Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the answers are only now coming to light as we find out more about the structures of the proteins that go to make up living cells themselves . |
| 2 | U2 and close spirits are not simply fighting against lack of rock groups , or regressive traditional rock activity , but against the stiff tradition of Irish showbands , the giddy lack of pop choice or opportunity . |
| 3 | We are not just looking for tax disc dodgers , we are looking for insurance offences , or MOT offences and the condition of vehicles . ’ |
| 4 | He added : ‘ Players are not just training at club sessions , they continue to build up on their own . |
| 5 | We are not just talking about information ; we are talking about the ability to respond to the living language . |
| 6 | It is that those who are not currently working for money make no contribution to the nation 's gross national product — that they are consumers only , not producers . |
| 7 | This is , without doubt , a book for professionals who are not only thinking about quality , but who want to instill a fundamental change in the way people think about and do their work . |
| 8 | and things are just about going to plan |
| 9 | you 're not exactly thinking about sex . |
| 10 | Such gimmicks have helped to make Virgin 's upper class service tempting to business passengers , but Virgin knows the real business is done by men like this , and they 're not just looking at service but also cost . |
| 11 | The human race is producing so much information — it is n't factual information , we 're not just looking at price movements of stocks and shares , but in the scientific community it 's very much to do with ideas and how that person can get across his ideas , his concepts to people to half a world away . |
| 12 | It is n't factual information , we 're not just looking at price movements of stocks and shares , but in the scientific community it 's very much to do with ideas and how that person can get across his ideas , his concepts , to people half a world away . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're not just asking for money , though , are you ? ’ he said . |
| 14 | You 're not just paying for milk . |
| 15 | Well , this is a slightly more complicated application , where you 're not just selling for example straight from stock , but you take orders from customers , and then you would have to manufacture , perhaps to buy in , to assemble , some sort of goods for sending out . |
| 16 | We 're not simply talking about opening and closing in response to a stimulus then , this first stimulus has left the channels in a state in which they 're relatively unable to gate open . |
| 17 | I trust they 're not now living in sin . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You 're not seriously thinking of swimming , are you ? ’ |
| 19 | Well , we 're not really talking about traffic calming , we 're talking about a specific scheme in . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're both obviously suffering from jet-lag , and we 'll feel a lot better after a decent night 's sleep . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You 're damn well going to sleep with me , ’ he countered bluntly , disregarding this comprehensive schedule . |
| 22 | Details of the exact nature of the writing tested , such as the size of the script , the quality of script , the speed it was written , the pen type , tablet resolution and so on are often sadly lacking in research papers . |
| 23 | If you 're not already using some form of contraceptive , you 'd better see to it , although normally I 'd agree that it 's a joint responsibility , since it seems that I 'm so atrociously lacking in control where you 're concerned … damn you , Maria . ’ |
| 24 | Companionate relationships , heterosexual , gay , or lesbian , may be as long lasting as marriage . |
| 25 | ‘ Six-year-olds are n't exactly brimming with curiosity about gays and lesbians — or sexuality in general . |
| 26 | Children classified as unoccupied are almost certainly living in poverty as well as experiencing relatively high risks of mortality . |
| 27 | Iraq 's soldiers retreated a few miles from the town ; its policemen were still there masquerading as traffic cops . |
| 28 | we were both now trembling with anticipation , or lust . |
| 29 | Witches were also particularly threatening to fertility and sexual potency . |
| 30 | There were two mechanisms available — the ancient , rather hazardous and capricious method that distributed spores , the wind ; and the newly arrived messenger service , the flying insects , which were now regularly moving from tree to tree , feeding on the leaves and the spores . |