Example sentences of "you [am/are] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It shows that ye 're getting better . ’ |
| 2 | In this role you are smoothing ruffled feathers , drawing forth other people 's skills and creative abilities and , at its most basic , helping people to enjoy themselves . |
| 3 | It is useless if you are fishing any distance from the bank , or even close to the bank but a distance downstream , for in this instance it may attract fish past your baited hook and to the source of the feed . |
| 4 | By using the detachment technique during the course of the regression , it is possible for the hypnotherapist to ensure that you do not suffer in any way — if , for example , you are undergoing past-life regression and you came to a painful and untimely end in an earlier life . |
| 5 | Because it looks like you are advocating supporting agriculture . |
| 6 | You have to be quite clear in your own mind who you are aiming this at and how you are actually going to formulate it . |
| 7 | Let me just suggest to you that you are sending all the wrong signals on women , on Party constitution , on economic matters , on policy matters , the modernizers have lost the impetus , they 're sending the wrong signals . |
| 8 | Neither his nor our transponders were being received , so the controller quite correctly told us to expedite a climb to FL090 , ‘ confirm you are leaving 80 ’ . |
| 9 | Say you are leaving some to a named person , you have left that person , say ten percent . |
| 10 | Where all the needles are working , you are knitting full needle rib and the yarn needs to be fine enough and the tension right , to allow the machine to knit I used Bramwell 's 3-ply duo for this at tension four on both carriages . |
| 11 | N. If you are knitting full needle rib then you can probably leave the stitch size a t the size you have been using , or increase it by half a number . |
| 12 | But if it rises suddenly or to a high level , he will need to consider whether you are developing high blood pressure problems or pre-eclampsia . |
| 13 | Some of them are reluctant to ask visiting relatives , who may already be doing shopping for them , to run extra errands , such as taking prescriptions to the chemist or clothes to the launderette or dry cleaners , changing their library books and collecting their pension ; so it is always as well to check to make sure that you are meeting these needs , or arranging for someone else to do so . |
| 14 | If you are replacing one copper cylinder with another , you may find one with the connections in the same place . |
| 15 | If you are replacing existing fitments to redecorate or improve your bathroom it is advisable to consider what equipment suits you best , particularly if you are less mobile , have a disability or are elderly . |
| 16 | If you are replacing existing patio doors , you have two options . |
| 17 | Usually this is at least 38 cm ( 15 in ) deep , but benefits from being deeper , particularly if you are considering overwintering fancy goldfish out of doors . |
| 18 | so , so you are , you are encouraging that and presumably if anybody sets anything up they 're going to be able to keep it . |
| 19 | Well for most people erm I mean they say to me , I do n't want to be the richest man at Millford Hill , in other words I do n't want to save in retirement indefinitely , but you are intending some capital growth as well , cos if you do n't have capital growth , you do n't protect your investment . |
| 20 | ‘ Miss Kenton , I believe you are according this matter an urgency it hardly merits . ’ |
| 21 | While you are allowing extra stitches for the cables in the tension , do not omit to allow stitches for seams when you are working out these unusual pattern shapes . |
| 22 | However , when you live alone and you are inviting comparative strangers to your party , it is wise to enlist the help of a friend beforehand to help you cope , particularly if you do not feel you could deal with evicting people who might become drunk or who overstay their welcome . |
| 23 | That is no more what it is like to be a bat than the following is a good picture of what it is like to see colour : use an instrument to measure the wavelength of the light that is entering your eye : if it is long , you are seeing red , if it is short you are seeing violet or blue . |
| 24 | That is no more what it is like to be a bat than the following is a good picture of what it is like to see colour : use an instrument to measure the wavelength of the light that is entering your eye : if it is long , you are seeing red , if it is short you are seeing violet or blue . |
| 25 | But , because you are eating fibre-rich food , it may be three or four days before the loss of that fat becomes apparent on the scales . |
| 26 | It may be difficult to keep three courses within the limits , especially if you are eating another meal during the day , but you can certainly try ! |
| 27 | If you are eating canned fish , always drain thoroughly . |
| 28 | If you are eating enough of these kinds of food to maintain appropriate weight ( or , if you are overweight , to lose weight slowly ) then you should automatically be getting enough vitamins and minerals . |
| 29 | But there was n't the , the erm ante natal care that there is these days , I mean there were no erm when you went round to se if you were a midwife and you went round to see the prospective mother you 'd say , now you are eating proper meals are n't you ? |
| 30 | So if you are skiing late season , now is the time to get moving . |