Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those on the brink of buying are mostly waiting until the election is out of the way before committing themselves to a new house , but City financier Christopher Moran thinks they are all wrong . |
| 2 | In sorry contrast to the Italian Village , several rows of two-storey brick houses are slowly rising from the ground . |
| 3 | The borings are concentrated high on the pillars but are remarkably lacking on the masonry lower down . |
| 4 | The Bradford City supporters are constantly writing to the rag complaining of too much coverage for Leeds ( It really does piss them off ) . |
| 5 | Mr Pratt , whose father Glyn was a former Merseyside County Councillor , added : ‘ We are constantly hearing about the desire to breathe new life back into New Brighton . |
| 6 | What 's worse is that the commentators are constantly fawning to the scum , the game against us at the pigstye being the prime example , going on the BBC coverage Leeds did n't appear to touch the ball let alone get it out of their own half . |
| 7 | What 's worse is that the commentators are constantly fawning to the scum , the game against us at the pigstye being the prime example , going on the BBC coverage Leeds did n't appear to touch the ball let alone get it out of their own half . |
| 8 | Even in the midst of " participating " we are constantly interpreting in the light of what we know and expect . |
| 9 | We are constantly talking to the press try and persuade them to give us more coverage . |
| 10 | As there are many persons of distinction in England who are pleased to honour the art of gardening by making it a considerable part of their amusement and have been greatly assisting in the introducing of large numbers of new plants , shrubs and trees into the English gardens and as some of these noble persons have studied the science of botany and are well acquainted with the characters and true names of the plants … their example will render it necessary for the professors of Gardening at least to know the plants they cultivate by their proper titles … |
| 11 | Half an hour later , Jamie Shepherd , who had been patiently waiting in the hospital foyer , drove his granddaughter home . |
| 12 | Care in the community is a new national policy for dealing with the mentally ill , following the closure of psychiatric hospitals , but many former patients are apparently falling through the net . |
| 13 | Such discussions not only take an inordinate amount of time ( a subtle form of disobedience ) , but they are subversive because they are so rewarding to the child . |
| 14 | I am merely reporting on the fate to have befallen every other Minister for Sport you can care to mention which is one of the reasons why we are still debating the kind of football stadiums we should have for the future when every other country besides Botswana and the Cocos Islands have already built theirs . |
| 15 | I believe I am merely following along the path which he once trod out . |
| 16 | I thus started a relationship with that country that has been constantly rewarding for the rest of my life , and indeed I now regard it almost as my second homeland . |
| 17 | Spokesman Sylvia Rigby said : ‘ They seem to think we are only objecting to the level of the charge but we are against it all together . ’ |
| 18 | It is important to bear in mind the fundamental rule of agency law , that the acts of an agent are only binding on the principal if the agent had actual or apparent authority to perform those acts . |
| 19 | Brown has been important to White because he provides the top-level training practice that has been so lacking in the build-up to this world championships . |
| 20 | This is the stage to take decisive action , because by ignoring this threat gesture , you are merely acquiescing to the dog s challenge , and adopting a subordinate position . |
| 21 | The aim of this Lecture is to incorporate some of the important real-world features which are patently missing from the model of Lecture 6 . |
| 22 | ( b ) Where however the prosecution evidence is such that its strength or weakness depends on the view to be taken of a witness 's reliability , or other matters which are generally speaking within the province of the jury and where on one possible view of the facts there is evidence upon which a jury could properly come to the conclusion that the defendant is guilty , then the judge should allow the matter to be tried by the jury . |
| 23 | ‘ At the moment I am just flowing with the tide , following whatever is on offer to me that I like . |
| 24 | Does he realise that France and Germany are already benefiting from the scheme , but that we are denied it because of the Government 's obstinacy ? |
| 25 | Eventually we said , ‘ the people are already queuing outside the hall , the concert starts in half an hour . |
| 26 | inform about society , thus continuing the induction of pupils which they are already experiencing into the tradition which is theirs by virtue either of birth or of taking up residence in a country . |
| 27 | Land prices are already rising at the moment er in this region , even though house prices are not rising at a commensurate level . |
| 28 | ( £16.75 , £18.75 ) , but their popularity is reflected in the fact that tickets are already flying out the door . |
| 29 | We can not park at the weekend and people are already parking on the grass verge . ’ |
| 30 | Some of these are already leading to the introduction of modular courses in arts subjects , as well as cross-arts initiatives . |