Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you have to be wary of upsetting me in case I 'm planning on the wholesale destruction of Sarah Chester Fabrics . |
| 2 | By the time we are all set to go to a club I am teetering on the brink . |
| 3 | her lips curled in a smile , and Patrick wondered if she knew what effect she was having on him — and then realized that she probably did . |
| 4 | ‘ Look , there 's the house , ’ he said quickly in an attempt to divert his thoughts from the effect she was having on him . |
| 5 | It is possible to use a spare piece of velvet as a substitute so that the pile of the fabric you are working on sinks into the pile of the spare piece underneath . |
| 6 | When she regained consciousness she was lying on a bench with her future sisters-in-law looking down at her . |
| 7 | Which , of course , momentarily , it did : ‘ Two weeks , ’ she boldly and brightly continued , breaking the trance like stillness with a frisky movement of her head and braceleted right arm , ‘ yes , two weeks , in Kyoto and Osaka , it should be quite fascinating , quite an opportunity to see a completely different culture , of course it relates to our own work at the Institute in a very particular way , it seems that there has been a considerable amount of research done in the department we are visiting on the problems of adoption and stepparents . |
| 8 | It 's some research they 're doing on vocabulary |
| 9 | If three or more of the above statements regularly apply to you , you probably need to think about your emotions and the effect they are having on the other aspects of your life . |
| 10 | If someone else is annoying us either deliberately or unconsciously , then we have to talk to them to explain the effect they are having on us . |
| 11 | Do n't start telling someone about the effect they are having on you when you are angry or feeling over-emotional . |
| 12 | A guardian would be assessed on the stock he was holding on behalf of his wards , as was Francis Brown of Little Casterton , Rutland , in respect of his four brothers and sisters . |
| 13 | DEC is struggling to come up with a clear , forthright statement on its Unix policy for a worldwide briefing it 's planning on holding February 10 . |
| 14 | Edward would come and live on Grace , which would save the rent he was paying on his rooms at present ; the girls , once they were not being prayed for at the grotto , would agree to go back to the nuns ; and with Tilda at school she could go out herself and look for a job . |
| 15 | If he knew the effect he was having on her traitorous senses , she 'd die of chagrin . |
| 16 | But Luke did n't seem to notice the effect he was having on her . |
| 17 | ‘ The moustache came to symbolise everything I hated about my character and the effect he was having on me and my marriage . |
| 18 | The central character , Fonda 's part , is a writer of television commercials who can not stand the pressure of the effect it is having on his wife Sally ( played by Susan Strasberg ) and their marriage . |
| 19 | Our language can never be entirely value free but when you speak or write you need to think carefully of the effect it is having on others . |
| 20 | No notice is taken of the effect it is having on the recipient . |
| 21 | Charles worried about the effect it was having on her ; and grew angry and frustrated on his own behalf , that no one seemed interested in the ills of the world . |
| 22 | A test ban would destabilise the nuclear balance because neither side could be sure what effect it was having on the other . |
| 23 | I made visits at the most relevant times during the appraisal , in particular whilst the inspection was under way , so that I could observe the effect it was having on staff . |
| 24 | But then he realised he 'd lost the manuscript for a biography he 's writing on the nineteenth century painter James Whistler . |
| 25 | I used to go to work fearful of the dialogue I was putting on the screen . |
| 26 | One afternoon after tennis I was sitting on a drawing-room sofa at Bemersyde when Dawyck 's dog , a long black cocker spaniel called Wasp , came and nuzzled up against me in the most friendly manner . |
| 27 | The large proportion of the impressions made to what they see , how they visualize you , so if you look a mess you 're backing on the wrong foot , you give , you 're getting off to a bad start straight away and be aware of hidden signals that you 'll give your emanating . |
| 28 | Merrill stared at the crumbly mess she was making on her plate . |
| 29 | For a few minutes she explained the system on which the cards were arranged , then let him try to select some for a bibliography she was compiling on nutrition in underdeveloped countries . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're doing it for the child she 's foisting on you . |