Example sentences of "be [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He will be nursing a secret desire to try to make amends , even though everyone has reassured him that these things happen . |
| 2 | You may feel you are moving very slowly , but in fact you will simply be counteracting a nervous tendency to rush headlong into everything and to lose control of what is going on . |
| 3 | Old Granny Fordham , who lived in a lonely cottage on the Enderley estate , could n't afford luxuries like butter and eggs , and could n't easily get to the shops in the village , so it would be doing a real service to take Mrs. Grant 's gift to her . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't even need to be having a nervous breakdown to become a burden to a priest husband , you know . |
| 5 | Today , one hundred years after his death , we may at last be approaching a sufficient understanding to bring to fruition Darwin 's proposal . |
| 6 | ‘ These lights seem to be taking a long time to change ’ |
| 7 | Watching the door , Lucy stood waiting for them to emerge again , but their exit appeared to be taking a long time to eventuate . |
| 8 | Although I listened with interest to the case adduced by the hon. Member for Honiton ( Sir P. Emery ) , the Chairman of the Procedure Committee which has made the recommendations , I still believe that the House would be making a great mistake to accept the motion , for it would add to the automatic nature , as it were , of debates and would play into the hands of the Government of the day , thereby strengthening their position over that of the House . |
| 9 | He would be making a terrible mistake to think they will just go away . |
| 10 | Howard seemed to be making a doomed attempt to explain the Doctor 's business on the island without mentioning zombies , the Necronomicon or anything similar that the military men might find difficult to accept . |
| 11 | There had been speculation that the group might be following a secret agenda to regain total power , the agency noted . |