Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And just in case any men out there still need to be convinced that cleanliness is next to Robert Redfordness , how about the tale of a friend of mine who was desperate to impress a woman he had been pursuing for weeks . |
| 2 | Hundreds of people are queueing at cinemas across the region to see Hollywood 's new dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park . |
| 3 | Hundreds of people are queueing at cinemas across the region to see Hollywood 's new dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park . |
| 4 | Trading standards are liasing with colleagues in Liverpool where similar material has been found . |
| 5 | Since 1964 , when I first worked ( and lived ) in the region , what I have been seeing in babies and young children is starvation : a host of children of one and two years who can not sit up unaided , who do not or can not speak , whose skin is stretched so tightly over the chest and stomach that every curve of the breastbone and ribs stands out . |
| 6 | And if you read the scriptures , you 'll discover those where er he , you know er he was with Paul on one occasion , and er he 'd been eating with Gentiles and er then some Jews came up who believed that eating with er non-Jews even though they were followers of Jesus was wrong . |
| 7 | He 'd been sparing with words : it hurt to talk . |
| 8 | GPs have cottoned on to it and are clamouring for beds . |
| 9 | Why , then , when people speak with such apparent honesty about such an important issue , do we feel we are drowning beneath cataracts of monologue ? |
| 10 | Professional people in research , business , government and public service , whose work depends on information , are drowning in memos , reports , surveys , lists and other communications , many of which are trivial and unsolicited … . |
| 11 | The Bishop , the Right Reverend Peter Ball , has been resting on orders of the Archbishop of Canterbury , since being questioned by police before Christmas . |
| 12 | To some degree they had already been catering for children with special needs . |
| 13 | Lads in the first team , while the kids are drawing at places like Sheffield Wednesday , Leeds and Sunderland . |
| 14 | But they are not only competing amongst each other , they are competing with men as well . |
| 15 | East European countries are thus competing for the best western companies just as western companies are competing for contracts . |
| 16 | This not merely makes direct comparison difficult , but it may also mean that such comparisons would be of questionable value given that they would not relate to the actual situation in which traditional and non-traditional students are competing for places , and in which their work and achievement can be meaningfully compared . |
| 17 | Nearly three thousand runners … climbers … orienteers are competing in teams of two … among the fittest and fastest are two scientists from Oxfordshire … |
| 18 | This gives the guitarist the same facility for storing and recalling a library of sounds that keyboard players have been enjoying for years . |
| 19 | Labourer Jamie Gorrie , 20 , of Horndean , Hants , had been helping with inquiries about his 15-year-old sister , who died 19 days ago . |
| 20 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 21 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 22 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 23 | Police say someone has been helping with inquiries and an inquest will be opened into the young man 's death tomorrow . |
| 24 | Below them , a large group of human subjects had been circling for hours around a roller rink set among the trees . |
| 25 | ‘ I think it will be harder because Plymouth will work their socks off they are struggling for points and will be totally committed to getting a result . |
| 26 | We can not afford to let the Labour Party go on unopposed , cos I feel that the Conservatives are struggling for candidates , in fact I know they are . |
| 27 | We are struggling with judges are n't we ? |
| 28 | I should make it clear that I am drawing on notions of an idealised business environment when I refer to unambiguous communication being the motive power which occasions accountability . |
| 29 | Day and night they are hanging in swarms above the trench making it extremely difficult to rest . |
| 30 | Most self-poisoning patients are reacting to crises in interpersonal relationships . |