Example sentences of "and [pron] [be] [v-ing] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 And everyone is trying to take away my possessions , ’ she says , referring to the original benefactors of the Illingworth will .
2 Morale among the British troops is good and everyone is waiting to see what will happen .
3 ‘ Coming in as an outsider probably helped as a bit of a catalyst but really it was the fact that we were at the bottom of the underwriting cycle and everyone was looking to improve results and build up market share . ’
4 Once the table had been cleared and everyone was preparing to leave , my master suddenly stood up .
5 And nothing 's going to happen to Lucille Walker — ’ he looked surprised at the name , ’ — because I 'm the only one who knows where she is . ’
6 Now I 'm here and I have a place too and nothing 's going to change that .
7 And nothing is going to stop me singing Margarita tonight ! ’
8 We 're in a mess and nothing is going to pull us out ; I am not a socialist ; I 'm not impressed by your little man in Rome ; I do n't like ultra-nationalists ( I 'm not one of those who 'd follow the general ) ; I think there is something to be said for constitutional monarchy but in France that cause is as dead as mutton ; I have not much faith in the League , nor in democracy as an up-to-date technique of government .
9 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 .
10 The time was 9 a.m. , the sky was clear and blue , and nothing was going to stop me this time .
11 He was going to get this off his chest , and nothing was going to stop him .
12 Now she was set to make a go of her programming business , and nothing was going to stop her .
13 It was my choice and nothing was going to get in my way , dad finally saw it my way .
14 ‘ I made up my mind that we were going to get married , and nothing was going to make me change my mind .
15 It would be tantamount to admitting that being close to him made her nervous , and nothing was going to make her do that .
16 The problem is that with the advent of the ‘ promo ’ clip and the likes of MTV producing vast amounts of programming built around it , pop programming has become synonymous with music video , and no-one is going to pay you a lot of money for that , even if your programme ( like ours ) originates its own material .
17 As she moved up the stairs , Emily felt a sense of triumph , she was on her way to a big success and no-one was going to stop her .
18 Now a lot of people when that was first mentioned said ‘ I do n't need that , it 's all right you can look at them if you want to ’ , but afterwards , half-way through their course , they wanted to know that they were theirs and other people would n't see them and have this reassurance that if they wanted to watch it and then wipe it blank , or if they wanted to wipe it blank without ever having seen it themselves , they could do that and no-one was going to ask ‘ What 's going on ? ’ .
19 Word filters through some of you are not receiving all the material that you would like and I am hoping to rectify this by having an up to date record of what is needed .
20 Now that I am retired , I find I am spending more and more time on voluntary charity work , for which I am very happy to take part , and I am hoping to make a start on making small wooden articles including picture and plate frames .
21 ‘ I have two years left of my contract , and I am hoping to have a benefit in 1995 .
22 ‘ He ran well from a bad draw when beaten about four lengths at Redcar recently and I am hoping to run him in the Portland Handicap at Doncaster . ’
23 ‘ I am celebrating 10 years in management today and I am struggling to think of a worse away performance . ’
24 I have had my experience in Russia and I am trying to create here , what I had there .
25 I reiterate that we should have a Scottish bus passengers ' consultative committee and I am trying to relate the new clause to my believe that we should have an overall consultative committee .
26 ‘ I myself , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ am probably far more bowled over by what you did than you are , and I am trying to find some reasonable explanation. ! ’
27 I cite as an example the urban areas of the city which I partially represent — I speak for all of Birmingham when I speak on this issue , and I am trying to raise an important matter in which there may be some common cause .
28 It 's about 1½ ″ below my shoulders and I am trying to grow it so that I can have a style that 's cut straight across the bottom .
29 Because they Hyflo has 4 outlets , and I am trying to keep within budget , I would make do with 4 plates with a gap of a few inches between them — the overall effect should be total bottom filtration as there would be some sideways suction across the gravel in the gaps .
30 I can not work as a scribe , and I am beginning to enjoy being free .
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