Example sentences of "[num] [pron] be [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Canton his early success , as commercial agent for opium merchants in India , led to his association with Magniac & Company , and by 1826 he was controlling that firm 's Canton operations . |
| 2 | But by 1979 he was selling enough stock from his Mum 's garden shed to move into the Wanneroo premises . |
| 3 | By September 1940 he was taking British survival for granted and predicting American intervention . |
| 4 | Her husband had been serving in the British Merchant Navy on the Russian Convoy run but after 1943 he was receiving psychiatric treatment in Shropshire somewhere for his nerves . |
| 5 | Although it is unlikely that Members will be asked to vote on conversion until some time in 1989 I am writing this letter to give an early indication of the main reasons for the recommendation . |
| 6 | The US balance of payments capital account deficit in the early 1960s which was undermining foreign confidence in the dollar , encouraged the US authorities to restrict overseas lending by resident US banks and the domestic financing of direct investment ( multinational plants ) abroad . |
| 7 | yeah no , no the total of current charges was fifty seven pounds and we pay sixty eight pounds in to pay , mind you that is n't so good when I look at it cos there four lots are going this month , this quarter , still never mind eh ? |
| 8 | By 1915 he was advising one commentator ‘ to treat my verse … as my essential writings , & my prose as my accidental ’ . |