Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [det] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are we all doing this at home ? |
| 2 | You know it 's much better watching this from home than here ! |
| 3 | We 're only watching this with interest , we 're not directly involved ourselves . |
| 4 | ‘ Obviously you are not seeing enough of Señor Mitchell . |
| 5 | Johnson even complained a little — or so Boswell suggests — that he was not seeing enough of Boswell : ‘ He asked me today , how it happened we were so little together . ’ |
| 6 | However , in practice , because of the difficulties associated with assessing objective benefit already mentioned , the test is diluted to one of whether the transaction is capable of benefiting the company , thus adding little of substance to the subjective test . |
| 7 | That is one point of view ; another is that these future Nobel laureates may in fact earn their prizes by bringing more supercomputing to science , and thus moving more of science into cyberspace . |
| 8 | Amongst Alf achievements were listed the Crucifixion and ‘ not buying any of Vincent Van Gogh 's paintings during his lifetime ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not sending these by courier , ’ he said . |
| 10 | To say that building societies ' deposits come from bank deposits is not saying much of interest , however . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not saying this in hindsight . |
| 12 | We 're not doing that on purpose because we do n't want a repeat of what happened over there in the Blenheim Road , where people actually had power . |
| 13 | By not giving this to Athena , the Athenians were tactfully declining to cream off the best for the national goddess , thereby showing that all tribute that was collected was needed for utilitarian purposes . |
| 14 | But he is already doing that in clause I 3 , so the principle is already there . |
| 15 | ‘ I am not just saying that for effect . |
| 16 | The author is not just saying this for sensation . |
| 17 | The boycott had begun on Sept. 6 , with monks in Yangon , Monyma and elsewhere joining those in Mandalay in refusing to accept alms from soldiers , or to perform religious services for them or their families . |
| 18 | At this point we 're , we 're not having any of Jane 's reactions . |
| 19 | Even if a daughter or son or husband were seriously ill , the answer to ‘ How are you all ? ’ would be ‘ Well , praise be to God , , thus giving all into God 's hands , and relying on his wisdom and mercy . |
| 20 | But Glyn 's not just doing this for fun — he want to raise money to help British olympic hopefulls . |
| 21 | Not knowing much about bird first-aid , I was n't sure what to do , so I took the bird home . |
| 22 | ‘ Because firstly she feels embarrassed at not knowing much about art , and secondly she 's still struggling with the fact that you mould her like a piece of clay in every painting . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ She feels embarrassed at not knowing much about art . ’ |
| 24 | Although it has announced an intention to provide DCE-conformance with the Windows Remote Procedure Call ( RPC ) , it is not implementing all of DCE 's functionality , only the RPC . |
| 25 | You 're not taking that to France . |
| 26 | Just putting this in pocket . |
| 27 | Dennis said , I 've got asthma , you 're not putting this under cover . |
| 28 | Not thinking much of Fife 's soldierly abilities , and judging him in need of a lesson for his crowning of the usurper , he and Keith had attacked Perth town , and found it surprisingly easy to take . |
| 29 | Mathcad is described as an easy-to-use ‘ handy scratch pad for quick number crunching ’ , which is positioned as an alternative to popular spreadsheets and which boasts a user base already nearing that of Borland 's Quattro Pro and Excel in the US . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're always saying that about Ricky , ’ said Daisy reasonably . |