Example sentences of "[noun sg] [num] [noun] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's traditional in some ways but the brothers who own the hotel , Julio and Alfonso , have come to know exactly what the Club 18–30 holidaymaker is looking for . |
| 2 | A marriage is so voidable if it has not been consummated because of the incapacity of either party , or because of one party 's wilful refusal to consummate it ; if the marriage was entered into without the consent of either party ( e.g. by reason of duress , mistake , or unsound mind ) ; if at the time of the marriage one party was suffering from mental disorder of such a kind as to render him or her unfitted for marriage , or from venereal disease ; or if the wife was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some other person than her husband . |
| 3 | Erm , now I can produce some variants on the next few figures , they , this is the one in the third paragraph which says that two thousand eight hundred , er took two eight nine one two , er , hours would be needed this year , that is working on the commissions erm current estimate of six percent of complaints going to stage two , erm , the reality in York is that seven point five percent are going to stage two , and if one took account of that reality , and I 'm bound to say that in in estimating terms we do n't , but if one did take in reality that would push that figure for this year up to thirty thousand four hundred and forty nine . |
| 4 | In one room two people are dancing to music which only they can hear . |
| 5 | Each day 25 refugees are dying at a camp housing about 190,000 in Dollo on the Somali border , officials said , adding that , on March 17 alone , 55 people died there . |
| 6 | A year six class is working on a drama about undersea exploration . |
| 7 | Fig 99 C is sailing in A's dirty wind and must get out of it as soon as possible by either tacking or bearing away . |
| 8 | A class of Year Five children are working on a project about Iron Age Britain . |
| 9 | The current Formula One champion is leading in the Indy Car season competition , finding the success in his first year that has eluded Michael Andretti , the 1991 Indy-car champion , in his foray into Formula One racing . |
| 10 | In my class four pupils were missing after the holidays . |