Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [verb] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they 're , they 're the gov they 're going to end up in the government . |
| 2 | We are all frightened that fossil fuels are going to run out in the foreseeable future , and I wonder if i could ask you about one or two possibilities . |
| 3 | Before the meeting , you know at the moment John Major is in Moscow , erm before that meeting there 'll have been much work done by the officials on briefing papers , on trying to identify the potential issues that are going to come up in the meeting , there 'll have been a lot of background work that would be similar er to patterns of relationships between various departments erm in any process of decision making . |
| 4 | I have to use sleeping tablets to help me sleep at night because I 'm dreading getting up in the morning in case anything 's happened further . |
| 5 | That 's right , and I think that 's very important with a side , and of course John Durning now , finished his suspension , so he 'll be raring to get back in the side . |
| 6 | Street lights were starting to come on in the distance , crimson slivers slowly brightening to orange . |
| 7 | Ah erm well , Chairman , I I think that this is something that 's going to cut , as far as Hambledon 's got concerns , is going to come up in the erm in the next debate , certainly , erm , the erm , the issue of erm whether policy should be expressed in terms of principle and criteria , or erm area and a district as being a dilemma erm to Hambledon , erm , it feels it 's erm erm not being able to support the policy as defined , because ultimately the Council would object to a new settlement in Hambledon . |
| 8 | ‘ Acid house was nothing to what 's in store , ’ he says , and Danny nods excitedly in agreement : ‘ Who knows what 's going to come along in the next few years ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm terribly afraid it 's going to come down in the marshland . |
| 10 | There are signs that latent defects insurance , such as that recommended in the BUILD report , is beginning to take off in the insurance market . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is a tragedy if law and order is beginning to break down in the north of Somalia , in what is , after all , the old British Somaliland and is now known to local people as Somaliland ? |
| 12 | For six months Pakistan 's governments have been preoccupied with intrigue , and it may be that their carefree attitude to running the country is beginning to show up in the figures . |
| 13 | The other lamb 's getting tangled up in the other parts of that Russian vine 's gone over . |
| 14 | ‘ If we could be sure he 's having to hide out in the open , it might even be a good idea . ’ |
| 15 | The body was lying face up in the rain . |
| 16 | It was wholly predictable , then , that at about 8.50 on the morning of Monday , March 17 , I was lying face down in the grammar school dirt with 30 jeering first formers on my back . |
| 17 | I was getting caught up in the rat race and thin round the edges spiritually , when the Lord stepped in and reminded me of a promise He made before we left Kent . |
| 18 | She very much doubted Madeleine would be prepared to give up the good time she was having to settle down in the country on Harry 's salary . |
| 19 | Cooper was not in court to hear the judgement , but the effect on McMahon was explosive : ‘ One moment I was sitting bent over in the dock in utter despair , the next I was on my feet with arms outstretched , screaming at the judges . |
| 20 | The fire had been lit in the bedroom , and Senga was sitting curled up in the rocking chair beside the fire quietly reading aloud from the latest issue of the " Girls Own Paper . " |
| 21 | She was sitting curled up in the armchair like Mrs. Mounce , nursing a final cup of cold Nescafé . |
| 22 | ‘ He was floating face down in the carp pond ! ’ |
| 23 | She was trying to stand up in the pool but could n't because of the costume . |