Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] be [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to stand staring at the two of them , and they at her , for a long time , while outside , where night was making of the road a strange country , the vegetation grew black and monstrous . |
| 2 | I expect many mothers have had the experience of standing at the sink washing and re-washing dishes because a teenage son or daughter is standing in the kitchen talking about something important , and once the dish-washing is over , he or she will go away . |
| 3 | Although Mum was working at the fish shop she did n't get much for her labours , sometimes only some fish and chips . |
| 4 | But first tonight , news that support is growing for the notion of having Joe Jordan as the next Scotland manager . |
| 5 | But the views in winter are rather more spectacular , and although we were starting to feel that snow was coming on the strengthening wind , we at least enjoyed the open sweeping aspect to the south and east as we walked . |
| 6 | I think one point that erm , I was n't sure if you were gon na mention it , is that the proposals do actually encompass the allowance for additional parking for erm , the residents and proportion of garaging as well , and that 's something that Moat are including within the er , within their construction contracts . |
| 7 | Given the way that business is suffering under the policies and decisions of this Government , and especially the policies of the Prime Minister , does the Minister recognise that he has a responsibility to ask his officials to deal with businesses in such a way as to enable them , wherever possible , to retain jobs and to keep their businesses going ? |
| 8 | The Centre for Management Buy-out Research said that confidence was returning to the market , though final figures for 1992 indicated only one more MBO in 1992 than in 1991 at 446 , and 12 more MBIs , at 134 . |
| 9 | Their frustration arose not only from the belief that amelioration was failing in the West Indies , but from lack of action by the Whig government and the little urgency displayed , in the eyes of many activists , by the London committee of the Anti-Slavery Society and their parliamentary allies . |
| 10 | Many thanks for the script , it said , but it was not the sort of thing that Sky was planning at the moment . |
| 11 | The suggestion that privatisation is selling off the family silver is nonsense . |
| 12 | He disputed claims by some doctors that fundholding was leading to the establishment of a two-tier service and added : ‘ The achievements of pioneering fundholders among you have been impressive . |
| 13 | The knowledge that Fen was leaning in the doorway of the galley watching her made her hands shake . |
| 14 | In response to the news coverage of the disorder , she sent telegrams to both the BBC and the ITA asking them to ‘ please consider whether the massive television coverage of acts of vandalism and violence is contributing to the spread of the riots ’ . |
| 15 | Already Robin 's fingernails are growing and blood is flowing through the hand , although he has little feeling higher than the base of his palm . |
| 16 | Once again , however , it was felt that this solution was not entirely acceptable since the words degradation and humiliation were lacking in the certainty desirable for criminal legislation . |
| 17 | May I draw to my hon. Friend 's attention a report in the Sunday Express pointing out that paramilitaries convicted of bombing and murder are sheltering in the Republic are drawing more than £2 million per week in dole money and social security , paid for by the British taxpayer , while many would face reconviction if they returned to Ulster ? |
| 18 | Raynor had tipped a basket of logs on to the fire , and warmth and light were washing over the room . |
| 19 | If he was insatiable he made her so too , and light was filtering through the shutters before , utterly exhausted , she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 20 | Both government and opposition are grappling with the awkward consequences of an upsurge of religious tension inspired by militant Hindu claims to a disused Muslim mosque on a site believed to have been Lord Rama 's birthplace . |
| 21 | If light is moving in the direction labelled z in the figure , it has two distinct possibilities of polarisation , corresponding to oscillations in the two mutually perpendicular directions x and y respectively . |
| 22 | The wooden beams and ceiling were crackling in the extreme heat . |
| 23 | JEALOUSY and betrayal are brewing in the latest episode tonight of TV 's coffee ad romance . |
| 24 | The instruments were shattered , but the controls and engine were functioning except the latter was spewing coolant vapour . |
| 25 | An economic model has been built to determine the sensitivity of this project to the variation of input parameters and work is proceeding on the commercial possibilities of a plant in the South Wales area . |
| 26 | Music and laughter was spilling from the grand chamber . |
| 27 | ‘ a management tool comprising a systematic , documented , periodic and objective evaluation of how well environmental organisation , management and equipment are performing with the aim of helping to safeguard the environment by : ( i ) facilitating management control of environmental practices ; and ( ii ) assessing compliance with company policies , which would include meeting regulatory requirements ’ . |
| 28 | When the two girls left the smithy , Gay was carrying the wooden board — a rough affair that was all that could be obtained — and Breeze was leading on the end of a knotted string a small and ill-favoured specimen of doghood . |
| 29 | Current advances in knowledge of graptolite morphology and distribution are leading to the recognition of further subdivisions in the Ordovician and the Silurian . |
| 30 | It was as if the energies within my brain and body were reacting to the energies within the crypt and a flowing , pulsing feeling of warmth came over me , somewhat similar to my feeling after a session of Reichian therapy . |