Example sentences of "and be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that they had already formulated their ideas and been moving towards confirming them , but the definite proof still awaited the energy sensitive neutron spectrometer . |
| 2 | And been helping Popsey . |
| 3 | Arthur was the ticket clerk at Portsmouth railway station and the heat and been getting to him before the man arrived . |
| 4 | I moved back to Holyhead and been living in a bedsit since June . |
| 5 | He could have seen money in this right off and been leading Dr. Favor on , seeing to make about a month 's wages in three days if he kept all the fares ; and why would n't he ? |
| 6 | So we 'll get that sorted out and been talking about it I think the best bet is if we can get a few lessons in during the holidays so that when he goes back to school he 'll be more or less up to date . |
| 7 | I have heard her voice and spoken to her lover and been walking with the Masai who was present at the farcical and tragic lion hunt . |
| 8 | I 'd been to work all day and I 'd been and been running sheets off all night . |
| 9 | After all , he could have been thrown from his horse and been lying injured on the moors in the middle of a fierce storm . |
| 10 | ‘ That is why they have blown the gaffe and been tipping off the police . |
| 11 | " I suppose he could have lent money to Ingard , and been pressing for payment . " |
| 12 | People had gone up to a house and been knocking on the door waiting for someone to come because the light had come on and they thought there must be somebody in because they switched the light on when they saw me come up the drive , and these are visitors . |
| 13 | Her whole body tingled , as though somehow this was a moment it had anticipated , and been waiting for . |
| 14 | The significant change I think is in the balance of debt between fixed and variable rate , where we took a conscious decision and been working it through to take more advantage of the prospective and er decline , it was prospective earlier in the year er in selling interest rates and the continued low er short-term rates in the United States . |
| 15 | As a result , more than 70 per cent of the population now have a Current Account and are enjoying the many advantages it gives them — cheques , instant cash , Standing Orders and Direct Debits . |
| 16 | Monitoring of people moved from Friern Hospital in north London and Claybury Hospital in Essex shows that they are not slipping out of the system and are enjoying a better quality of life with greater independence and a more varied social life . |
| 17 | As carpet imports are minimal in our market segment , we are optimistic and are maintaining the substantially increased promotion investment which we consider vital for the Group 's future . |
| 18 | We believe that the railways can play a bigger part in responding to Britain 's growing transport needs , and are investing accordingly . |
| 19 | Separatist Muslim militants kidnapped the daughter of an Indian minister yesterday and are demanding the release of five jailed colleagues as ransom , police said . |
| 20 | The association 's 170 members will have to bear the brunt of new fees for proposed discharge licences and are demanding a strong inspectorate to enforce the legislation . |
| 21 | Farmers and local residents say the hippies are destructive , noisy and dangerous , and are demanding that harsher action be taken against them . |
| 22 | The two eldest kids are doing as well as they can and are bearing up as best as can be expected , ’ she said ‘ But my youngest boy has n't left my side since it happened . |
| 23 | Serbs and Albanians rarely talk to each other now and are mutating their image of the opposing culture into something evil and sinister . |
| 24 | The knitted gauze products for the nitric acid industry which were introduced by Johnson Matthey last year , have been well received by customers and are capturing a growing share of the European market . |
| 25 | The investment bankers that bought Wickes last November have already sold more than $400m in assets and are taking it private . |
| 26 | they are between jobs and are taking time to search for the most appropriate job with the highest wage ( search unemployment ) ; |
| 27 | The board was supplied by the organising committee and team manager Cliff Norbury said : ‘ We regard this decision as unsatisfactory and are taking the matter further . |
| 28 | They 're relocating from the wilds of Kingston and are taking up residence in swinging Carnaby Street . |
| 29 | They have a virtual monopoly and are taking advantage of it . ’ |
| 30 | Changes in the law to this effect have taken and are taking place , while jurisdiction turns a blind eye towards much which would once have been rigidly repressed . |