Example sentences of "be reading the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other people in the public eye would be reading the first seven , and his grandfather the ninth . |
| 2 | Tam Dalyell has been reading the second Brandt report |
| 3 | I have been reading the last few pages and I think they are true and beautiful and just , recompense enough for the cold gloom of this untidy and lonely room . |
| 4 | AS YOU WERE reading the last issue of Wood News with your feet up and drinking a cup of hot coffee , John Hill , coupling machine operator at Fireater , was running through the cold , wet weather of Great Yarmouth in training for the London marathon . |
| 5 | By the time she 'd elbowed the door open with two steaming mugs of tea , I had was reading the first thing which had come to hand . |