Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this stage the Collector seemed to be sparing only occupied beds and charpoys , his own desk and chair , and the Louis XVI table from the drawing-room . |
| 2 | If they seem to be drawing close to us , we shall kill your niece without hesitation . ’ |
| 3 | For what it 's worth , Silicon Graphics Inc and MIPS Computer Systems Inc are understood to be drawing together a new executive-level technical committee of the Advanced Computing Environment . |
| 4 | Meant to be resting though , is n't he ? |
| 5 | As the light grows , they are seen to be ROS and GUIL , and to be resting quite comfortably . |
| 6 | Your hands will now be resting lightly over your ribs . |
| 7 | Erm remember the hay we would be turning it w with pitchforks you know , and erm not a well goo drying day but you had to risk turning it and hoping that it 'd be dry but er it would be raining again the following day . |
| 8 | In this table , p(l) is the probability that if it is raining today ( time t ) it will be raining tomorrow ( time t + 1 ) , while p(2) is the probability that if it is raining today it will be dry tomorrow . |
| 9 | ‘ D' you think it might be raining soon ? ’ he says . ’ |
| 10 | Just because it is 21°C ( 70°F ) beside the hotel swimming pool does not mean that the weather is the same in the hills — it may well be raining there or the mist may be descending . |
| 11 | Even in such classic areas as the Mississippi delta , where sediment is thought to be accumulating rapidly , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that , after building up for a while , much of it is carried away again . |
| 12 | We shall be suggesting later that this insight is of crucial importance in understanding the penal crisis . |
| 13 | Choppy Spencer is are you prepared to accept the conclusion that some people might be suggesting right now that this whole stunt of opting out is a political fumble ? |
| 14 | What Firbas seems to be suggesting so far is that theme consists of context-dependent and rheme of context-independent items . |
| 15 | ‘ It ca n't be helping much , if you keep coming up with crazy ideas about what I 'm supposed to be up to . ’ |
| 16 | Christie , who yesterday signed a deal with Puma worth an estimated £500,000 , said : ‘ I 'll make a clean break from athletics in two years time and I wo n't be competing anymore . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'll be competing rather than just surviving this season and the game against Wigan will be a indicator of what we are up against . |
| 18 | Cica will not be competing directly with top-of-the-range brands such as Reebok and Nike as it will not ‘ be making specific performance claims ’ and will be ‘ better value for money ’ , says Linford . |
| 19 | But do n't forget to start thinking about ways you could expand , where you would n't be competing directly with other outlets like that department store . ’ |
| 20 | And he seems to be sticking now to the same MO . |
| 21 | Many of the younger voters will probably still be sticking loyally to the Ninja Mutant Turtles . |
| 22 | The flowers had dripped all down his trousers , his face was frighteningly lacking in colour , he was trembling , and his lips seemed to be sticking together as he tried to speak . |
| 23 | The conclusion of the policy being pursued at present is that eventually everybody will be subsidising nearly everybody 's housing . |
| 24 | At any output of films in excess of Q * ; , society would be devoting too many resources to the film industry . |
| 25 | There were no forks , and everyone seemed to be using either his fingers or a knife . |
| 26 | By the end of 1983 the company will be using either PIROS or PARIS II for personnel administration ( as in figure 1 ) , and for site management information each area is currently using , and will continue to use , APL . |
| 27 | Am I going to sit down comfortably in a studio and be interviewed , or is this guy going to come to my office with a piece of equipment like that , which we will be using later , a ewer , or a Nigra whatever piece of portable equipment they have . |
| 28 | ‘ Then Mait may be using tonight 's ceremony to reunite the Old One 's mind with the rest of it … . ’ |
| 29 | so they 're not just making it up out of their heads , it actually , you know , somebody really did a study on this , somebody really put this argument forward erm er partly it 's to , I mean some of the things on those things you ca n't easily get in Aston library anyway , some of the things erm er particularly if they 're references to general , you know , sort of , you know , general bits of the , you know , whatever textbook they seem to be using mostly erm |
| 30 | Depends on the job does n't it , how much they 're using , but if they 're supposed to be using regularly , surely one person . |