Example sentences of "[indef pn] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone is counting on that . ’ |
| 2 | For those not familiar with the effects of earth energy lines , Mr Heye sent further documentation with his letter that listed some of the tell tale signs that may show someone is suffering from bad earth vibes . |
| 3 | When he passed the churchyard , and the ancient trees around it , he noticed that someone was standing behind one of the trees . |
| 4 | Has somebody been playing with these taps ? |
| 5 | or somebody 's looking for this or somebody 's looking for that |
| 6 | or somebody 's looking for this or somebody 's looking for that |
| 7 | Imagine yourself being in a crowd where English is being spoken , but suddenly you sense that somebody is talking in another language . |
| 8 | Somebody was asking about this new |
| 9 | Somebody was talking about that . |
| 10 | everything were going to twenty three you see |
| 11 | I like it when you 've got the FX actually going through the amplifier , rather than adding it at the desk , because there 's a certain quality and tonality when everything 's going through that guitar speaker . |
| 12 | For when one is dealing with such volatile temperaments , the slightest thing may result in my instant dismissal . |
| 13 | But when one is dealing with associative use , we have to do with a binary distinction ; the adjective is introduced solely to indicate that its property , even though applicable to some other entity , is associated with the entity of its noun phrase , and here there are only two possible states — either the property is associated , in the view of the speaker , or it is not ( and of course by a slightly curious consequence of the communicational process , the state must always be the positive one , since if the property were not felt to be associated with that entity and needed for identification , then the adjective which designates that property would simply not appear ) . |
| 14 | Unless one has data from repeated surveys across time , there is no way of telling whether one is dealing with pure age effects , pure period effects or an interaction between the two , termed generation or cohort effects . |
| 15 | In this calculus one combines functions as if one is dealing with algebraic quantities . |
| 16 | The buyer naturally has the opposite concern and , in the absence of a formal back to back contract , when one is dealing with standard conditions of purchase the best that can be accomplished is to incorporate a provision like cl 1.3 of Precedent 2 , which notifies the seller of the possibility of prime contracts , and attempts to impose their terms upon the seller , coupled with an opportunity for the seller to examine them and a warning that they will apply , even if not examined . |
| 17 | Here one is dealing with social situations which are relatively unexplored and where sample surveys may be quite inappropriate . |
| 18 | Suppose that one is choosing between two actions , both of which produce either no pain or the same amount , while one produces more pleasure . |
| 19 | Behaviour which is hard to explain , if one is looking for moral consistency , makes underlying sense , if one thinks in terms of power . |
| 20 | In the light of their two powerful flashlights visibility was all that could be wished for and it took them only two minutes to carry out their examination : unless one is looking for some obscure mechanical fault there is very little to look for in an engine-room . |
| 21 | If one is talking about second adult rebates , of course it is true that we need to try to simplify the proposals , to overcome the administrative difficulties brought to our attention by local authority associations . |
| 22 | The gain in precision by taking two biopsy samples compared with one is striking for both methods ; this effect is because of variation between biopsy specimens within subjects . |
| 23 | A black hole is a region of space from which it is impossible to escape if one is traveling at less than the speed of light . |
| 24 | Well you just mix it together , it looks like something 's floating in some clear a clear water , really rough and you just knock it back . |
| 25 | The other part , the part that needs to communicate , to reach an audience , knows that it is necessary to come out of that darkly private place , to present one 's writing in public , to gauge the responses of a listening group . |
| 26 | No one 's going within ten miles of them ! ’ ’ |
| 27 | I am not convinced that what is going on is a ‘ compensatory ’ secondary circuit of capital parallel to industrial production , but something is happening with residential and retail land development which appears to be separate from industrial production . |
| 28 | But something is happening in that upper panel . |
| 29 | Everything was melting into other things . |
| 30 | Hallo , something was happening at last . |