Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] [verb] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students in possession of any Morrissey records are charged a higher rate of interest on their college loans • A hitman is hired to hit the Hit Man and Her as well as all the bloody dancers ( especially that git who 's been wearing the same crappy wig for the last five mindbendingly-dull years ) . |
| 2 | Well I 'm hoping that , that tape I 've been using when I go to Ian and Shaun 's , that er the noise of Rangers does nay it ma goes too loud , you know . |
| 3 | I had certainly found the rural setting I had been hankering after . |
| 4 | But the odd tension which had been nagging at him seemed to be increasing . |
| 5 | When the judge called the jury back this afternoon they 'd been considering their verdict for one and a half days . |
| 6 | For the last few hours he had been thinking about James and Kate and the rest of the Mollands , the Salpertons and the Redburns ; and it would not have shocked him if any or all of them who were still alive had turned up unannounced at Number 29 . |
| 7 | Another technique they employ is throwing sand or dust into the snake 's face . |
| 8 | For some months he had been making his preparations by placing his men in key positions , so that if and when the moment came , the coup would be swift and , he hoped , bloodless . |
| 9 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 10 | In this chapter we have been looking at the details of the division of labour to which Ella was referring . |
| 11 | Throughout this chapter we have been coming across the coffins of nobles , all of which had repoussé coronets about the grip-plates and three-dimensional gilt copper versions — usually with gilt wooden baubles and remnants of the cap — sitting on the lid . |
| 12 | Sometimes in this chapter we have been talking about processes , sometimes about artists . |
| 13 | But all the way through this chapter I have been asserting just the contrary . |
| 14 | So far in this chapter I have been gathering together pieces of analysis . |
| 15 | Some anomalies which had been arising as a result of the previous piecemeal evolution of means-tested benefit were eliminated . |
| 16 | Over the past few months we 've been advising you to take all the hype about the death of the 386 with a generous pinch of salt . |
| 17 | Over the last few months I 've been looking at the different types of files you 'll find on a PC — here 's a quick recap to refresh your memory . |
| 18 | Over the last few months I have been working my way through the variation switches . |
| 19 | I mean , at last I will be able to try out all the French words I have been learning . |
| 20 | All the ones , the old secretaries who 've been using it for years think it 's absolutely wonderful . |
| 21 | this boy who 'd been doing it a few years . |
| 22 | He concluded by referring to some work he had been doing on Tennyson . |
| 23 | Police in Lothian are increasingly concerned about the safety of a fifteen year old girl who 's been missing for ten days . |
| 24 | She pointed to an 11-year-old girl who had been hovering in the doorway since I arrived . |
| 25 | It seemed a right time , a right moment to ask Shama another question which had been haunting me . |
| 26 | As the elected representatives of governing bodies of Scottish sport we have been following closely the lottery bill 's progress through Parliament . |
| 27 | But surgeons at Frenchay Hospital , Bristol , were able to graft his corneas on to the eyes of another youngster who had been going blind . |
| 28 | In general these movements have operated only at grass-roots level , but in some areas they have been joining up to form networks of organisations of the urban poor . |
| 29 | But now the solar influence is beginning to turn around to contribute a further warming influence up to the year 2010 , boosting the greenhouse effect where for the past 30 years it has been counterbalancing it . |
| 30 | For some years I have been thinking of buying a word processor but have not yet taken the plunge . |