Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [be] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whatever I say is never going to bring him back . |
| 2 | And here I would like to quote the Levitical ruling on childbirth for it highlights what I hope is now becoming clear , i.e. the perceived gender differentials in blood and the connection between male circumcision and the female blood cycle : |
| 3 | For those who have survived the recession intact there has been too much self-interest , need and greed , stab and grab , call it what you will , and companies I believe are suddenly beginning to realise that integrity , ethics and pragmatism may have a ‘ bottom line ’ value in the years to come that the accountant 's profit culture attitude may change a little . |
| 4 | I also feel that in ‘ Futility ’ Owen uses emotion very well and gives a very good impression of his feeling which I feel is slightly lacking in a couple of his other poems . |
| 5 | The only other comment I had in terms of the scale of settlement , which I think is just touching upon the next point , is that , I mean depending on the conclusions you reach as to the the amount of housing to be provided for in a new settlement , I take the point that Mr Brighton made that you 've got to have a longer term perspective I think that he f that in the ten year period ninety six to two thousand and six that the new settlements to be brought forward during , erm I think it 's really unrealistic to achieve more than twelve fifty , fourteen hundred houses in that period , if you say reach a conclusion there should be two thousand houses in that period in a new settlement , there might be some benefit in having two settlements , each of a capacity of say twelve fifty , f for erm twelve fifty to fifteen hundred that can have capacity for the next plan period , and in other words to assist in meeting the constraints that exist on York that are likely to exist into the future . |
| 6 | rest of it biggest part of it and some of , part if it 's in to grass and the other part I think is gradually gon na go to grass I think |
| 7 | So next year I think is potentially hoping that it 's gon na come . |
| 8 | Erm I wanted to ask erm I ga I assume that everyone has read through the bumf that I 've been merrily distributing . |
| 9 | But if I 've been away working for some time , it 's completely different . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been rather avoiding the flat except to call in once or twice to pick up mail , but I 'd a letter this morning from Rachel . |
| 11 | Erm but I 've been this is I 've been progressively pricing this account . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been nearly going mad ! |
| 13 | But I 've been virtually managing the fleet for some time now , and we show a consistent record of profitable operation . |
| 14 | ‘ Sorry love , ’ he mumbled , ‘ I 've been bloody dreaming . ’ |
| 15 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 16 | She said I 've been really looking forward to it June . |
| 17 | I used to use a 2x12 EV , but I 've been really enjoying the dispersion of the Marshall . ’ |
| 18 | I must say I 've been seriously wondering , during this lecture , whether I was going to have the courage or not , to attempt to give you a thumbnail exposition of Hegelian metaphysics . |
| 19 | I 've been mainly thinking about G.P. |
| 20 | but I 've been wanting , I 've been quietly thinking , the trouble is , you see it is n't just the argument that drives you pot you would n't nip home , Paula to go with you to bring her dear Arthur back |
| 21 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 22 | No , but I have been stoically quoting your figures to defend Leeds against the baiting I 've had on the basis of the MOTD footage that everyone seems to have seen . |
| 23 | ‘ Although , God knows ’ , he said , ‘ the poor Birds ought to have a holiday from me for years to come , for I have been incessantly shooting and my own gun was not the only one that waged war upon them . |
| 24 | Q I have been mysteriously losing fish in my 24″ × 18″ tank . |
| 25 | Miss Agnew and I have been patiently awaiting your appearance . ’ |
| 26 | I have been actively looking for evidence for 12 years , ’ Tom said . |
| 27 | I have been eagerly awaiting the re-issue of Paul Paray 's Mercury recording of Saint-Saëns No. 3 . |
| 28 | ‘ Whenever I 'd played their records I 'd be dancing around me room , and to dance onstage to the music you like is just f—ing awesome . |
| 29 | e e even those that er you know are definitely wanting to go and keen can get homesick fairly soon . |
| 30 | You 're gon na be on the road , the number of miles you do is obviously going to put you at risk , more than somebody who does a third of your miles . |