Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waco : CULT leader David Koresh may be drawing out the 34-day stand-off with federal agents so it ends on a religious holiday and fulfils his prophecies , the FBI said . |
| 2 | Clearly , you have to know about the strengths , tendencies and habits of a plant before we even open the secateurs , or you could be cutting away the best bloom-bearing wood ! |
| 3 | Then a green light would stab through the gloom and he 'd be roaring down the narrow concrete strip , faster and faster , holding Sugar back until it seemed the boundary fence was hurtling to meet them . |
| 4 | Tonight , over in the nurses ' home on Huntley Street , a bunch of junior doctors would be putting on the usual end-of-year revue . |
| 5 | If his excuse is that he will not be saying anything new , I hope that the newspapers will note that he will just be churning out the same old stuff yet again . |