Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [coord] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is further intended to change people 's attitudes so that they drive more smoothly and are aware of the kind of roads that they are using and drive at speeds tailored to fit the environment . |
| 2 | He 's been singing and playing at Pepe 's for the last two years , and lots of girls have tried to corner him . |
| 3 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist who has been walking and backpacking at home and abroad for over 25 years |
| 4 | It strikes me that Glamorgan have left themselves with another internal problem they could have done without now they are rebuilding and looking for stability after those years of committee trauma and musical chairs among the skippers . |
| 5 | … once the CNAA even began to lend its support to this development , there literally was a kind of explosion , and plainly institutions had been looking and waiting for validation in this field … |
| 6 | Today children are meeting and playing with children of other faiths so it is important for them to have some understanding and knowledge of each other 's traditions . |
| 7 | Database applications are heavy on the hard disk , so a fast cached hard disk will really make a difference when you 're sorting and searching for files . |
| 8 | Database applications are heavy on the hard disk , so a fast cached hard disk will really make a difference when you 're sorting and searching for files . |
| 9 | An elderly person has very delicate skin ; and if he or she has been lying or sitting in bed all day , they may develop pressure sores on the bony parts of the body — the base of the spine , the heels , the elbows or on the shoulders . |
| 10 | Currently supporting over 400 companies in the UK , FCS has been designing and putting into operation distribution systems for over 12 years . |
| 11 | We have at the moment probably one of our most important cases in the RVH , so I was pleased to listen to the shop steward from NUPE , because it is a case that we are funding and doing with NUPE , and the main person who was in that case is here , Rosaleen Davison . |
| 12 | It is this that we have been displaying and using in publications . |
| 13 | People are dancing and singing in town tonight — everyone wants you to go . ’ |
| 14 | And these people who are moaning and groaning at Jesus , Jesus turns to them and he speaks this parable . |
| 15 | Erm and it , it was us , I mean not only do we , I mean we develop her a a response , that means , we , we work with Councillor 's we work with Senior Officer 's in other departments and we look at the policy angles , like for example with , with that piece of legislation , when , when we first realised what the impact for that legislation was , it was gon na mean that we were ten million pound short in our housing money basically , that was , that was what it looked like on the surface and you think oh my god how you gon na make up for that short fall , that would mean an eleven pound a week rise in rent , that 's what it worked out as , so , well we ca n't do that , how , and then you have to look at the legislation and you say what are the loop holes here , and erm , and it involves contacting outside organisations and getting there opinion and finding out what other Council 's are doing and responding to things like this , and we did come up with a way , of , of reducing that deficit , but that 's the kind of thing we do . |
| 16 | In between the business talk people are coming and going with news of death or illness , words of praise and encouragement and proposals for mutual support between local co-operatives . |
| 17 | Over these erm past couple of weeks we 've been looking at er some of the questions in the New Testament , we thought a couple of weeks back of the question that Jesus asked his disciples , do you think I 'm able to do this and then last week we looked at a question that the disciples put to Jesus , that time when they came down from the mountain and they found the re , three of them came down with Jesus from the mountain of transfiguration and they found the other disciples with a man who and a , whose son was demon possessed and er they had been unable to help him and the man or brings his son to Jesus and Jesus delivers him and afterwards the disciples who had been so helpless put the question to Jesus , why could we not cast out this demon and this morning I 'd like us to look at another question , we 've got another one today and one God willing next week , er and the question is , is found in Luke chapter thirteen , let me just read a few verses , because of course it 's , it 's not just the questions , it 's the answers that are important as well in Luke chapter thirteen , gon na read from verse twenty two it says in Jesus was passing through from one city and village to another , teaching and proceeding on his way to Jerusalem now that gives us a clue in that , because Jesus only ever went to Jerusalem apart from when he was a boy , he only ever went to Jerusalem once and that , after since that time , and that was when he was crucified , so Jesus was now on his way to Jerusalem , it was the latter days , the latter weeks of the life of Jesus , he was making his way now to Jerusalem and someone said to him Lord are there just a few who are being saved and Jesus said to hi , to them , strive to enter by the narrow door for many I tell you will seek to enter and will not be able , once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open to us , then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you are from , then you will begin to say we ate and drank in your presence and you taught in our streets , and he will say I tell you I do not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers , there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there , when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the profits in the kingdom of God , but yourselves being cast out and they will come from East and West and from North and South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , and behold some ar some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last , so it 's just that question then , let's remind ourselves that is put to Jesus Lord are there just a few who are being saved |
| 18 | Most were intended to be exulting or to act as aids to the recognition of individual figures . |
| 19 | Second , that having worked hard in the acting profession all my life , the last thing I would enjoy was working the clock round every summer when I could be sunbathing and swimming in Bala Lake . |
| 20 | Why not start Saturday and in next to no time you 'll be looking and feeling like Adonis or Artemis . |
| 21 | I 'm living and working in Derbyshire and just back in York for the school holidays . |
| 22 | In this as in other respects particular groups within a class may be rising or falling in importance , according to the general development of the class and the society . |
| 23 | A lot of families , it is hoped , are going to be hearing or reading about Stocksbridge Engineering Works , Gibbs Building Contractors , and a few other Sheffield firms this Christmas . |
| 24 | These , when I passed them , I saw to be sitting or kneeling beside cradles , rocking them , or singing , or gazing intently . |
| 25 | What would she be thinking and doing by Lughmas ? |
| 26 | I do n't know whether I 'm agreeing or disagreeing with Mr . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ At the same time , in every week of every month we will be working and preparing for Government . |
| 28 | A later post mortem showed the man had been drinking and died of hypothermia during the night when temperatures dropped to — 2 . |
| 29 | A. Each day , in the Mersey estuary , some twenty or thirty ships are arriving or going to sea . |
| 30 | A useful way of developing creative thinking and one which can be of great benefit when you are studying and looking for inspiration is the technique of key words or key terms . |