Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Must have been raining last night . |
| 2 | I 've been administering first aid . ’ |
| 3 | A number of state stations have been opening second channels , some in stereo , yet many state governments are not content merely to expand radio . |
| 4 | ‘ In that case it would be better if you brought us up to date with what 's been happening first . ’ |
| 5 | You 'd have been smouldering next morning , would n't she Charlie ? |
| 6 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 7 | Speaking at a FAO seminar in Rome , project coordinator Peter Kenmore said : " We are replacing chemical technology with management skills … we are replacing nineteenth century technology — chemistry — with twentieth century technology — information " . |
| 8 | The school 's governors are meeting next month to review their decision . |
| 9 | Sir : I am writing first to congratulate you all on an excellent magazine , I have been reading Computer magazines for the last 10 years and can honestly say that Practical PC is the most informative and enjoyable one to date . |
| 10 | Clearly , this standardised approach to search and retrieval is a major publishing limitation , all the more significant because Sony do not think of themselves as publishers and are seeking third parties to support their platform . |
| 11 | I 've found it difficult to work , have n't made any friends and I am dreading next year . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , we 're meeting next week , hopefully to really get this show on the road . |
| 13 | Now you 'd better get out to where you are going before I change my mind and dash upstairs into Great-gran 's room and tell her where you 're going first , before you join your men pals . |
| 14 | ‘ We 're going first to some friends of mine — Filippo and Agnese . |
| 15 | Yeah but it 's , is , you do n't know where you 're going first . |
| 16 | ‘ Could you possibly give me a lift to town if that 's where you 're going next ? ’ |
| 17 | So in five minutes , I 'll ask you a question , and that could result in you 're going next month with Dougie Down Under , thanks to QUANTAS , Australia 's national airline . |
| 18 | Alright , we 're going next week . |
| 19 | Well at moment , we 're lying second . |
| 20 | Right , now if you do n't interact right you 're not gon na get a result and if the customer does not interact with you , then you 're not gon na get a result , right , now if you assume that as you 're working your way through that appointment that your enthusiasm is passing across to the customer or anybody else who is in the room , right , right , but through that interaction right you 're working towards a result , now if you go and come out of that office , about his , with a result , you 'll know you 'll know what you 're getting next week or next month you got ta I mean the customer 's got ta be at the |
| 21 | MAURICE : I 'm glad you 're having second thoughts , Aunt , whatever the reason . |
| 22 | ‘ Maybe you 're having second thoughts ? |
| 23 | ‘ Are you telling me you 're having second thoughts ? |
| 24 | Frank Dick said , ‘ You 're running first leg . |
| 25 | When we 're doing first aid incidents erm the standard thing we 're doing for adults when they 're doing a first aid exam is we 'll give present them with a casualty with perhaps a cut hand or something like that and they 'll actually have a black eye . |
| 26 | Or do we want them really to understand what they 're doing first presumably . |
| 27 | Now I 'd like you to draw those two bearings and find out where L is , this this lighthouse , so tell me what you 're doing first of all . |
| 28 | Just let's think what we 're doing first . |
| 29 | Erm if you get to ask your mum to come in I 'll just ask her what 's what you 're doing next week . |
| 30 | No , you do n't know what you 're doing next week . |