Example sentences of "to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the shoeshiners you 've said ‘ Mañana ’ to are waiting for you . |
| 2 | The shoes they invariable look to are racing flats . |
| 3 | OK , so I 've never seen Kurt look quite that pale before , and I 'm not sure it 's such a good idea for Courtney to be zipping about with Kurt on that hired motorbike while seven months pregnant but , hell , it 's not as if anyone 's dead . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think he is going to be stepping back from the front line , ’ he said . |
| 5 | TEACHERS appear to be mastering the art of showing championship winning sheep with two collecting commemorative Golden Jubilee rosettes the show . |
| 6 | This is emphasised by the fact that the parent claimed to be asserting a ‘ right not to be dictated to ’ — at the expense of his/her child 's right to education . |
| 7 | Those who said they ‘ liked ’ or ‘ did n't mind ’ housework seemed to be asserting their attachment to the norms of feminine satisfaction with housewifery . |
| 8 | What she appears to be asserting is that this person is coming home from Canada . |
| 9 | On the face of it , in asserting that Ruritania does not exist we seem to be asserting something about Ruritania . |
| 10 | I believe in a competitive world , but at the same time I think we have got to be laying sound foundations for future growth and if we are constantly pressured into satisfying stock-market expectations , which are short-term , or under threat of take-over , we will not be investing enough for the long-term development of our businesses . |
| 11 | Another way of playing this game is to send children out into a local park with a list of items that are likely to be laying around naturally . |
| 12 | Companies are likely to continue to be laying off surplus staff well into the recovery , as was the case during the last recession in the early '80s . |
| 13 | Obviously for the average electrician , stockbroker , or humanities-trained academic to be laying down the law un the value of a human blood substitute from cows or the spread of BSE would , as things stand , be foolish . |
| 14 | ‘ I must not be understood to be laying down a rule that in no case where a wife acts on her husband 's instructions and under his influence is it necessary to show that she has received independent advice . |
| 15 | They might get at least some credit if they were seen to be laying better long-term foundations for the economy . |
| 16 | Now you seem to be laying a great deal of stress on the introduction of minimum standards , what , what 's the point behind that and what does it mean ? |
| 17 | The Government seems to be trying to destroy the education and health services in Britain and to set up an alternative system in which wealth rules . |
| 18 | Frightened by events in Eastern Europe , Vietnam 's ageing leaders appear to be trying to shore up the authority of the party by cutting down the independence of an already tightly-regulated press . |
| 19 | There were signs , especially in 1988 , that the players appeared to be trying harder in the one-day internationals than in the Tests , and the traditionalists — who of course regard themselves as the real cricket lovers — feared for the future . |
| 20 | Other seem to be trying to assuage a guilt known only to themselves , and a few are out to keep Ali a player , a lure to those who might want to use his name in business ; though the marketplace turns away from billboards in decline . |
| 21 | Margaret explained : ‘ Stephen seems to be trying too hard . |
| 22 | They seemed to be trying to outstare each other . |
| 23 | They seem to be trying to catch up with the West of the Fifties . ’ |
| 24 | His eyes seemed to be trying to imitate a lizard and swivel in opposite directions . |
| 25 | The Euro institutionalists see Japan and the United States as if they were multi-national companies rather than countries , and they seem to be trying to respond in kind , as if they were the directors of Europe Ltd . |
| 26 | The therapist pointed out to Liz that she seemed to be trying to get away from both the shop and the flat , and Liz then talked about her life with her boyfriend and that she felt she needed to start afresh . |
| 27 | You really do seem to be trying to have your cake and eat it ; being anti-cruise , anti-Thatcher , anti-Foot , anti-SDP/Liberal Alliance and anti-CND-all at the same time ! |
| 28 | Jean Alesi is said to be trying to disentangle himself from his 1993 Ferrari contract in order to make himself available to Williams . |
| 29 | The director also seems to be trying to satirise the fashionable filmmaking of the day by having Cleavon Little play a French-speaking director with a hand-held camera . |
| 30 | Somebody or something seemed to be trying to speak to her but she felt cut off like a prisoner in a sound-proof box . |