Example sentences of "[coord] be [v-ing] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul said : ‘ We have been training throughout the winter and are hoping to put on a good show for Scotland . |
| 2 | ‘ Pickles ran into some friends and was trying to make up a party to go dancing tonight . |
| 3 | Her present to Harry was to be a pair of racing binoculars in a fine leather case with his initials stamped on it ; Wendell 's , a handsome cheque , since he was aware that Harry had opened an account at the bank and was trying to build up a reserve of cash . |
| 4 | Enough light would spill inwards from the porch as the door closed slowly on its damper , enough at least for him to get to his own door and line up the key ; but when it came to it he hurried too much and was trying to shake out the Yale when the front door put him in darkness . |
| 5 | He had n't done well at Sunset , and was planning to pass on the Billabong . |
| 6 | Round the final bend he was still several lengths down but was beginning to claw back the deficit , and at ‘ Le Bullfinch ’ , two fences out , he was second . |