Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden . |
| 2 | ‘ You are not telling me the truth . ’ |
| 3 | I know those pictures there are just showing you the result of something but you know when we discuss erm er a p er a situation it 's not a theoretical situation , it 's something which happened , something that does happen . |
| 4 | Yeah , but you 're only giving us the |
| 5 | ‘ You know you 're not telling me the truth , Barbara , ’ said Cardiff , shining the torch in her direction now that Jimmy Devlin 's torches arrangement was lighting up the basement like the stage of some avant-garde theatre . |
| 6 | Now they 're not giving us the time to make . |
| 7 | Obviously , I 'm just giving you the down-side , if you 're going to be there in your office , and you know you 're going to be there , you 're not going to dash off , or if you are , you can hear your phone ringing , erm it 's very , very handy , and in fact it 's smoother , because the person phoning in gets to speak to the person they want to speak to , not half a day , half a week later , alright ? |
| 8 | The young people we surveyed felt completely let down by teachers and parents who are n't giving them the facts of life . |
| 9 | But if anyone said that Christianity was n't going to cost you anything , they were not telling you the full story . |
| 10 | His Quaker wife , the famous prison reformer Elizabeth Fry , felt members of her own family were also giving him the cold shoulder when they heard he was being ‘ investigated ’ by the Ratcliff and Barking monthly meeting . |
| 11 | It was with tears of joy in his eyes , that Felix went forward to meet the torchbearers , who by their chants were evidently proclaiming him the hero of the hour . |
| 12 | ‘ As is whether you were actually telling me the truth , or lying . |
| 13 | So it 's just switching it the other way round . |
| 14 | ‘ I think it all caught up with me : Corrections , Police — and you build up these defences within yourself and you have to pull away because you know : Wait a minute man , it 's not hitting me the way it used to , I 'm not jumping into it . |
| 15 | Milton , we could say , is here showing us the price of following God 's command . |
| 16 | all the same , this new set is a genuine competitor ; rather to my own surprise , I am currently finding it the more enjoyable . |
| 17 | ‘ The Prince was perhaps showing him the sights ? ’ |
| 18 | She laughed , but he was only telling her the truth . |
| 19 | He was already handing her the piece of paper which certified that she was in good health and not suffering from any infectious disease . |
| 20 | Arsenal 's mastery of the First Division was already making them the best-loved , best-hated club . |
| 21 | ‘ Barratt was just telling us the other night at the Goodys ' , ’ says Prue , as she pours coffee in the living-room , ‘ about how he had lunch with God the other day . ’ |
| 22 | Dr Neil — he 's Stair Cochrane 's younger brother — he works for the poor in an East End practice — ’ Her voice almost broke when she said his name , and her mama knew immediately that Sally-Anne was not telling them the whole truth about her East End adventures . |
| 23 | ‘ As wholesalers we felt that Billingsgate was not offering us the facilities we needed , ’ he explains . |
| 24 | Morris suddenly felt tired ; the doctored wine was not giving him the uplift he needed . |
| 25 | Robinson was still giving him the low-down on life in Whitely when the key rattled in the door again and it opened to admit Rod Porter . |
| 26 | He was n't trying to give her false hope but was simply telling her the truth . |
| 27 | He was surely telling her the truth , surely , with that playful-sounding promise of a comedy about the Wall . |
| 28 | Its ears were erect and it was evidently giving them the full attention of sight , smell and hearing . |