Example sentences of "to be [v-ing] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mick still seemed to be looking for an excuse to return home , so I chose not to make an issue of the blunder . |
| 2 | But in most conversational contexts , if we think of an activity as connected with crime , we are likely to be thinking of an activity which is itself criminal ; and on the other hand , in all cases , activity which is itself criminal is by definition connected with crime . |
| 3 | Speak to your vet about castrating the dog since the problems in this case are likely to be resulting from an excess of sexual libido . |
| 4 | We 've reached a break in the programme : she seems to be overreacting to an advert for the hot dogs and popcorn on sale in the foyer . |
| 5 | At all ages above 75 years women are more likely to be living in an institution than their male contemporaries . |
| 6 | The decline in output seems to be coming to an end , so the economy is at or near the trough . |
| 7 | At 16 they are more likely to be studying at school ; by 18 they are much more likely to be studying at an establishment of further or higher education . |
| 8 | Libya was also reported to be pressing for an increase in its quota . |
| 9 | The first house Jane looked at was moated and she was shown over by an ex-policeman who seemed happy to be working for an estate agent . |
| 10 | Bell Atlantic is understood to be working on an implementation of Multiflow 's ingenious Trace Scheduling Compilers for 64-bit Sparc architectures . |