Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night , the town hall 's planning department confirmed the letter has been received merely asking for advice . |
| 2 | These schemes and the benefits they provide , in general , are organised hierarchically according to employment status and occupational class ( James , 1984 ) . |
| 3 | The facts — that Chrissie has been caught taking food home , the higher than average food costs , etc. — show that things have n't been going entirely according to plan , but what are the causes ? |
| 4 | Incidentally , although a level of ability is required for the full-time course and potential students are assessed either playing in person or on cassette , ‘ O ’ and ‘ A ’ levels are not pre-entry requirements , and ( although a useful personal asset ) neither is the ability to read music . |
| 5 | San Diego , California-based Metrosoft claims to be developing the first commercial multitrack MIDI audio software for NeXT workstations : MetroTracks can accommodate up to 32 virtual tracks , eight of which can be mixed simultaneously depending on hardware configuration , is compatible with most third party audio products supported by NeXT , cost starts from $600 and ships in September . |
| 6 | Gary Freeman , for instance , the scorer of the tries which knocked Britain out of the World Cup last year , was yesterday to be seen vainly flapping after Roy Haggerty , prior to Neil Holding 's all-important drop goal . |
| 7 | A keen cricketer , until last year Mr. Collar could be seen regularly umpiring for Medstead . |
| 8 | We do n't want Americans to think we are n't hospitable , and besides , she 's bound to be lying there thinking of sex , poor little thing , and it 'll be all wet and hairy , and so deliciously — ’ |
| 9 | Networker servers software will be sold separately starting at $2,000 . |
| 10 | For the North Sea region the daily variation can be modelled accurately taking into account seasonal changes , except during periods of moderate and severe disturbance . |
| 11 | In the early days of the band , before John arrived , he 'd beaver away at us in the pub , making us think through our attitudes We ’ d be sitting there talking about music and he 'd dive in . |
| 12 | For fixed s , the f se ( c ) values can be constructed iteratively starting from e = s . |
| 13 | Six police authorities , representing a range of policing conditions , will be studied closely drawing on policy documents , interviews and observations . |
| 14 | THE number of patients waiting for hospital treatment has been cut considerably according to health officials . |
| 15 | In HARPY , all the possible paths are specified explicitly before processing begins and collapsed into two dimensions , while in HWIM and Hearsay-II they are generated dynamically according to rules which combine partial descriptions linearly ( across time ) and hierarchically ( across levels of linguistic description ) . |
| 16 | But , with the exception of image processing systems ( see p 62 ) , computers and the documents they generate have only added to the printed matter which covers most desks : even today 95% of business information is paper-based , and every year millions of working hours are wasted just searching for information . |
| 17 | What she was doing is she was talking as a person who 's got a genuine love of the theatre as we all have that 's what were doing here looking for solutions now can I 'm I 'm as I said I 'm not assassinating your character now but you 're being very intimidating in the way that your talking to people . . |
| 18 | This was recently completed and three proposals for restoration were put forward ranging in cost from £8 million ( $12.8 million ) to £15 million ( $24 million ) , the difference between a cosmetic shoring-up and a full-scale renovation to include regilding of the statues and the construction of a visitor centre on the site . |
| 19 | A European distribution strategy is still being put together according to Univel 's international marketing director , Greg Fallan , though existing Novell distributors and resellers will get first refusal . |
| 20 | Soon , for instance , he is seen cheekily jostling for prominence among refugees arriving at Southampton . |
| 21 | So everything 's going really according to plan . |
| 22 | It 's not for the Diary to speculate upon whose coat is cut better according to Richmond 's cloth , but we can report that none of the candidate 's pockets contained pen or paper a problem when taking down canvass details . |
| 23 | I was lying there thinking about fellatio at the time . |
| 24 | Therefore , by the mid-1970s , Cramlington was proceeding much according to plan , with a number of firms being attracted to the area and the consequent job creation being associated with extensive housing developments by both the private and , public sectors . |
| 25 | I was standing there staring at Vern . |
| 26 | Derek Turnbull arrived at Murrayfield , but was sent home suffering from flu . |