Example sentences of "[vb base] we [be] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By putting them through the assessment and certification process we are demonstrating that confidence , as well as showing our commitment to quality assurance . |
| 2 | I mean we 're talking eighty per cent . |
| 3 | I mean we 're talking big numbers an hour are n't we really ? |
| 4 | I mean we 're paying two hundred and fifty pound a month so at least he 's getting that coming in . |
| 5 | This kind of willingness to accept criticism about sampling ( ‘ I know we 're killing live music ’ ) , or the group 's often grey image ( ‘ I know that 's a problem ’ ) , inevitably endears you to Norman Cook . |
| 6 | Now I understand er that you know we are providing public service here and we have got allow for public access but the cost of the council of having all its officers outside of this building for over er two hours must have been absolutely horrendous and I would have thought this would be an area where improving security ought to be a high priority so what are you going to do about it ? |
| 7 | We 're meeting in July on the pay and as Ron and Bill know we are seeking full restoration of the losses in respect of base rates , working time and premium payments . |
| 8 | And I you know should be and I hope am alerting you to areas where er you know we are falling short . |
| 9 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
| 10 | To take a simple example : suppose we are comparing two dialects , one of which has the vowel /eI/ ( in words of the type gate , place ) where the other has /aI/ . |
| 11 | ‘ But if we feel we are opening new locations just for the sake of it , we 'll start another chain , ’ he says casually . |
| 12 | I think we 're taking first faltering steps in this direction at the moment . |
| 13 | I think we 're taking twenty six fives out . |
| 14 | then I think , we have n't , I think we 're getting better at attracting women into services and and providing what they 're looking for but we need to hear from them what they 're looking for , erm er with , from those services . |
| 15 | If you think we 're getting low on anything , I want to know , please . |
| 16 | I think we 're riding this taxi to the edge of the world . |
| 17 | I think we 're discussing two issues here . |
| 18 | ‘ Up ’ ( and I think we 're talking more than the one level of ambiguity in that solitary two-letter word ) is a record that actually makes you feel happy , in that all of it is uplifting ( oi ! spiritually , not trouserly ) , you can dance to some of it and sing along to the rest , the words are rude and witty and always smart , and Richard Fairbrass is a fantastic pop singer , all post-Bowie and Ferry and languid , a sort of brightly-coloured Neil Tennant . |
| 19 | I still think we 're falling short of what we need . |
| 20 | And if you go down that road in every area of life , I think we 're storing tremendous trouble for ourselves as a society ! |
| 21 | We do n't want the children from Columbia on the streets etcetera , because there 's sort of an awful helplessness about us , because we think we 're doing one person , how on earth can we actually do anything , you see if enough people think together that if possible the change happens , then it can happen , right , and you are actually the ones that are going to have to be considering that you are a world 's visitor , you are not just Tom and you 're not just Anthony right , erm , you 've really got to think , what about Jayne , there you are ideal Jayne |
| 22 | Still , I think we 're making enough to cover it . |
| 23 | As soon as we mention we 're planning another event , the volunteers are very helpful . |
| 24 | Have we been topping that up a little ? |
| 25 | How many years have we been flying that route ? |
| 26 | Er er what should we what have we been u have we been using any particular sort of of form of words Jane ? |
| 27 | What have we been doing all this time ? |
| 28 | What have we been doing this past week at Inveraray , eh ? |