Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just because we appear to be gorging ourselves on war coverage does n't mean to say that we swallow it whole . |
| 2 | A concern to prevent viewers switching off is normal but , on this particular occasion , broadcasters — particularly those at the BBC — appear to be overdoing it by promising a mixture of melodrama and cabaret ( ‘ a great national party ’ is another of Dimbleby 's images ) . |
| 3 | A COMPANY is threatening to axe half its workforce unless it is paid more than £20,000 claimed to be owed them by Liverpool City Council . |
| 4 | As one church planter has said : ‘ When Jesus comes back , I want to be doing something for God , even if it 's only making mistakes . ’ |
| 5 | But the class needs to be allowed plenty of time to formulate a reply . |
| 6 | The best Korf could think of was leaving everything to the provincial gentry , which Alexander had tried without success in his Moscow speech of March 1856 . |
| 7 | The composition of a team depends on who happens to be doing what at the time . |
| 8 | " I do n't mind investigating poisonings on the farms but I object to being poisoned myself in my own home ! " |
| 9 | At the moment he does n't appear to be sharing it with anyone . ’ |
| 10 | exams time , date , I think we 're having it the earliest of the lot , for some stupid reason because Mel does n't appear to be having them till late either . |
| 11 | She had expected more censure , more blame , but instead Fen seemed to be taking everything upon himself . |
| 12 | You seemed to be taking it for granted , ’ she pointed out . |
| 13 | Lewis seemed to be taking it as a personal insult that the family had come to the Hebrides for their summer holiday . |
| 14 | The doctors seemed to be availing themselves of my immobility . |
| 15 | I did n't know whether my imagination was leading me astray when you seemed to be implying something like that . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Everybody at the hospital seemed to be accusing me of causing the injuries . |
| 17 | He seemed to be watching her like a hawk , waiting for some reaction . |
| 18 | Only now his charges seemed to be settling themselves into occupation , having forgotten the urgent purpose of their return to London . |
| 19 | The words coming from behind her sent Lindsey Blake whirling to face the speaker , a slim , dark-haired girl of about her own age , who seemed to be regarding her with some amusement . |
| 20 | seemed to be holding them from better place from the springs we could n't find are n't they ? |
| 21 | He said : ‘ They seemed to be using us as a last resort . |
| 22 | You seemed to be drawing me like a magnet , and there was Claudine , anyway . ’ |
| 23 | She was so aware of him that he seemed to be touching her from a long way off . |
| 24 | The policeman seemed to be treating him with far too much respect , Folly thought with irritation . |
| 25 | She let her lashes flutter down briefly to shut out the sight of Lucenzo 's smouldering eyes , which seemed to be mesmerising her into surrender . |
| 26 | She seemed to be suffering me in silence , as she suffered everyone and everything else . |
| 27 | Jess asked , though she 'd noticed the questions seemed to be driving him like a snail into his shell . |
| 28 | Even with his knapsack containing not only their sandwiches but his camera and painting materials , Fen seemed to be making nothing of it . |
| 29 | Some deep throbbing vibration seemed to be keeping him in the air , and his limbs ached . |
| 30 | His hold on her arm seemed to be doing nothing to him at all . |