Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am devoting myself to this mystery because i want to be a man . ’ |
| 2 | My muscles are reminding me of this morning 's ride and the unaccustomed exercise … ’ |
| 3 | he would n't of been touching it with this . |
| 4 | Sitting in her window , she commanded a good view of the vicarage garden and of the ‘ object ’ whose identity had been puzzling her for some days now . |
| 5 | I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same . |
| 6 | Not simply because it shows that you are enjoying yourself at that moment but because it actually contributes to your physical and mental health . |
| 7 | Meanwhile the scholars are bracing themselves for more arguements . |
| 8 | but , because I 've been knocking it off that bit earlier |
| 9 | All the way home , pedalling furiously , she had been nerving herself for this confrontation . |
| 10 | But if Mr Menzies had thought of this he must have been keeping it for another Sunday . |
| 11 | ‘ You are frightening me with this temper of yours . ’ |
| 12 | I have no doubt about it that the government are urging us at this moment , er I I am concerned about that , they are urging us by the er |
| 13 | My daughter , my grandkids hurt , and you 've been quizzing me about some job years ago that did n't even involve me ! , |
| 14 | That 's right , if you 're organizing something like that and thinking about it from now , this is only the first of September , but |
| 15 | how much we 're helping them through this . |
| 16 | If you 're using one like these … get in touch with British Gas , we 'll be pleased to give advice on using it safely . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're using me as some sort of buffer between yourself and your feelings for Claire . |
| 18 | ‘ And you 're going to be in a lot of trouble when I tell the police you 're keeping me in this car by force . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Hey , Israel , you 're bugging me with that crying . ’ |
| 20 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
| 21 | People always need clothes do n't they and they 'll always buy them off you if you 're selling them at half price … |
| 22 | So they can enter the secondary schools and they 're selling it to these young kids that just do n't know any better . |
| 23 | You 're deceiving yourself about that too , of course . ’ |
| 24 | The fact that we are providing the services for Wiltshire , that they were providing , and we 're providing them for less money , is surely something to be applauded . |
| 25 | Let me borrow your coat a minute , I jus , I do n't know if he 'll do it , he usually does it if you 're wearing something like that coat . |
| 26 | It helps our children to know that they 're doing something for those children . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not doing anything to you , ’ he breathed into her ear , ‘ we 're doing it to each other . ’ |
| 28 | No , cos they 're doing it for all , they 're all doing for all over different places anyway . |
| 29 | We 're doing it for this little orphanage and it 's all terrible exciting . |
| 30 | Then a nurse and officer came and said , ‘ Come along , dear , we 're taking you to another wing . ’ |