Example sentences of "be [det] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the education officer finds himself standing between rival colleges which are each vying for a larger share of the diminishing student market . |
| 2 | In countries like Colombia and Venezuela , there has been some tinkering with the traditional agrarian system , but on the other hand , Cuba has experienced a complete restructuring of the agrarian sector . |
| 3 | We 're all living in a vicious circle . |
| 4 | And since it looks as if we 're all goin' to the same place , why do n't we take our kit to the left luggage then see if we ca n't find that canteen ? ’ |
| 5 | and let's hope they 're all looking on the bright side of life for this week 's coca cola cup games … now there was a time when Gloucester rugby would always give us a cheer … but they 're down in the dumps too … |
| 6 | They were all grafted on and they 're all growing on the same tree . |
| 7 | ‘ Like us , they 're all going to the yearly meeting in New York . ’ |
| 8 | while we 're all waiting with a cooked dinner he 's going to have to go up Gerald 's . |
| 9 | I think we 're all working towards the same goal . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's one of the main reasons for having the newsletter in the first place , because they 're all working to the same end , but it is n't always easy to know what they 're up to , ’ says Current Account editor Brigid Cleary . |
| 11 | This means that when they watch another group 's work they are affected by what they do , they 're all working within the same fictional context . |
| 12 | like when we 're all sitting in the front room at night and then they sa I think they chirp away to each other quite happily , you know . |
| 13 | So you 're all starting at the same |
| 14 | But you 're all arriving at the one time . |
| 15 | And er yes have a word with Pat and so that you 're both writing along the same lines . |
| 16 | I should think it sounds as if they 're both teaching in the same school , myself , |
| 17 | Why in in that case do you think that Sir Nicholas and he he he 's not stupid , I mean he 's a career politician , he 's come out and said this his wife has said that they 're both smiling on the front page of the newspaper at the moment and they go on to say it 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind . |
| 18 | It is assumed that all trains are of equal length and are all moving at the same speed , so that they each take p seconds to pass the crossing . |
| 19 | Although all separate entities , they do co-operate with each other as , naturally , they are all working towards the same ideal . |
| 20 | ‘ We are all working for the same goal , ’ he says . |
| 21 | ‘ We are all working for the same country , after all . |
| 22 | the team leader at work who is concerned to ensure that members of the group are all pulling in the same direction towards greater productivity or an improved service . |
| 23 | The nuclei of certain atoms resemble tops in that they have an intrinsic angular momentum — or spin , such atoms are said to be polarised when they are all spinning in the same direction . |
| 24 | After , we are all going to a fine place , ’ Teodor explained when they had sat down . |
| 25 | WE are all going on a big buzz to the countryside for the week on a special nature trip ! |
| 26 | The usual view is that they are all suffering from the same disease and yet it is plain that there are marked differences between the reaction of one patient to that of another . |
| 27 | ‘ They are all fighting over the same cake . |
| 28 | Only those acting at the second and third stages have been described in the present chapter , but the most important agents for small mammal bone accumulations are those operating at the first stage of taphonomic modification . |
| 29 | The lads were each sitting on a black , plastic jerry-can , while I was perched on my fishing stool . |
| 30 | When we did The Taming of the Shrew , every time Petruchio yelled — and he had a fine voice — all the peacocks answered , and on the opening night I could feel my neighbour shaking with laughter because the peacocks were all jostling for the best places to roost in the trees . |