Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THIS IS the day for signing in and checking out fellow schmoozers ; for ploughing through the completely bewildering gig schedule , and trying to work out just how we 're going to survive the next 100 hours without losing any important internal organs . |
| 2 | And I said , you must realize I 've a small company , and that 's , in one respect that I 've had to send those conditions because you 're failing to meet the agreed thirty days payment ! |
| 3 | But better still , if you decide you are going to fish the same one or two swims each time , is to set up permanent anchors . |
| 4 | ‘ Rescuers are having to walk the last two or three miles carrying all their equipment . ’ |
| 5 | Originally we were planning to reward the first ten correct answers drawn out of the bag with a wonderful Sigma-Ray joystick , but unfortunately Markie ( feeble minded fool that he is ) mistook them for his laundry and took them home to be washed by his Mum . |
| 6 | The interim award was won by Bishopsgate Investment Management , which ran the Mirror Group scheme and is seeking to recover the missing millions . |
| 7 | She had far more important things to think about , like how she was going to survive the next four weeks alone with a man whose quiet voice and manner hid a ruthlessness and determination that made steel look limp by comparison . |