Example sentences of "and be [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have heard her voice and spoken to her lover and been walking with the Masai who was present at the farcical and tragic lion hunt . |
| 2 | ‘ That is why they have blown the gaffe and been tipping off the police . |
| 3 | People had gone up to a house and been knocking on the door waiting for someone to come because the light had come on and they thought there must be somebody in because they switched the light on when they saw me come up the drive , and these are visitors . |
| 4 | We may be handling a horse and get a feeling that we are in tune with the horse and that it is accepting and even anticipating whatever we want to do : we are in rapport with the horse , and are communicating with the horse but in a way that is not through the other senses . |
| 5 | The sole difference is that we serve one corporate client [ divided into numerous business units ] and are participating in the development and changes of the whole corporation to a much greater degree . |
| 6 | The other residents are mainly visiting academics , often very senior members of their own universities , from many countries , any academic discipline , and are staying in the college usually for a short time . |
| 7 | Well , it , it might be that once we 've dealt , , once we have dealt and , and are dealing with the budget , it might be that we , we receive some , some papers erm , from the department for future social services reports . |
| 8 | A Darlington police spokesman said : ‘ We are aware of the latest incident at Mrs Earley 's house and are looking into the situation . ’ |
| 9 | Most experts think normal cells probably have to undergo several mutations in order to become cancerous ; and it is generally suspected that the mouse cells — a laboratory line known as NIH 3T3 cells — have already undergone numerous mutations and are hovering on the brink of becoming cancerous . |
| 10 | Somebody has locked the gates there and people who come to exercise their dogs can not get through and are pushing through the hedges and railings . ’ |
| 11 | They contribute 14 per cent of the greenhouse effect and are increasing at the rate of 6 per cent a year . |
| 12 | It is equally clear , however , that it is a remarkable phenomenon and that the chances of its leading to the detection of a diversion that has already taken place , or is in the course of taking place , are reasonably good and are improving as the Agency 's technology in this area develops … |
| 13 | I think what 's very striking about the report which the students ' union have recently published and are circulating around the university , is the extent to which they have tended to define sexual harassment as being as much or at least as much a problem between students , a problem of behaviour between students and a problem of the sort of atmosphere in the colleges in terms of how that affects how peoples lives feel and and how they are how their behaviour what sort of behaviour is acceptable . |
| 14 | I mean , if you 've got your group on there 's nothing better than having your floor there and are dancing on the floor at , at , in front of the group kind of thing like |
| 15 | We are again one step ahead of the legislators and are conforming to the Environment Protection Act 's ‘ Duty of care ’ by installing our own purpose built incinerators throughout the country . |
| 16 | They contain endlessly frustrated plantation slaves who are rebellious at assessments and in encounters with professionals , but whose views only reach daylight in fragmented and unvalidated form ; and they contain house slaves who agree with everything that goes on and use ‘ massa 's ’ language and concepts , but who believe something else all the time and are waiting for the day . |
| 17 | Mr Heseltine and Michael Howard , the environment secretary , have both written to their German opposite numbers , and are waiting for the Germans to react . |
| 18 | England reckon the pitch will fail to assist the seamers and are banking on the spinners to produce victory — without leg-spinner Ian Salisbury , who loses his place to John Emburey . |
| 19 | A vagrant jazz trio have set up their tattered equipment on a grassy knoll and are tearing into the theme from The Flintstones with commendable gusto . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm just not used to something that looks as though it should have wings and be flying in the air instead of being driven ! ’ |
| 21 | Under their Chairman , Arthur Allen , the District 's committee raised a series of questions about the negotiated settlement and were unbending on the issue of retention of the District 's autonomy in all its affairs and highly critical of the failure to secure the appointment of Jacques as a joint |
| 22 | It welcomed the new ideas in La Fille Mal Gardée because the characters portrayed were familiar and were living in the farms and vineyards . |
| 23 | Seb 's statement brought a chorus of derision from a couple of navvies who had entered the tent behind him and were listening to the conversation . |
| 24 | : A bunch of us whose ages ranged from 151/2 to 17 were in our billet waiting to go to on parade and were listening to the billet radio system . |
| 25 | Headed by the USSR President and comprising as before the Presidents of the union republics , but with the addition of the USSR Vice-President and the Presidents of the 20 autonomous republics * ; upgraded from a consultative to an executive body , responsible for co-ordinating the work of the central and republican governments , ensuring observance of the Union Treaty , and resolving inter-ethnic and inter-republican disputes ; Council resolutions needed a two-thirds majority , and were binding on the President ( who had to enact them by decree ) and on all republics . |
| 26 | In particular , they exerted more power within the Labour Party , were increasingly respected by the National government , and were moving towards the reduction of interunion rivalry . |
| 27 | They had left behind the Silberner Hirsch and were moving towards the place where I lay . |
| 28 | It was also to be a welcoming home for John and Angela , who had come down to watch the final round and were staying at the Bell Hotel . |
| 29 | Several minor deities had drifted up and were kibitzing over the shoulders of the players . |
| 30 | The babies had fifteen consecutive days with no ‘ accidents ’ and were reaching for the potty followed by elimination 80 per cent of the time . |