Example sentences of "to [be] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been a good four years for me to lay low , because they 've changed the stuff so many times and they now seem to be getting down to some conclusions about MIDI and stuff . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't seem to be getting anywhere with this damn machine , ’ he said with exasperation . |
| 3 | Gentlemen , it occurs to us that you 're going , we 're going to be waffling on for half an hour plus , in a sense . |
| 4 | All at once , I was in a wild fury of rage : I saw , not Nonni , but all the foolish and ignorant people who seemed at this moment to be conspiring together against all the forces of right and reason to poison and destroy the world . |
| 5 | Thinking of , for example , those summer vacation sessions you used to have with the Berlin players in Saint-Moritz in the 1960s and '70s , I am sure one day people are going to be looking back to all this as some great Golden Age that has now gone for good . |
| 6 | Janice looks ashen with worry , and does n't see me although she appears to be looking hardest of all . |
| 7 | In practice the resolute supporter of Party A is not likely when he lists his preferences to be thinking primarily of any eventual cooperation between his party and Party B. His chief concern will be the success of as many as possible of Party A's candidates , and it will be to all of them that he gives his higher preferences . |
| 8 | I bought a copy in of last weeks Daily Telegraph because interestingly enough , the press seems to be latching on to this er not playing by the rules . |
| 9 | So let's pretend to be fitting in with that . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ No , ’ Ashley said , beginning to feel flustered by what seemed to be shaping up into another interrogation . |
| 11 | The tide appeared to be shifting back to this higher test for in two cases ( at least ) the courts expressly adopted that criteria and disapproved of Lord Hewart C.J. 's formulation . |
| 12 | Villagers are proud and fortunate to be living here in this peaceful little village , surrounded by beautiful countryside . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's ridiculous for them to be living there at all , of course . |
| 14 | Swinburn was knocked down in a late night incident in Newmarket a month ago — and rates himself lucky to be riding again at all . |
| 15 | Italy seems to be coming close to that point of no return ; it is rapidly exhausting its reserves of international goodwill as well as its reserves of foreign currency . |
| 16 | Often , of course , the story is so important that they have to cover it , but it goes against the grain to be sweeping up behind another paper 's scoops . |
| 17 | It is , perhaps inevitably , some way from the limb-flinging Jackson performances of old , during which , twisting into the microphone , Jackson 's body would appear to be making off in several directions at once . |
| 18 | Estabrook retreated from the thieves , lighter in step and cash , but glad to be doing so at all . |
| 19 | ‘ He is far too old to be carrying on like that , ’ she said censoriously . |
| 20 | Marlon : Hey you lot , we 're supposed to be finding out about each other . |
| 21 | Life has to be going on on both sides of it , I told her . |
| 22 | Everything seemed to be going right in both families . |
| 23 | Simon says in a soap fans ' magazine : ‘ I 'd hate to be going out with some girl that all the boys were hassling or eyeing up . |
| 24 | With every step she seemed to be going deeper into another world . |
| 25 | By chance , one of the world 's top fashion talent-spotters happened to be booking in for that same flight . |
| 26 | ‘ Meg 's no good — she 's away — and you wo n't want to be driving far at this time of night … ’ |
| 27 | It seemed to be seeping in from all sides , but how ? |
| 28 | When he opened the door and saw who 'd come for him he did n't expect to be waking up at all . |
| 29 | Judging by the thickness of the file in front of me we are going to be working together for some little time yet . |
| 30 | if you can bear with us on that I can see we 've got some out outdoor fiends who are quite happy to be sitting here without any jackets on but other people doing , doing the opposite . |