Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all know is coming after this day dies . |
| 2 | Potter , thou shouldst be living at this hour . |
| 3 | Michael had originally intended to run Royal Ballerina in the Prix Vermeille at Longchamp the day after the St Leger and now Kauntze is hoping for dry conditions at Doncaster for what he regards as an easier race . |
| 4 | Michael had originally intended to run Royal Ballerina in the Prix Vermeille at Longchamp the day after the St Leger and now Kauntze is hoping for dry conditions at Doncaster for what he regards as an easier race . |
| 5 | Even less radical , if I 'm to stand by the comments I made last month ) ; or something that we think is missing from current trends ( something a bit retro maybe , but where 's your originality ? ) . |
| 6 | But we do n't as a regular thing do much as far as the public is concerned but what we do do is training for tropical foresters , and during the summer vac . |
| 7 | Recoup is working on these problems and collaborating with Reprise International Plastics Recycling Ltd which is making a substantial investment in a plant to clean and separate plastics . |
| 8 | We 've been writing to each other for eight years but had never met until this year . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been watching over this project since its inception . |
| 10 | We 've been looking for this car as part of a murder investigation . |
| 11 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 12 | Okay right , so what we 've been looking at this week is trade in agricultural commodities , and er , possibly a little bit of GATT as well . |
| 13 | " I 've been looking at these holes . |
| 14 | ‘ But I am a bit disappointed that while we 've been appealing for new directors nobody from the town has come forward . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been living on odd bits and pieces , ’ he says , ‘ as well as the proceeds of my first novel . ’ |
| 16 | " Lord , I feel as if I 've been living with this case for ever ! " |
| 17 | Register Office , handful of guests , parents optional , drink-up at couple 's house ( in which they 've been living for several years already ) . |
| 18 | And I 've been living for seven years ! |
| 19 | — We 've been living in this flat over a year Duncan . |
| 20 | For nine years , I 've been living in unwedded bliss with my partner Christian . |
| 21 | They 've been marching with full-time soldiers in Horseguards Parade . |
| 22 | Right they 've er they 've been preaching against Spanish slates . |
| 23 | But I 've been thinking about next week . |
| 24 | ‘ Doctor , I 've been thinking about this planet . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been thinking about this time muddle , Cassie . |
| 26 | I 've been thinking about these requests for miracles . |
| 27 | I 've been thinking about these blinds for such a long time . |
| 28 | And to show you what the situation is er the world 's energy demand is very likely i i i is almost certain to increase er because of development in the world and also because of the growing population er that arrow is some sort of guess as to how the world er the demand for energy worldwide is likely to increase when you set that against the curves at the bottom which show the likely projections for oil and natural gas as you can see as we get into the next century those er fossil fuels , which we 've been using with gay abandon for many decades , will start to into er decline . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , I 've been reading about these waves . ’ |
| 30 | Everything they have in that shop is better than the one you 've been wearing for ten years . |