Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [coord] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist who has been walking and backpacking at home and abroad for over 25 years |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | … 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 … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Currently supporting over 400 companies in the UK , FCS has been designing and putting into operation distribution systems for over 12 years . |
| 6 | People are dancing and singing in town tonight — everyone wants you to go . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ At the same time , in every week of every month we will be working and preparing for Government . |
| 10 | A later post mortem showed the man had been drinking and died of hypothermia during the night when temperatures dropped to — 2 . |
| 11 | A. Each day , in the Mersey estuary , some twenty or thirty ships are arriving or going to sea . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Sinews bunched and moved under his skin like oiled spaghetti ; Carson guessed that he 'd been posing and flexing in front of a mirror . |
| 14 | But it was already obvious that the horn blast had come from elsewhere entirely — not from the Halfling camp or even from the human regiments of the Empire army , but from the fierce goblin Wolf Riders who were hacking and biting at will as Halflings ran hither and thither in blind panic . |
| 15 | At stake lay more than the future of the English garrison in the town which the French were besieging and blockading by land and sea . |
| 16 | My arms were hurting and felt like lead . |
| 17 | Courage and hope emerged and by the time the web was finished , the bread broken and shared , people were smiling and charged with energy . |
| 18 | You must have been receiving or entitled to income support or supplementary benefit for a continuous period of 26 weeks ( but one break of 14 days or less will not matter ) . |
| 19 | In spite of the ‘ failure of the seminaries and theological colleges to give the clergy the background to be in full charge of the music in the parish … people are thinking and talking about liturgy and music in new ways , and reassessing everything ’ . |
| 20 | The cost of maintaining the Welfare State is rising and coming into conflict with the profit . |
| 21 | The wind rarely blows constantly and results can vary depending on whether the wind is increasing or decreasing in speed at the particular moment when an ammeter reading is taken . |
| 22 | ABBEY National is offering to meet up to £250 of legal and mortgage valuation fees for customers who are remortgaging or switching to Abbey National . |
| 23 | Tumblers were refilled , toasts were drunk , the cake was cut and there was singing and dancing till nightfall . |
| 24 | Now high summer was browning and mellowing into autumn . |
| 25 | I was shouting and screaming for help and at the same time taking off my coat and wellingtons , preparing to jump in after her . |
| 26 | She flew back to Lima and wrote to all her clients telling them not to expect any more craft goods : she was quitting and going to work in the jungle . |
| 27 | Few in a packed , drenched stadium would have bet on either outcome in a first half where England 's attacking approach was skidding and slipping off course while the bigger Boks dug in , drove hard and let the awesome boot of Botha do the rest . |
| 28 | Every inch of her was pulsing and seething with anticipation . |
| 29 | He was screaming and covered in blood . ’ |
| 30 | The boy was screaming and begging for mercy now , his lips bitten through . |