Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be [vb pp] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The train could now be heard coming up the bank . |
| 2 | Despite all the hype , hate and hysteria that has gone before , something magical and mysterious can still be heard shuffling around in the dark , and this celebration is the spotlight that picks it out . |
| 3 | Obviously there are no simple solutions to a difficult relationship with a demanding parent , but it can often be kept ticking over on a mixture of kindness and firmness and a refusal on your part to come out of your corner for a fight every time she chooses to ring the bell . |
| 4 | They can often be seen climbing up creosoted telegraph-poles in a vain search for food . |
| 5 | The drafters of the 1533 act can readily be imagined looking up the statute of Richard II which referred to ‘ varlets called yeomen ’ in the service of lords — the Canon 's Yeoman no less . |
| 6 | Two hours of every night can sometimes be spent backing up data : Miller demands System 10 improve this by an order of magnitude . |
| 7 | Around eight o'clock the sound of distant brass bands can again be heard wafting in through the bedroom windows . |