Example sentences of "[vb past] to be [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He set up the TV Times coverage , and we all pretended to be having a wonderful time for the benefit of the camera . |
| 2 | The chapter concentrates upon a particular moment in the story of British fascism , when this ideological tradition seemed to be taking a new turn . |
| 3 | First the man insulted her , and now he seemed to be taking a perverse delight in taunting her . |
| 4 | Muldoon seemed to be taking a long time over his coffee . |
| 5 | The green light surrounding them now seemed to be imparting a sick lifeless pallor . |
| 6 | He seemed to be wearing a dark-coloured suit . |
| 7 | This male shape or essence seemed to be wearing a white coat ( a medic 's stark white smock ) . |
| 8 | But the man seemed to be holding a round turnip-shaped watch in his hand and glaring at it . |
| 9 | However , these GPs seemed to be seeking a medical solution to these women 's problems . |
| 10 | But it was n't true ; today the invisible hand of fate seemed to be drawing a thick black line under that particular chapter of her life which involved anything related to Luke . |
| 11 | They seemed to be growing a green carpet . |
| 12 | Howard seemed to be making a doomed attempt to explain the Doctor 's business on the island without mentioning zombies , the Necronomicon or anything similar that the military men might find difficult to accept . |
| 13 | In the words of John Paton , " the clean break seemed to be making a clean sweep of the Party members " . |
| 14 | They seemed to be doing a good job . |
| 15 | And now she seemed to be planning a new use for those skills as I watched her gaze , fixed on Boy , or shifting from O to Boy . |
| 16 | He also , Busacher observed , seemed to be playing a curious double game with both Ingrid and the little Hoflin — being charming to both of them and he was seen lunching with them on alternate days . |
| 17 | He had been sidelined by injury in 1985 and seemed to be playing a cat-and-mouse game with everybody in this year . |
| 18 | And yet despite all this the pounds were creeping up on us and we seemed to be fighting a losing battle . |
| 19 | I mean , she seemed to be having a good time . |
| 20 | Cawthorne seemed to be having a private party . |
| 21 | The heat seemed to be having a heady effect on her , Lindsey thought faintly . |
| 22 | She was also estranged from her only child Nicolas , from her marriage to Charrier , and looked to be facing a lonely old age . |
| 23 | ‘ I never thought to be thanking a white girl , ’ he said . |
| 24 | The Pussy Posse accepted a four-day challenge to road test this new friend , but the hard part proved to be finding a hard part . |
| 25 | Watching the door , Lucy stood waiting for them to emerge again , but their exit appeared to be taking a long time to eventuate . |
| 26 | From what I could see of him — mostly his spectacles and his left arm around the door jamb — he appeared to be wearing a red silk kimono . |
| 27 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to actually damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding , corporate statements can evidence the fact that there have been poor profits during all these years … |
| 28 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess , at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding … morally it did not seem quite so bad as might be inferred by the definition of the activity itself . ’ |
| 29 | Great plates of sticky , sweet cakes and pastries were being consumed with tremendous gusto , and one man appeared to be eating a huge slab of pizza . |
| 30 | Mr Gerrish appeared to be making a full recovery . |