Example sentences of "[prep] be [v-ing] [prep] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He appeared to be searching for some key document . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the Reston , Virginia-based Visix , which reckons it missed the contract IBM awarded to Neuron Data Inc last week by a whisker , is thought to be looking at some alternative ways of marketing Galaxy , including using the Internet as a vehicle . |
| 3 | Fred and Sophy , though they were only two and three years younger , and though they had seen mamma in her coffin , seemed to themselves to be looking at some strange show . |
| 4 | His normally responsive facial expression was firmly controlled ; an Oxford contemporary remembered that for all its serenity an observer seemed ‘ to be gazing upon some great portrait of a face rather than upon a face ’ . |
| 5 | There was a section at the top of Act Two where Joyce is supposed to be auditioning for some American producers . |
| 6 | C-FDFC , C-FTBA and C-FYQS are expected to be flying for some considerable time , as the Freighter 's life is measured in landings , and each of the trio have about 6,000 landings remaining , ensuring their continued employment . |
| 7 | His heart seemed to be beating in some huge dry place an echoing cavern . |
| 8 | Melford , now he had tasted blood , seemed to be revelling in some private joke . |