Example sentences of "[det] be [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Competitions like this are assisting in the development of equipment and the interaction between teams in the arena and afterwards is absolutely superb . |
| 2 | Some were hanging near the surface , while others lay on their sides on the bottom motionless , looking quite dead . |
| 3 | Some were dancing to the beat . |
| 4 | Some were tearing at the glass , others struggling with the doors , but none of them could get out . |
| 5 | It just took 'em up like that , and took 'em across : some were lying in the ditch , some in the hedge . |
| 6 | Of the estimated 1,500 journeymen and 1,200 apprentices working as printers ( pressmen and compositors combined ) in Scotland in the 1850s , rather more than half were working in the book and jobbing section of the trade , the rest in newspaper offices . " |
| 7 | Now , what are you doing to really see this is getting off the ground ? |
| 8 | There was a home opened in Tayside earlier this year — a 90 bed home — and this is flying in the face of what a lot of people have put in a lot of effort arguing with health service that you have to get away from the concept that 80 , 90 , 120 beds is a small unit . |
| 9 | Below decks ( this is looking through the engine room ) the additional size of the prototype is obvious — as is the amount of plumbing , piping and wiring needed to provide a reliable All- weather lifeboat . |
| 10 | This is damaging to the Government 's credit and we must do all we can to avoid it . ’ |
| 11 | This is according to the government settled by the founder ; if he hath directed all to be under the absolute power of the visitor , it must be so . |
| 12 | This is according to the government settled by the founder ; if he hath directed all to be under the absolute power of the visitor , it must be so . |
| 13 | This is leading towards the idea of ‘ invariance of mass ’ — there is still the same amount even though it has changed form . |
| 14 | ‘ My goodness , this is turning into the summer of your dreams , is n't it ? ’ |
| 15 | It goes without saying that while all this is going on the engineering investigator will be on the look-out for any indication of a pre-crash failure or fracture of any part of the structure or aircraft components since , although the wreckage will inevitably include very many broken units and pieces of structure , any serious defect that was present before the aircraft struck the ground is likely to be significant , if not fundamental , to the cause of the accident . |
| 16 | All this is happening against the background of a worldwide accumulation of civilian plutonium . |
| 17 | But it is almost immediately obvious that Braque had begun to study Cézanne in a much more intellectual and thoughtful way , and that this was resulting in the creation of an entirely new type of painting . |
| 18 | Patriotism was all very well , but she felt this was going over the top . |
| 19 | We wanted to know whether this was occurring along the coast . |
| 20 | If I clean these and I do n't get a pound these are going in the pond |
| 21 | About 50% of these are studying for the Diploma in Legal Practice and 50% pursuing the LL.M. , M.Sc. , M.Phil . |
| 22 | The most common of these is lying on the floor with your head supported on books . |
| 23 | I do n't know how many are going to the funeral on Wednesday morning , it 's ten o'clock at Sacred Heart . |
| 24 | Erm Friday , so we 'll all be sitting in the hall . |
| 25 | It was wonderful that they should all be sitting round the table , laughing . |
| 26 | They 'll all be coming into the equation . |
| 27 | The toughest part for many is dealing with the no violence rule . |
| 28 | Where the defendant does realise that he is confronted by a policeman , it is not necessary for the prosecutor to show that he is aware that the latter is acting in the execution of his duty . |
| 29 | Some of the crew will go on to work on Tornados ; more are staying in the area for family reasons and will move to Brize Norton or Lyneham where they 'll be working on VC10s . |
| 30 | Others have since arrived without permission , reinforcing rumours that hundreds more are heading for the county , after being evicted from festival sites in Somerset . |