Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed I am rather coming round to the view that the trouble last year was not that we failed to produce as good policies as our opponents but that we failed to produce policies for the issues the electorate was most interested in . |
| 2 | The relevance of this little piece of history is considerable , we are effectively going through just such an evolutionary change today . |
| 3 | I mean increasingly small authorities are effectively opting out of the national negotiat now we ca n't ignore th |
| 4 | The first was Jock Lewes who was in Tobruk , where he had been successfully carrying out small raids against the surrounding enemy outposts . |
| 5 | Ray , a Veterans Athletic Club road and cross-country runner , has been slowly picking up speed during his first six or seven years back in the sport and he 's now a top-ranked man . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's been slowly going out of her mind stuck here day in day out , and do you care ? |
| 7 | The only other major commodity which is based on lump sum rates regardless of quantities used , is water and the Water Companies are slowly moving over to a metered system in order to improve the discipline of use . |
| 8 | All the stars in the galaxy are slowly moving around its centre just as the planets move around the Sun , taking some 200 million years — a ‘ galactic year ’ — to make a full circuit . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , the banks are slowly slipping over a cliff . |
| 10 | By 1973 , after the last major milking herd had been dispersed , only 70 purebred ( or relatively purebred ) Gloucesters were registered , but the breed society was re-established and , with the help of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust , the breed 's numbers are slowly building up again . |
| 11 | The four were split up by injuries and suspensions in the dismal sequence of defeats which followed the FA Trophy exit , but things are slowly turning round , believes Hill . |
| 12 | There are so many tribes of Orcs that it is impossible to count them , especially as they are constantly breaking up and reforming under the leadership of new ambitious Orc Warlords . |
| 13 | And when the rangers are out on the patrol they are constantly looking around to see what has been happening around them as the seasons change and what work needs to be done . |
| 14 | ‘ No matter where you go , when you are shopping or socialising , you are constantly looking over your shoulder . |
| 15 | Experienced teams are constantly moving back and forth , speeding up by pulling hard on the lines or conversely running forward to slow the kites . |
| 16 | Creatures that bestride the dividing line between amphibians and reptiles and between mammals and protomammals , are constantly turning up in the fossil record . |
| 17 | They have given up reading texts and treat the water as their scripture , their Bible , their Koran , from which they are constantly teasing out ingenious interpretations of hidden , secret messages . |
| 18 | Increase the difficulty by simultaneously working on two pads which are constantly weaving around as your partner moves and forces you to adapt to sudden changes in range . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm going to turn into one of those old guys who are constantly harping on about the war , about ration books and bomb shelters . |
| 20 | A typical Mercedes-owner would live in the hills of Buda , in one of the luxury apartment houses studded with satellite dishes that are constantly springing up . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ She appears when I am alone clearing up the bar . |
| 22 | You are obviously feeling down or doubting your abilities . |
| 23 | If that 's not bad enough , Peter Niven and young Irishman Adrian Maguire are impertinently breathing down his collar bone . |
| 24 | ‘ But you are kinda running up a backlog in my favour account . ’ |
| 25 | Since the show 's inception in high-flying 1989 , attendance and sales had slipped in direct proportion to the misery on 57th Street and West Broadway but now things are apparently looking up . |
| 26 | ‘ It is occasionally indicated to us that we are apparently setting out to give the public what we think they need and not what they want — but few know what they want , and very few what they need , ’ Reith had pronounced . |
| 27 | The problem is not necessarily just the massive increase in numbers of walkers and climbers , but the fact that people are daily dreaming up new and more ridiculous things to do on the hills for fun . |
| 28 | Well I 've spoken to Keith and Kim from B-TEC about some of this and er things are not as clear-cut as people are perhaps making out . |
| 29 | I am merely pointing out the disadvantages of a romantic trip without romance . ’ |
| 30 | British Gas has been swiftly building up its interests in the new developments to build up a new earnings stream and gain access to supplies . |