Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [v-ing] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the problems they face is transporting potatos to hunger spots . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been writing songs about prison ever since I started writing songs . |
| 3 | Do you think that the er it must be the war , the first world war , if you 've been watching Testament of Youth , Fear and Britain 's Testament of Youth , which I read years ago |
| 4 | a while to transpose , I 've been printing stuff on card recently , |
| 5 | I 've been getting attacks of giddiness and I 'm not sleeping well . |
| 6 | THEY 'VE been making room for murder at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , Guildford this week , and proved that given the right stage , crime certainly does pay . |
| 7 | We 've been losing sleep with worry since we were told about the arrests . |
| 8 | ‘ They 've been cutting turf since daybreak , making the most of the good weather . ’ |
| 9 | I mean , I can only have fo lunchtime with Claire , like , I 've been having tomatoes on toast and some . |
| 10 | ‘ And I 've been having attacks of vertigo , ’ volunteered Ray , with a hint of pride . |
| 11 | Microsoft and DEC have been porting NT to Alpha for the last year : conveniently DEC has a facility just a mile away from the Microsoft campus in Belleview , Washington . |
| 12 | US aircraft have been dropping supplies by air since 1 March , but aid workers say that is not enough to feed the people . |
| 13 | In a few cases private individuals have been receiving journals by post , if they weigh less than 300 grams . |
| 14 | There has been no shortage of pointers ; the NCC and DES have been bombarding schools with advice , and there is a danger of overkill . |
| 15 | By and large , climatologists agree that two ‘ perturbations ’ have been affecting trends in temperature during the present century : the warming influence of this increase in carbon dioxide , and the variable cooling influence produced when great volcanic eruptions spread dust high into the stratosphere , blocking some of the heat from the Sun . |
| 16 | Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency due to a very slight , and sometimes unrecognisable , blood loss from such conditions as piles , diverticulitis , hiatus hernia — and occasionally bleeding from the stomach , if they have been taking aspirin for rheumatism daily for long periods , and this may cause anaemia . |
| 17 | On energy , consultations have been taking place on generation , conservation and solar energy . |
| 18 | Under its new chief executive , John Houliston , big changes have been taking place at Dairy Crest as it prepares for a stock market flotation next year . |
| 19 | In the time that I have to move the report I 'd like to concentrate on some of the developments that have been taking place in health and safety this is not to , er , give the impression that environmental developments are not important but over this next year the government are going to be taking certain measures that we need to be aware of , er , in the health and safety area . |
| 20 | Overall it is clear that two parallel developments have been taking place in adult education for the unemployed . |
| 21 | However , as the hon. Gentleman knows , the Libyan Government have been taking steps in parallel — that is , they have made an application to the ICJ and , at the same time , they are making a response to the UN Security Council . |
| 22 | The Clarke family have been brewing beer for past 140 years . |
| 23 | Independent British film makers from all over have been writing letters of complaint . |
| 24 | Tommy and Iain have been supplying Christopher with drink . |
| 25 | The decision will create problems for Canada 's new pay-TV channels which have been sending signals via satellite to cable companies . |
| 26 | Most missionary societies have been planting churches as part of their primary activity since the start of the so called ‘ missionary movement ’ in the last century . |
| 27 | Get set for the Kielder Classic , the final race in the Moore Large Series of mountain biking events which have been raising money for Help the Aged throughout the year . |
| 28 | Indeed , French doctors believe that if left untreated ( and they have been treating women with cellulite for forty years ) it can lead to serious disorders such as arthritis . |
| 29 | Q. I have two six-inch Temporales , which I bought as a pair when they were three inches long , and lately they have been showing signs of breeding , such as locking their jaws and tail slapping . |
| 30 | The US is hardly lily white in the battle over chip imports into Japan , and Japanese chip users say that their US suppliers have been cancelling deliveries in favour of US customers even as they complain about the difficulty of penetrating the market , according to Electronic Industries Association of Japan . |