Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [pron] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and we looked on it more as a party and a family gathering and showing everybody else that we were now committed and we 're going to spend the rest of our lives together . |
| 2 | Once specified , these problem behaviours can be talked about to the child and clear guidelines given about what is expected and what is going to happen if the child continues to misbehave . |
| 3 | The reality was that he seemed to have been forgotten and nothing was going to serve as a reminder unless the kidnappers broke their silence . |
| 4 | Malpass 's eyes had misted and I was talking just to remind him I was there . |
| 5 | He should have gone outside , grabbed the keys of the bike and taken off , but instead he was trapped and she was following him , her footsteps tentative on the stairs . |
| 6 | ‘ I could ring for a taxi , ’ she suggested , when the final guests had departed and she was standing with her host and hostess on the drive . |
| 7 | His savoir faire had vanished and he was prodding desperately at a pile of coal black spheres . |
| 8 | So , by the time he 'd sort of looked and it were defrosting |
| 9 | I could tell he was angry because he was red in the face and his fists were clenched and he was swearing like a trooper . |
| 10 | Now the one we are going to talk about first of all is the too little sugar where your person has been stabilized and they 're taking insulin injections . |
| 11 | Poor blighter was hanged and we were dancing the night away . |
| 12 | She 's concussed and they 're keeping her in overnight . |
| 13 | We had a motion which was put before Conference last year and it was carried and it was asking for a similar review to what 's being asked for this morning . |
| 14 | 1967 was the year that the Isle of Man Railway reopened and I was feeling very emotional about the whole affair , with good reason , as the idea of the Isle of Man without a railway was quite unthinkable . |
| 15 | We are angry at the way Labour is being presented and we are going to go for them . ’ |
| 16 | Well there 's the fact that he might have borrowed the money for a ten million pound project , and he ca n't have a use of it because it 's named and he 's paying interest |
| 17 | Why ca n't you just say : " There 's a bloke I 've met and I 'm bringing him home for tea on Tuesday . " |
| 18 | God , we 've only just met and you 're coming on like some rampant nut-eater . |
| 19 | Erm we are still not going to enough we we need something like just over half a million to do all the schemes er which er and we could do next year and this Committee is going to have to decide there , which er town centres are actually going to be done and which are going to be erm left out . |
| 20 | They , they were all done and it 's coming back clearly now . |
| 21 | Cos I 've got to go out in ten minutes , I 'm going to get my hair done and you 're going to look after Jim are n't you ? |
| 22 | Fifteen East Germans were slightly injured and one was receiving medical care for internal injuries . |
| 23 | I was six and a half years the , the minister of Whalsay and Skerries where the first er centre h ha has been built and there was rejoicing in that community that the that social responsibility had been invited by the council to join in this work . |
| 24 | But erm again , it 's it 's good fun , kind of a good laugh with the wedding cake , at least with a wedding cake you 're spending money and you 're getting fed and everybody 's getting a bit of it ! |
| 25 | The appointment of a transport adviser has now been made and she is preparing to leave for Accra at the time of writing this report . |
| 26 | She told him what calls he had received and what was waiting in the post . |
| 27 | His face is painted and he is carrying a spear . |
| 28 | ‘ Juries are sympathetic towards people who have been provoked and who are defending their property and go over the top , ’ he says . |
| 29 | This job is now completed and we are hoping to hold a short ‘ opening ’ ceremony as soon as it can be arranged . |
| 30 | His ankle is badly swollen and he is struggling for the weekend . ’ |