Example sentences of "to be [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm supposed to be writing about the horses , ’ she pointed out firmly . |
| 2 | Finch , however , denounced the 1300 perambulation as ‘ false and erroneous ’ , and coerced the Grand Jury and Forest officers into returning a verdict ‘ that the Meetes and Boundes of the Forrest of Deane ought to be according to the Perambulations made ’ in 1228 and 1282 . |
| 3 | ‘ Love Me Do ’ seemed to be reverberating off the walls . |
| 4 | He 's supposed to be staying at a children 's home , but he spent last night in police cells after being arrested for the thirtieth time — for breaching bail conditions . |
| 5 | This is likely to be damaging to the workers ( who lose pay ) and the firms involved ( who lose output , sales and profits ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Chrissie was supposed to be enrolling for a teachers ’ training course all we saw her doing was peeling potatoes and with her hands in the sink for six weeks . |
| 7 | You were supposed to be looking at the clothes , ’ Paula said artlessly . |
| 8 | pretending to be looking at the waterlilies |
| 9 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 10 | They 're the ones supposed to be looking after the kids in the day-time , they should bloody well make sure there are n't any funny characters hanging around outside |
| 11 | It 's a little early to be thinking about the terms of surrender . ’ |
| 12 | As the narrator of The Prisoner of Zenda , Rassendyll is at first inclined to be deprecating about the relationships between ‘ the palace at Strelsau or the castle of Zenda and Number 305 Park Lane , W. ’ He is well aware that his brother , Lord Burlesdon , prefers to forget the misbehaviour , in 1733 , of Rudolf the Third of Ruritania and the Countess Amelia , wife of the fifth Earl of Burlesdon and twenty-second Baron Rassendyll , which resulted in the transmission of certain characteristics ( ’ long , sharp , straight noses and a quantity of dark red hair ’ as well as blue eyes rather than the dark hue more common to the Rassendylls ) in several generations of the family . |
| 13 | But even Rolls-Royce must be seen to be moving with the times . |
| 14 | to be communicating with the parents ! |
| 15 | This is a sad day for the final part of the Bill to be passing through the Houses of Parliament . |
| 16 | The man whom Sergeant Bird ushered in through the door seemed to be buckling at the knees , and his Adam 's apple jerked furiously in his throat as he swallowed time and again . |
| 17 | People in Donegal listened earnestly to the priest , craning forward as if to show him that they were there , but did not seem to be taking in the words . |
| 18 | But when , clutching the bag , she made an attempt to brush past him he blocked her way , adding coldly , ‘ It 's not safe to be roaming around the back-streets on your own at this time of night . |
| 19 | It is a symptom of sociology 's low status as a scientific discipline that so many researchers still seem to be seeking for the philosophers ' stone , or seeking status by attempting to theorize beyond their means . |
| 20 | Er and it was much easier to be living on the premises , that 's what we felt at the time . |
| 21 | Then he thought his eyes must be playing tricks ; a mirage of round-backed whales seemed to be sporting amid the waves of golden grass . |
| 22 | At Key Biscayne , a week before he expected to be competing in the doubles against Czechoslovakia in their Davis Cup quarter finals , he even started outlining some of the changes he would make should he be given the job . |
| 23 | The ceasefire agreement nevertheless appeared to be holding in the corridors , at least up to the final week of February , and there had still been no reports of any serious breaches of the Rome agreement . |
| 24 | They seemed to be amassing in the heavens . |
| 25 | He could distinctly hear voices which seemed to be coming from the parcels office next door . |
| 26 | You are likely to be sleeping on the streets for a very long time . |
| 27 | After two miles , a halt should be made to look back at Ullapool , a lovely picture with the odd effect that the buildings seem to be floating on the waters of Loch Broom . |
| 28 | The first one was community and I know , erm that Catherine was n't very happy about the community side of things and I 've looked at the the pamphlet things and it needs updating a little bit so I took the fact that the Royal Quay 's were down at our doorstep and contacted Linda who was extremely helpful and she 's put together erm , a package of things along with me , I went down last week and the first week the ninth is going to be explaining to the classes what we 're going to be doing , each form teacher will be able to do that and the sixteen and the twenty third there are visits down to the Royal Quay 's Education Centre erm for which |
| 29 | Clearly if I had been aware that we were going to be talking about the merits of other routes , then I would have prepared a different statement . |
| 30 | It has emphasised its continued support for Green Belts , although much of the most controversial development is taking place in areas outside them , and appears to be responding to the fears of its backbenchers about the electoral disadvantages of apparently condoning the wholesale ‘ concreting over ’ of southern England . |