Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be coming " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ no support ’ excuse has been coming more to the fore recently . |
| 2 | Harold Lock has been coming to the pool since he was a child and says it would be a crime to close it down . |
| 3 | Scanner appeal co-ordinator Jack Froggatt said : ‘ The town centre bombings raised awareness of the need for a scanner in Warrington and money has been coming in much quicker since then . ’ |
| 4 | The head told me that Mrs Singh had been coming to school regularly to express concern about Balbinder 's lack of progress . |
| 5 | People from outside the college had been coming in freely , causing trouble , stealing and even beating students . |
| 6 | The stomach cramps had been coming back , off and on , all day , but so far she had been able to keep them under control . |
| 7 | ENTRIES have been coming in thick and fast for the Northern Echo Schools Cricket Competition . |
| 8 | Dave did n't bother to shave until the evenings , and Colin 's shoes had been coming away at the sides for weeks . |
| 9 | I suppose the , the sort of things that made me think I might be suitable for social work have been coming from working with the young . |
| 10 | The signal is dated 1 August 1942 and states that a stream of messages had been coming in from Stirling in the desert regarding the shipment of supplies by Bombays for delivery on 4 August . |
| 11 | First time buyers have been coming in . |
| 12 | Business had been good in the few weeks she had been in charge , but she was astute enough to realise that many of the customers had been coming to the club simply to see her . |
| 13 | Di Driver had been coming to my classes for some time and she knew I was appearing on the programme but I had no idea that she planned on paying me a visit ‘ on air ’ . |
| 14 | Their relationship had been coming to an end and Miss Turner 's parents had arranged for her to go on a holiday to America to deter her from seeing him . |
| 15 | Case law changes have been coming at frequent intervals , particularly those affecting liability for disclosing defects in house construction . |
| 16 | ‘ People have suggested to me that changes have been coming more rapidly than they would like but that brings me back to the feeling that people intrinsically do n't like change . |
| 17 | FEWER cattle have been coming into Northern Ireland from the Republic , according to the Livestock Marketing Commission . |
| 18 | Contrary to reports of declining sales , there have even been rises in circulation , readership and ad revenue ( slowly , but surely , the agencies have been coming round to Punch 's point-of-view ) . |
| 19 | Under the national enterprise allowance scheme administered by the new training and enterprise councils , 1,000 new businesses have been coming into existence every week this year . |
| 20 | Citalia customers have been coming here for over 30 years and find simple accommodation and furnishings — fresh and spotlessly kept . |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't believe the customers have been coming just to hear me . ’ |
| 22 | For the inflation rate has been coming down even faster . |
| 23 | But while all the praise has been coming his way , he still ponders whether he 'd do it again . |
| 24 | By the early 1980s the Commission had been coming under increasingly severe criticism from conservationists and others . |
| 25 | The convoys had been coming through all week . |
| 26 | ‘ People have been coming to me and saying ‘ He 's drinking , you know . ’ ' |
| 27 | This woman 's been coming from Holland every year for the last fourteen years |
| 28 | For years , sewage solids have been coming ashore between the two Forth bridges . |
| 29 | A lot of talking has been coming from Eubank 's camp and I 've kept quiet , but now it 's my turn . |
| 30 | Visit Malham at mid-day on a sunny Bank Holiday and it will be " fair thranged wi' folk " , yet wait until evening when the charabancs have gone and the cars have motored their way back downdale , and Malham becomes again a quiet little place , the only noise coming from the Hikers ' Bar of the Buck Inn where legions of Pennine Way pilgrims have slaked their thirst ; or from the bar of the Listers Arms where Dalesfolk have been coming for years to taste the best steaks in the Dales . |