Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [pron] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bradford showed little of the enterprising approach that has been helping them shed a dour image this season , but it was not until the 64th minute that they began to slide out of the contest . |
| 2 | The key is that when protons are touching they feel a strong attractive force , more powerful than the electrical forces that are trying to force them apart . |
| 3 | By this time , most of us are enjoying something resembling a regular sex life . |
| 4 | ‘ Then , bizarrely , we had a very good November and , although we 've not seen the figures yet , we 're expecting them to show a good December . ’ |
| 5 | Now , however , the Sun in Aries , at odds with your ruling planet Uranus , as well as Saturn and Neptune in Capricorn , the most sensitive area of your solar chart , signifies that intrigue and intimidation are forcing you to make a complete break from the past . |
| 6 | No , what she found so overwhelmingly infuriating was that when he had enquired tactfully , some might say , whether she was tired , he clearly had been expecting her to say a polite ‘ yes ’ so that he could then suggest that she had an early night . |
| 7 | That 's , my one , I do n't know how you 'd ever get over it , but that 's my one criticism of the thing is that sometimes when you walk in it 's the first thing that hits you and unless people are dancing it creates a cold atmosphere . |
| 8 | She said she would be letting you have a 5-page proposal plus sample activities by July , as agreed with you . |
| 9 | The fact that they seem more willing to take a chance on change suggests that a new era may be dawning which represents a new problem for beleagured British Prime Minister John Major . |
| 10 | ‘ When I walked into the studio Blixa had his body miked up and they were punching him to get a bass drum beat . |
| 11 | So you 're doing exactly what we were telling you to do a few weeks ago , that you had to er take money out of reserves or you had to cut down on the level of services if you were to avoid putting that thirty four pounds on the council tax bills this year . |
| 12 | For some of these adults , aged from their twenties to forties , expert counselling on a one to one basis is helping them to go a great deal further . |
| 13 | The company is using its global broadband network to link the services and is using them to launch a Global Managed Data Service which will compete with the likes of British Telecommunications Plc 's Global Network Service and Infonet . |
| 14 | The Commission is doing nothing to simplify a complex situation . |
| 15 | I could do about six different costing forms , so it 's not like you could have a yellow wallet , because , presumably he 's saying we want a yellow wallet with enquiry form , a costing form , and that is as far as you could have it anyway . |
| 16 | Oh well of course that 's making me have a parched throat you know , so you 're gon na have to ma , go and make me a cup of tea ! |
| 17 | Minutes afterwards , Fabia was still sitting stunned and hardly able to credit that she was going to Prague with Vendelin Gajdusek — that he was allowing her to use a spare room in his Prague hotel suite ! |
| 18 | He was poising himself to launch a final attack on Grant , intending to finish him off at his leisure . |
| 19 | He was sending her to face a hostile male and when everything was clearly laid down she was to spy on him — a thing she had refused so loudly . |
| 20 | But I mean when you think how long it was taking us taking a blank one of , and I know the |
| 21 | As I was leaving I made a big show of asking to see the guitar one more time . |