Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has happened when I have been catching plenty of barbel , with no breakages , and the matchmen have asked me what I have been using . |
| 2 | But Calatin 's banqueting hall and the house in the forest had wavered and grown dim — ‘ as if I am seeing it through water , ’ thought Fergus — and there had been a great heaviness within him so that it was difficult to breathe . |
| 3 | They are using it as part of their module to train for the real business world by setting up their own venture and running it for the school year . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's been helping them with background about MacQuillan , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Obviously she will often clash with the adults who are grooming her for life . |
| 6 | The French have been accusing us of lack of co-operation lately — military co-operation , that is . |
| 7 | A farmer in Didcot had been using them as fence posts . |
| 8 | Trouble is with this quarter , with this discount I 'm probably not going to get to a hundred pound at the office because I 've been using it at home so much . |
| 9 | Talbot acted as a primary test site for AppleShare and one of their customers , the Poole Advertiser , has actually been using it in anger for about three months . |
| 10 | Despite the news of investment in programmes worried staff at both stations are bracing themselves for cost cutting and job losses . |
| 11 | Another possibility is that , by looking like a hawk , cuckoos are protecting themselves from predation — a hawk is less likely to attack another hawk than some other , easier prey . |
| 12 | You are pitting yourself against Pool . |
| 13 | I took her to Jaén and they are keeping her in hospital until tomorrow at the very least . |
| 14 | I take it you have n't been keeping her at home and just not sent a note ? |
| 15 | ‘ In a fairy story one of them would ride up to the avenue here on a white horse and say they 'd been wanting you as part of their lives for years , ’ Benny said . |
| 16 | We have now been a week living in our big bungalow and it is working out well — at least we are saving lots of money looking after ourselves . |
| 17 | I AM FILLING you with Love |
| 18 | The softly spoken threat cut through the haze fogging her brain and she sat bolt upright , knocking away the hand that had been caressing her into submission almost without her realising it . |
| 19 | What there is evidence of , however , is the hardship that some auditing firms are causing themselves by feeling forced to put in dangerously over-competitive bids . |
| 20 | They 're helping them with Field events ; pony rides , archery and swimming . |
| 21 | The thing to remember is your last little note is that it seems to be that they 're accusing him of blasphemy as it was said . |
| 22 | You 're accusing me of complicity in fraud , is that it ? ’ |
| 23 | If you 're using them in industry , day in day out all day long , then that is the real importance of wearing protective gear . |
| 24 | or touching it and that pad should be big enough to cover the wound , so you should something , overlaps , alright , and then if you find , if you unwrap the roll a little bit further , you do n't want to unroll it completely , your see that if while you 're using it in practice you need to roll it up again backwards towards the back of the bandage like so , we 'll roll it up again , backwards and when you get to the bandage you just fold the bandage up around the long end and wind the short end round it firmly and there it 's ready for use again in practice , you would n't of course do that for real would you ? |
| 25 | They 're keeping him in hospital for another few days to carry out more tests . ’ |
| 26 | And if we 're keeping it in cash , can we buy some gilts ? or can we buy some fixed interest securities ? |
| 27 | You 're confusing me with Nanny Freely . |
| 28 | They 're training you for war . |
| 29 | Mind you there again it 's cheaper than it should be because we 're paying it on VAT , you know , it , er , they must think we 're fools |
| 30 | It focusses week after week on the same seven characters , all of whom have reached that certain stage in life — they 're having children , their marriages are foundering , they 're wondering what on earth they 're doing in their work , or their parents are dying . |