Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's the Devil been eating to get such flesh on him ? ’ |
| 2 | When I think about it I 'm not sure it makes any important difference how you imagine he looks , I mean who am I to say whether this Boy you are seeing has blonde hair or dark ; but I am sure that it does matter what he means to you . |
| 3 | * Explain technical terms , particularly if your writing is not rooted in a specific theoretical or critical tradition ; if the terms you are using seem difficult to explain , avoid them if you can , or at least explain the difficulty ( see p. 81 ) . |
| 4 | This is by no means an easy task when so many types of movement classes and fitness pursuits are competing to attract potential members . |
| 5 | We are helping to improve public administration and the legal system in a number of countries . |
| 6 | Actuaries are helping to facilitate these discussions . |
| 7 | Fortunately , some well-known figures in the sports and pop world are helping to do this . |
| 8 | TODAY Ian will be walking from Devonport to Kingsbridge — a total of 23.2 miles — and still looks well on course to win his bet with Corals , the bookmakers who are helping sponsor this trip . |
| 9 | THE football stars of AC Milan are helping sell British lamb to soccer-mad Italians . |
| 10 | I hope that as you use it through the year , it will serve to remind you of the life-saving work you are helping to make possible for children throughout the world . |
| 11 | Two fields that came on stream in 1992 are helping maintain this level of output : Miller ( BP : 40% ) now produces xx barrels of oil a day ( b/d ) and yy million cubic feet of gas a day ( cf/d ) , while Donan ( BP : 100% ) produces yy b/d . |
| 12 | Customers will get refunds and other firms are helping to find alternative trips . |
| 13 | We are helping to introduce better farming , livestock and soil conservation methods in the areas around the National Parks so the people do n't feel a need to clear the forest for more land . |
| 14 | The Frasque had been scheming to sponsor civil war in the system , setting world against world . |
| 15 | In my patch , many small builders are doing well and are struggling to find enough labour to keep them going in today 's market . |
| 16 | ‘ More and more people are struggling to pay these bills even now and this will be the last straw for many of them . |
| 17 | ‘ It will be frustrating to have to stay in the Vauxhall Conference for another year , especially when so many clubs in the lower divisions are struggling to stay afloat . ’ |
| 18 | Andrea Newman and Susannah Lopez are two women who have chosen to remain exclusively in the grant-aided sector and who are struggling to maintain that working practice as an option for other women . |
| 19 | ‘ Englishmen are a rather unemotional species , ’ she maintains , ‘ and women are struggling to overcome that . |
| 20 | Brewers from all over the world have been gathering to examine this year 's crop of hops . |
| 21 | Nelson has been struggling to implement this grand vision ever since but , in the course of his work , he established the hypertext model as a means of getting around a huge database . |
| 22 | Then the toilet flushed and we wrenched violently apart , as though each of us had been struggling to get free all along . |
| 23 | Unlike other UK retailers in the Canadian market — Boots came out last year and Marks & Spencer has been struggling to break even — WH Smith has shown profits growth . |
| 24 | It is this is a totally disgraceful situation , and I 've also explained that to my brother and I am endeavouring to put this situation right , erm but it is a conflict of interests and I do n't really know what else I can say . |
| 25 | And I am endeavouring to destroy that worth I can not help admiring ? |
| 26 | ‘ Well , if I do , I 've chosen a pretty safe place to do it in , I think , ’ she responded tenderly , exploring the commanding contours of his face with fingers that had been aching to do this for months . |
| 27 | Clearly the President 's enemies are itching to believe unsubstantiated stories that could hurt him . |
| 28 | Several LDCs ' governments are endeavouring to halt this population movement . |
| 29 | We are endeavouring to give maximum flexibility to how clauses 1 to 14 are considered . |
| 30 | By producing this Bill , and by everything that they have done , are doing and will do , the Government are endeavouring to give British Coal the time and the means to meet what we perceive as longer-term needs . |