is to save the accumulator array . |
| 17 | William Kirby , of the Royal National Institute for the Blind , which is supporting the video , said : ‘ This really is an exciting development . |
| 18 | Stuart Gulliver , Chief Executive of Glasgow Development Agency , which is supporting the BVP along with Scottish Enterprise , said the lack of new firms in Scotland had become critical compared to even the rest of the UK , never mind Germany or parts of California . |
| 19 | ‘ But there 's another kind of hell , ’ Robin-Anne 's voice was dulled , as though my cheap optimism had depressed her , ‘ which is remembering the euphoria , and having to surrender the means of creating it . |
| 20 | But heavy buying could be expected from Wood Gundy , which is handling the issue in Canada , and Credit Suisse First Boston , issue co-ordinator for the European markets . |
| 21 | But heavy buying could be expected from Wood Gundy , which is handling the issue in Canada , and Credit Suisse First Boston , issue co-ordinator for the European markets . |
| 22 | Recessions are irrelevant here , says Trevor Abrahmsohn , managing director of Glentree Estates , which is handling the marble Summer Palace priced at £12.5 million . |
| 23 | Spokeswoman Jane McLean said yesterday : ‘ After that we stopped recording the calls and passed them on to the JobCentre at Holywell , which is handling the recruitment . ’ |
| 24 | Spokeswoman Jane McLean said yesterday : ‘ After that we stopped recording the calls and passed them on to the JobCentre at Holywell which is handling the recruitment . ’ |
| 25 | Coopers & Lybrand worked on the first study in conjunction with Samuel Montagu , the merchant bank which is handling the sale on behalf of the Government . |
| 26 | Accountants Ernst & Young , which is handling the sale , said negotiations were at an advanced stage . |
| 27 | Sheffield City Council , which is handling the infrastructure for the Games , has also met problems over one of the showpiece arenas , the Pond 's Forge swimming complex . |
| 28 | We wonder if there is some dampness or condensation in the room , which is leaving the carpet not quite dry . |
| 29 | ‘ That is arguable , though , ’ said Dr John Gordon of the Scottish Association for Marine Science , which is conducting the research for Highlands and Islands Enterprise . |
| 30 | And it is HarperCollins which is publishing the Collins Cobuild Concordance Samplers . |