Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her boyfriend has been helping comfort her grieving family in Gloucester . |
| 2 | Aye , coupled to a scum gangster , as though there was no difference between Yakobi and some undercity vermin — whereas Yakobi had been helping hold the line against such vicious filth , on behalf , yes ultimately on behalf , of those selfsame upper-spire revellers ! |
| 3 | Members of the Action Group are helping redress the balance with local initiatives to improve the area . |
| 4 | So why not join us , knowing that you are helping conserve the British countryside for yourself and generations to come ? |
| 5 | TODAY Ian will be walking from Devonport to Kingsbridge — a total of 23.2 miles — and still looks well on course to win his bet with Corals , the bookmakers who are helping sponsor this trip . |
| 6 | THE football stars of AC Milan are helping sell British lamb to soccer-mad Italians . |
| 7 | Two fields that came on stream in 1992 are helping maintain this level of output : Miller ( BP : 40% ) now produces xx barrels of oil a day ( b/d ) and yy million cubic feet of gas a day ( cf/d ) , while Donan ( BP : 100% ) produces yy b/d . |
| 8 | Such are the changes infiltrating society that now long-serving criminals are helping supply the soundtrack to the big throwdown . |
| 9 | In the meantime , they 're making do without furniture . |
| 10 | I am letting go of the past , and reaching for the future . |
| 11 | Here in the studio with me is one of the organisers , Dominic D'Angelo , and he 'll be helping take your calls . |
| 12 | CURL up in a cosy country cottage in one of Britain 's beauty spots and you could be helping preserve the nation 's heritage . |
| 13 | If you think I 'm letting go this prize gem I 've worked towards for all of my career , so that someone else on Verity magazine can put their name to it , you 've another — ’ |
| 14 | But the question we must ask is why so many British workers are getting a two-week break when other European workers are making do with just three days ' holiday . |
| 15 | It was a very dangerous business , if up to thirty or so golfers were letting fly . |
| 16 | In entertaining , begging , or hawking at stations they were making shift to use the railway as an inadequate substitute . |
| 17 | An electronic bug the size of a staple is helping protect valuable antiques . |
| 18 | Do you really believe that the performance appraisal system ( currently so fashionable ) is helping achieve profit ? |
| 19 | A NEW breed of telephone is helping create 41 new jobs at the Darlington operation of telecommunications group Hutchison . |
| 20 | Ever-improving direct air service from Britain to the gateways of Miami and Orlando is helping keep travel costs down , and tourist living expenses in Florida benefits from competition in the hotel , car rental and tour business , especially in the off-season . |
| 21 | Ironically , crime is helping provide legitimate employment for 420,000 people battling AGAINST it . |
| 22 | Beyond the slightest doubt the new technology is helping reshape politics here far more dramatically than pious talk of the ‘ socialist market economy ’ . |
| 23 | Mr Johnson 's fiancee Gillyanne is helping compile the list — despite her grief . |
| 24 | Information and cash are two very practical ways that the Campaign is helping encourage more people actively to care for their local surroundings . |
| 25 | Then she feels Sycorax struggling , and though she clamps her arms over hers where they are clasped around her shoulders so that Roukoubé 's head lies against them , Sycorax is letting go . |
| 26 | The company says that it is making do with a single Intel Corp 80486 processor to drive the device currently . |
| 27 | The Headmaster was helping prepare for the grand event and was so confident it would be a success , he had contacted a specialist to come to take the Bookman away when caught . |
| 28 | CHESTER Tory MP , author and television personality Gyles Brandreth was helping explain Europe to the people yesterday . |
| 29 | And it was right one evening , at an art college gig where I was helping lug the gear to the van . |
| 30 | Now the slave 's ghost was helping push Yeremi upward … |