Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be [v-ing] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 What you 'll find , you 'll find in here that it 'll just be picking up the budgies mainly .
2 I can see that you 'll soon be picking up the reins .
3 There was no response , which meant that he might still be sleeping off a particularly heavy lunchtime session or perhaps was in the bath and could n't be bothered to get out .
4 We 'll also be looking back a little bit at the Breeder 's Cup , we 'll also have the result of your poll for the Channel Four racing personality of the year , there 's the picture puzzle and lots of other things as well which I ca n't remember .
5 See you might even be starting up the classes .
6 And , in true dramatic irony , the most apt piece of rhetoric comes from Rita who could well be summing up the everlasting appeal of the Russell classic as she tries to tempt Frank out to an evening at the local theatre :
7 Obviously , the Government share the hon. Gentleman 's pleasure at the fact that the liquidator may well be working out an arrangement with the main shareholders that would mean BCCI 's creditors possibly getting a considerably greater return on what they are owed than was previously thought possible .
8 If his excuse is that he will not be saying anything new , I hope that the newspapers will note that he will just be churning out the same old stuff yet again .
9 He will soon be counting down the minutes .
10 Amateur golfers will soon be handing in a new kind of card — a ‘ flexible friend ’ , writes Bill Meredith .
11 It remains to be seen whether either can bounce back , and whether Saatchi and Saatchi will soon be fighting off a rather more vigorous takeover bid than Mrs Thatcher faced this week .
12 They will also be taking out a consignment of syringes .
13 Drama time After recapping through still images , the teacher explains that he will now be taking on a different role .
14 MOST self-respecting museum directors will now be counting up the takings from the holiday season .
15 We will therefore be setting up a short-life , intensive research project to look at over-assessment , both to identity good practice and to review and reiterate work already done ( for example , in the Innovative Approaches to Assessment Project reported in Update 11 ) .
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