Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] this [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Brown is parading this tacit Jackson support in an effort to draw blacks away from Mr Bill Clinton , the Democrats ' front-runner whose solid black support helped him to big victories in the South and Mid-West . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ All races count but what 's more important to me today is seeing this old horse winning again . |
| 3 | Headline is enjoying this lovely writer , but it is his Cornish sagas we are waiting for , which I am told will make up the next book . |
| 4 | The thing to work on is applying this same principle to the playing situation . |
| 5 | Mr Ingermalls added : ‘ Perhaps it 's some underwater current that we are unaware of which is causing this unusual phenomenon . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I think Denholm is directing this whole business because it 's rolling so quickly , ’ said Susan ( 50 ) . |
| 7 | He 's not only up against the ghost of Simon Ellis , he 's paying this other man 's bill . |
| 8 | The little dog 's going This little dog was mad , man , did you see it ? |
| 9 | she 's ironing this frantic frenzy again . |
| 10 | Currently the market is supporting this complete range of computers , extending from large centralized processing power , with many user workstations , through to the single user micro-based facility . |
| 11 | I 've got this smart suit on and Marie 's wearing this white wedding dress with all these frilly bits . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's wearing this pink thing , and she 's got these white shoes . ’ |
| 13 | Oxford University is n't renowned for moving with the times , but it 's taking this equal opportunities business really rather seriously . |
| 14 | The Everyman is making this exclusive offer to the Echo to promote the two for the price of one Bard Card ticket , which operates for its own Shakespearian production , Much Ado About Nothing , until Friday . |
| 15 | I 'll come following you He d yeah it was odd when Frank said that cos apparently what happened , he just sort of started saying that he did n't think that Frank had really been there for him and that he was being a bit sort of selfish and stuff which I mean maybe he has been but the thing is if you know if Frank 's making this massive effort to like fit in and meet new people and stuff then |
| 16 | But while the public library is fulfilling this immediate need , they are conscious of the long-term information needs of schoolchildren who will eventually require public library services as adults , and are conscious of the necessity of promoting the public library as a resource in its own right . |