Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [v-ing] the " in BNC.

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1 Bashed your dad 's side , the wing and we could see a policeman putting , it was pouring with rain and he was putting his er , big mac on and he should of been directing the traffic , he told us that , he come over to us and he was only young like and he said , oh I 'd just left , I was on duty here I 'd just left to go and put my mac on !
2 All they can think of is getting the adrenalin going with some warlike talk .
3 The only thing I could be safely accused of was understating the problem .
4 He could not feel his fingers ; whatever his hands were bound with was stopping the circulation .
5 Though I could n't go so far as to say that service was included as all the waiters seemed interested in was getting the lights off so they could dance with Sorrel .
6 She was saying that the shop she was in was selling the turkeys that we got , for three ninety nine I think it was a supermarket or somewhere was selling them
7 TEACHERS appear to be mastering the art of showing championship winning sheep with two collecting commemorative Golden Jubilee rosettes the show .
8 The two innermost trees were cut down in 1771 as they were considered to be impoverishing the soil and shading the flowers in the Garden , but the others stood guard by the watergate for another hundred years and no doubt caused interested comment from river travellers .
9 They both looked tense and uncomfortable , and seemed to be searching the journalists for faces they knew .
10 Freckles certainly seems to be achieving the aim of publicising the plight of her breed .
11 But it is understood that the US Trade Representative , Carla Hills , is insisting the US retain powers to act unilaterally against European steel producers judged by Washington to be breaking the code .
12 I am not expecting my parents to be reaching the end of their life when they are fortyish but I am likely to be expecting this , although probably unconsciously , when my parents are ninetyish .
13 The banks are believed to be reaching the point where their capital will fall below the minimum required under rules imposed by the Bank for International Settlements .
14 That so somewhere in i in between you 've got to be receiving the income that you generate .
15 With a third of all health authorities and trusts now thought to be entertaining the idea of introducing job evaluation schemes for nurses , warning noises are beginning to be sounded from all quarters .
16 And yet few voters appear to be heeding the dire warnings from the conservationists … the party is trailing in the polls at around two per cent .
17 He was saved by a radio engineer who had studied in England and who happened to be monitoring the audition .
18 But it 's far too soon to be writing the post-mortems .
19 He thought you 'd give up and go away , as the woman who was supposed to be writing the book did .
20 Arsenal are believed to be watching the situation closely and are set to make their move as soon as Sampdoria give them the signal .
21 Italian giants Inter Milan are understood to be watching the situation closely , with Pearce hoping Clough changes his mind and puts him more in line with the kind of wages being picked up by some of his England team-mates .
22 They seen to be watching the passengers .
23 He did n't wander over to the rack of imported American comic books as he usually did , but he seemed to be watching the street outside .
24 When Speelman seemed to be getting the better of it , Timman suddenly sacrificed two pieces to expose his opponent 's king .
25 The Germans , he reckoned , were trying to wipe out the docks , yet somehow the city centre seemed to be getting the worst of it — and all the shops and offices and streets of little houses .
26 One month later Glassford was reported to be completing the work of preparing nominal votes , and in this his lawyer , who lacked experience in such matters , was being helped by the agent of Lord Dundas , who clearly considered him still an ally , but on August 6th , Glassford removed such illusions by making it quite plain that he meant what he had said about his price for support , and denied that he was in any way pledged to Lord Dundas :
27 She seemed to be completing the check list .
28 In Fig. 11–8 the bureau is assumed to be maximizing the size of its budget and producing an output of Oq b .
29 It is wrong to think he is supposed to be telling the truth in his songs and presenting a true picture of his personality .
30 He did n't want to be telling the news in the territory where the maid could be involved , but followed obediently to the shabby breakfast room .
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