Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case I was chairing a " Report Extra Special " , as well as editing it . |
| 2 | Now in this particular case I 'm using a tap funnel Tap funnel just as it 's it 's Erm the concentrated acid you do n't just sort of pour it in and run away and leave it to it . |
| 3 | Turn it down a bit I 'm expecting a phone call in a minute , but I think I 'll have one . |
| 4 | At this early hour I was taking a final look at the layout of the course . |
| 5 | At present I am doing a course at the local college and I recommend this to anyone . |
| 6 | In my gybe , it seemed that by pulling up on the boom I was committing a lot of weight to the back which , although turning the board initially , caused it to lose speed through the turn . |
| 7 | When she returned to the bedroom she was carrying a flannel . |
| 8 | In effect you are creating a context of knowledge into which all your reading must be assimilated . |
| 9 | In the case of a Japanese company wishing to invest in this country , whereas hitherto the attractions of the United Kingdom economy , along with the English language , which is important in Japanese investment , have been significant , for the future we are issuing a warning to the Japanese investor to be careful ; he may not be able to price across Europe in the future , he may experience high interest rates in this country and he may find it much harder to trade into the Community , because if we are not participating in the single currency we may not get all the benefits of the single market either . |
| 10 | But if we alter the length of the sleeves and the shape of the neck we are getting a bit nearer to our own design . |
| 11 | In this chapter we are looking a little more closely at speech , the ‘ twin ’ of speechreading . |
| 12 | It shows how well we are conducting the service , in what is an old bedding factory , after all , and if you 've been to Winchester lately , you will have seen a six million pound record office , with with modern architecture in a prominent position in Winchester , er , which I 'm sure they 're conducting a service , but I 'll bet you that pound for pound we 're giving a far better service in Wiltshire , with our dedicated staff , who 've been there a long time . |
| 13 | no , he 's at football they 're getting a mini , minibus back . |
| 14 | I also have to make sure when the passengers come into the airport terminal they are entering a clean , well-presented environment . |
| 15 | By letting you do this research they 're putting a additional risk on us … |
| 16 | Alpha Microsystems has written off its Italian and French subsidiaries and will be closing them soon , citing poor margins and continuous losses : as a result it 's taking a non-recurring charge in the second quarter , ended August 30 , and posting net losses of $3m , or 99 cents a share , on sales of $12.9m , up 9% . |
| 17 | On the software side it is launching a subset of its TeamWorks range . |
| 18 | As an Assistant Chief Constable I was serving a pr er I 'm sorry in the line of a city watch committee in Birmingham . |
| 19 | In my dream I was carrying a small child in my arms down a long road . |
| 20 | On the winter evening in question I was sharing a bottle of champagne with Toby and we were , inevitably , talking golf . |
| 21 | Her marriage was on the rocks , she had had a breakdown , her social life was in ruins and yet when she came to ask for his help she was wearing a sweatshirt which had the slogan on it , ‘ Christ is the answer ’ . |
| 22 | No wonder you 're getting a buzzing in your ears there 's a big lump of concrete in there . |
| 23 | No wonder she was running a temperature ! |
| 24 | By carrying out this exercise you are adopting a constructive approach to your child 's difficult behaviour . |
| 25 | Yeah , unless I du n no if she 's gone up home she 's getting a lift off erm thingummy |
| 26 | Erm , because if , if interruptions are coming from the people who work for you , you can , you know , nicely tell them to go away and get on with it , but if they 're coming from the boss , and bosses are sensitive soles , so it 's difficult to actually say to the boss , boss you 're wasting a lot of my time , go away . |
| 27 | In this month 's column we 're taking a close look at jazz chord concepts . |
| 28 | In this vein we are seeking a mandate from you to continue after this conference in the task of monitoring government employment and training policies in the area , encouraging open debate on these policies , and publicising our findings . |
| 29 | Ken added : ‘ Marty 's angle was not to be afraid of anti-feeling , because we 're making people laugh and in laughter we 're making a kind of sanity . |
| 30 | No wonder they were getting a raw deal . |