Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [v-ing] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yes so will this be right , that somebody towards the end of the sale period er might be looking at a brochure that was printed at least eighteen months ago and maybe longer ? |
| 2 | No longer is it any use making a note in your diary at home about the meal you 'll be enjoying at a friend 's on Wednesday night . |
| 3 | I 'm driving them down , and I 'm going to stay a few days to help them settle in , I 'll be staying at a pub — ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not even in London proper , I 'll be staying at a place called Erith Marsh . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll be standing at a bus stop and people will come up to me and tell me what they do and do n't like about fashion today ’ , he says . |
| 6 | Er well y yes , they 'll be running at a loss right through until we eventually fix the prices for the whole programme and er hopefully the if they do it very efficiently we might make some profit . |
| 7 | You could be looking at a minimum of one , two , three years ' salary , because you might be thinking well at least that 'll give me a chance to get on , to get back on my feet . |
| 8 | He could be looking at a device which at any moment could be activated by a radio-operated switch . |
| 9 | Regardless of the pit closure programme ta erm we 're in full flight erm at the end of the day we could be looking at a situation with four pits remaining in Nottinghamshire er and to that extent there 'll be up to four thousand miners still reliant on the services of , should er remain open . |
| 10 | Er but the plan itself the DOPACS units have n't been actually completed and therefore they could be running at a loss . |
| 11 | I would be sitting in the car looking out at the fascinating scenery , my mum and my brother would be doing the same , my sister would be looking at a book and my dad would be driving . |
| 12 | On the basis of this analysis , a child with severe learning difficulties might have both delayed language , in that she would be functioning at a level below that normally expected for children of her age , and a deficit if her language skills were more severely affected than other areas . |
| 13 | His advice was that for the committee to continue trading knowing in advance that we would be running at a loss would leave members open to a charge of wrongful trading . |
| 14 | He will be staying at a coffee plantation on the edge of town . |
| 15 | In future I will be looking at a selection regularly . |