Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You remember I mentioned I was expecting a friend ? |
| 2 | I mentioned I was doing a bit of surfing myself . |
| 3 | ‘ There will be changes in company structure in the autumn ’ , ‘ Yes , Jane mentioned you were feeling a little under par at the meeting ’ , ‘ Watch your back with him ’ and , as told to an actor post-performance in the dressing room by a friend and rival , ‘ What about you , then ? ’ |
| 4 | But we found we were sawing a lot of stuff up , was no good for the slate making , you know it it 's got to be good for slate making , a lot of veins and lots of muck in 'em . |
| 5 | We climbed up the easy slope to the top of the island , and found we were overlooking a sort of wooded cliff on the other side . |
| 6 | After a lot of hard work , they found they were uncovering a more or less intact skeleton . |
| 7 | He noticed she was wearing a string of cheap pearls about her neck . |
| 8 | A FUNNY GAME ‘ WHEN we got a 12-horsepower roller I assumed we were getting a horse as well ’ |
| 9 | Cynics also believed he was taking a great risk when he cast Jason Donovan and Phillip Schofield in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , but both have been great successes . |
| 10 | I imagined he was filling a plastic screw-top , getting ready for ‘ work ’ . |
| 11 | As he sorted out the porter with amazingly fluent Spanish , Perdita noticed he was wearing a bomber jacket with US Open printed on the back . |
| 12 | Then I said I was here with the family and she announced she was having a party for the local English , ‘ a rather disgusting barbecue ’ which she knew young people liked , and she supposed we 'd better come along . |
| 13 | Mrs Maria Ashmore , from Chalgrove in Oxfordshire told an industrial tribunal that she lost her job as a credit controller with Buckinghamshire-based Wellcom Business Communications , after she announced she was having a baby . |
| 14 | After an hour 's deliberation Bench Chairwoman Hilary Tulloch announced she was making a 2-year supervision order . |
| 15 | A murmur crossed the room like a wave when Blanche revealed she was seeking a man called Mr Kennedy , who had been due to meet Nicola Sharpe at nine o'clock on the night she was murdered . |
| 16 | She realized she was humming a pop song to herself , and blushed . |
| 17 | Watching the editing of the Brahms Second Symphony I must say I forgot I was watching a film , simply because I was fascinated to hear new colours which the eye was suggesting by the way you were using shots of the violas and the trombones at some of the quietest moments in the work . |
| 18 | Gardai confirmed they are keeping a close watch on the Atlantic outpost and keeping regular surveillance to prevent any breach of the peace . |
| 19 | This emerged yesterday as the two companies finally confirmed they were discussing a deal to thwart the rival US car giant Ford , which intends to build a 15 per cent stake in Jaguar in preparation for a full bid . |
| 20 | The Frenchmen claimed they were making a film for tunnel owner Eurotunnel but were detained after crossing into the British sector . |
| 21 | Managers were yesterday working on plans for a buyout to save up to 1,400 jobs at the Birmingham factory and a management team at the Washwood Heath van plant confirmed it was developing a take-over plan . |
| 22 | Managers were yesterday working on plans for a buyout to save up to 1,400 jobs at the Birmingham factory and a management team at the Washwood Heath van plant confirmed it was developing a take-over plan . |
| 23 | Vanguard , hinting at possible pragmatic advantages to the pro-Libyan stance , declared it was taking a populist , anti-terrorist position : ‘ We must condemn all terrorism even if it means upsetting the Libyans and getting no money from their Embassy ’ ( January 1987 ) . |
| 24 | Patrick guessed he was bringing a tray into the sitting room , which gave him a few moments . |
| 25 | I never re realised we 're doing a module in the eighth year was environment , I always thought it was always the ninth year ? |
| 26 | Jenny sensed she was losing a friend , or rather , cutting the last few strands which held their friendship together . |
| 27 | As she heaved herself up against the pillows she discovered she was wearing a man 's shirt , extra-large and striped , and she 'd never seen that before , either . |
| 28 | The Bradfords would soon put her out of the door when they heard she was having a baby , but she did n't know where she would go . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , I nearly choked laughing when I heard you were doing a breakfast show . |
| 30 | ‘ I heard they were planning a bone-marrow transplant . ’ |