Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] taking a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have stressed that I am taking a particular linguistic phenomenon , deixis , and examining its occurrences and behaviour in a specific genre . |
| 2 | Now if your house , like our office , has tanks stuck on every available surface , chances are that you 're taking a similar risk . |
| 3 | Although we are taking a whole day to film it , it will only occupy thirty five seconds of real time . |
| 4 | The loss could well be considerably higher , particularly if you are male or heavily overweight ; but over-high expectations can be just as demoralizing as very slow weight loss , so we are taking a restrained attitude . |
| 5 | Never feel uncomfortable warning people you encounter halfway up a mountain who are dressed for the beach that they are taking a great risk proceeding without extra clothing and food . |
| 6 | Precise figures are hard to come by , because many European discount chains are privately owned , but no one doubts that they are taking a growing share of the $140 billion or so that Europeans spend on food each year . |
| 7 | ‘ Everything official here seems to be tied up in red tape , so although it 's taking a long time I 'm sure the licence is being processed , ’ she declared defiantly . |
| 8 | Although he is taking a positive attitude , it is clear that George 's self-image has been shaken . |
| 9 | The working party on the theology of marriage is finding its task stimulating but arduous and it will surprise no one that it 's taking a long time . |
| 10 | I know that it is taking a full part in the exercise being undertaken by Scottish Enterprise . |
| 11 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |
| 12 | Next day , McMartin 's parents had noticed that he was taking a great interest in news of the murder and he had told them some things about the incident . |
| 13 | This means that you would be wise not to set your heart on one career but to keep options open , even if you are taking a vocational course . |
| 14 | In the third year , honours students with German as their major subject spend a minimum of eight months in a German-speaking country , either as a student , or as a part-time assistant in a school , or , if they are taking a joint degree , most probably attending courses at a university . |
| 15 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
| 16 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 17 | He ran his eyes down the column of figures as if he were taking a good look at Voluptua Whoopee in a no-piece swimsuit and whistled ‘ Dixie . ’ |
| 18 | At Oxford he had gained a First in Greats , for which , according to a contemporary , he had worked as if he were taking a chartered accountancy exam . |
| 19 | But he was taking a cautious line , mindful of the child behind him . |
| 20 | However , to illustrate my belief that nothing has really changed , while I was taking a few notes from a caddie in Montpellier in the south of France — he was telling me how ‘ we 'd hit a great pitch in at the last ’ — I happened to notice the sign above the caddie shack . |
| 21 | Girl thief snatches bag from pensioner A 62-year-old woman had her bag snatched by a girl thief in Stockton while she was taking a short cut between Hartington Road and Lawson Walk . |
| 22 | With both types , the lenders have your new home as security , but since they 're taking a bigger risk than normal , you can expect to be charged a higher rate of interest . |