Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we apply the yardstick of affection and respect to all our dealings with the elderly and they feel this in everything we say to them , most of the small problems which are bound to arise when we are living together stand a reasonable chance of solution . |
| 2 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Yer do n't think I 'm goin' ter build a new bridge just for you lot in Claro to go and fetch yer dole money do yer ? ’ he said crossly . |
| 5 | I I 'm not certain that they were particularly group organised , but er , certainly I shall be looking forward to deposit a large number of files there from our group . |
| 6 | On Saturday 9 November University musicians past and present will be joining together to perform a varied programme of Baroque music in aid of the Foundation ( see advertisement on page 43 for details ) . |
| 7 | Patristic Christology is subtle , for the fathers were trying rightly to express a complex issue . |
| 8 | Soon after I left them , they were working overtime to fulfil a big order , when there was a breakdown . |
| 9 | A group of colleges have been working together to develop a new HNC in Civil Engineering . |
| 10 | Ease of use , Mr Rosenbaum admits , still requires some work but ‘ we are working hard to establish a common ‘ log off ’ — important where billing is by the minute ! |
| 11 | ‘ I was going home to get a new hearing-aid . |
| 12 | The House of Commons was moving forward to assert a greater degree of control over the colonies than before ; partly to evade this , William created a Board of Trade and Plantations , made up of civil servants and privy councillors , that was unlikely to pay much more attention to the Commons than its predecessor , the Lords of Trade , had done . |
| 13 | ‘ But if they 're given money for the food … ’ the Substitute was trying vainly to put a bouncing lighter to his cigar . |
| 14 | Benedicta was trying hard to keep a straight face . |
| 15 | He was working hard to complete a special project for Friday , and had already told her he would give her a hand at the weekend . |
| 16 | Dr Rolleston was retiring quietly to let a younger man prepare for what we were beginning to think was inevitable . |