Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Simply by existing in a successful role , both bands are effectively working against that mentality .
2 They are constantly looking for these changes , especially in situations which have previously been difficult .
3 Occupational and social careers are mutually facilitating in this respect .
4 We are so lacking in any form of racism that we never actually noticed . ’
5 There should be no long pauses — as you are only listening at this stage
6 The surrounding volcanic cones are gently sloping with few gullies to the south , but increasingly steep and heavily gullied towards the north .
7 So when staff are literally fuming at each other , and wanting to sue , the simple solution is to install an electrostatic air filter .
8 While approximately 80% of revenues still come from mainframe-related work , Haines sees open systems as a major growth area because , he says , MMT 's customers are generally drifting in that direction .
9 Runners are generally suffering at this stage ( 23.5 6o 24.5 miles ) and will need all the support they can get .
10 ‘ In some areas we are already competing for that work ’ .
11 If the one-tier board structure were used , then the executive directors would ‘ manage ’ and the non-executive directors would ‘ supervise ’ ; to some extent , the boards of UK-listed companies are already moving towards this division , albeit not on a prescribed legal basis , with the establishment of audit committees of non-executive directors to whom the auditors report any matter of concern in the company 's draft accounts , and with the determination of the remuneration of executive directors by a committee of non-executive directors , who also deal with ethical matters and conflicts of interest .
12 We can reveal in a world exclusive that they are already looking for more places to fly to — together .
13 When councils start charging half what Oxford is paying ( as they are already doing in most parts of Scotland ) the Community Charge will seem a much fairer system .
14 Nevertheless if they were going to fly again they were gon na pay for a seat and they 're only looking for some recompense towards a new new ticket what 's wrong with sending them a voucher y'know , a properly produced voucher that we c that 's controlled properly by and all they do is guarantee any travel at their normal travel agent , do the business , attach the voucher to the B S P
15 We 're obviously looking at both events .
16 The Ministry , the Veterinary Products Committee is now going away and they 're going to do even , even more work on it , erm , so I honestly do n't think that , that we 're going to get much more out of the Ministry until Veterinary Products Committee have come back and looked at it yet again , because the , the answer that you 'll get is that they 're already looking at that side of it .
17 Please accept my apologies if you 're already working towards this arrangement of the new cancelled dates .
18 We 're all ready , we 're just waiting for this gravy now
19 You could write on it any time but then you 're just sitting in all day .
20 we had Jaws and all that lot you know , there was , they had Jaws on and you 're just going round this corner and bloody great water comes up and jaws opens
21 we 're just talking about this velocity stuff ,
22 And so he took her arm and pulled her into the street again and , still holding her arm , he said , ‘ And what do you think I feel like when I do n't see you and knowing you 're away dancing with that John Bennett or that Sweetman fellow ? ’
23 " Because you 're still thinking about that girl who works with beggars and ne'er-do-wells at Yelton , I suppose !
24 But we 're still perplexed as to how the accident could have happened and we 're still looking for any motive for murder or suicide . ’
25 We 're still talking to each other .
26 They 're still going through that nature reserve area .
27 ‘ We 're still waiting for this body , ’ says the man with the braid from Tayside , the boys officially in charge .
28 Erm if it 's um well generally speaking I think , thinking about what the sort of consensus would be among people who who study this sort of thing , they 're usually looking for some sort of of discrepancy in ages or powers or something .
29 The responses to " What questions do you want to ask here ? " might range from " What happens next ? " through " What has he done to deserve this ? " and " What can he do about it ? " to " They 're both looking in this direction .
30 It seems to me we 're also coming across some sort of Eastern influence here as well .
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