Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Tim ever since has been going , ‘ If only I could be a cockney , Dennis , I would have made a fortune like you . ’ |
| 2 | Cecil resigned from the Cabinet and ever since has been playing to full houses when he addresses the Tory faithful . |
| 3 | There was strength and an inner confidence reflected in those steady grey eyes that she suddenly realised were subjecting her to a thorough appraisal . |
| 4 | So Goering is going to fly to England . |
| 5 | A major component of the project will involve the development of a suitable methodology for the analysis and monitoring of such transfers which hitherto has been lacking . |
| 6 | Richard Long has been doing it for years in his site-related stone works — three of which , based on materials gathered in the states of New York and New Jersey — can be seen until 13 March at 65 Thompson St. And surely there is a kind of nostalgie de la boue in the drawings he makes using ordinary mud as the medium . |
| 7 | The horse fair has been happening here for decades and it used to be a time of celebration when the market square at Stow was filled by a Fun fair aswell , but after a flare up last year the Fair 's owners wo n't be coming back . |
| 8 | The horse fair has been happening here for decades and it used to be a time of celebration when the market square at Stow was filled by a Fun fair aswell , but after a flare up last year the Fair 's owners wo n't be coming back . |
| 9 | I said I had no objections , but I would have to ask , you know , the committee if they had because she 's not a member as such , but obviously has been going on all the year . |
| 10 | The penal system wields power over its subjects , but its moral right to do so has been coming under strong attack . |
| 11 | Crewe as a previous reply rightly said are running away with the 3rd division , so a 3–1 defeat is a good result considering the mauling some other Premiership clubs got from the likes of Peterborough and Stockport . |
| 12 | So CrossWind is adopting a client/server strategy with Unix on the server and clients running the native Mac , Windows or OS/2 interface . |
| 13 | D. On the Lancashire side of the Pennines much of the coal which was in places where it was easy to mine has been extracted , and so mining is becoming more expensive . |
| 14 | Heminge may merely have been indicating that The Winter 's Tale was unlikely to prove controversial to a censor in whatever version it was performed . |
| 15 | The fifth day could only have been absorbing if Miandad had set England a target , and on this tablet of clay or loam or whatever it was , that would have been madness . |
| 16 | Had it been left at that , as she had originally been built , the Angelina , a typical example of the Tehandiri class , would not only have been striking but downright handsome . |
| 17 | Even if it 's true that I would have gone to prison to protect somebody else or make some dubious point about the freedom of the press , I know I 'd only have been doing it to make myself look good . |
| 18 | The texture of his voice was unfamiliar , and his face , when Eochaid glanced up , was drained with some sort of force which Eochaid suddenly saw was consuming anger . |
| 19 | The question which remains to be solved is : were these phrases added to existing documents in 1070–72 to support Lanfranc 's claim to primacy over the whole area of the British Isles , or were they added as a last resort in 1120 , when the claim which Lanfranc , Anselm and Archbishop Ralph had all supported was facing final and irrevocable defeat ? |
| 20 | Clearly , the possibility of being randomly assaulted is going to make black people feel very insecure and anxious , feelings which , in turn , promote the formation of black community and self-defence organizations . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's what you would do , I suppose , but Garry 's wife is one of those women who think they have an ideal marriage , and she would go into a decline at the very mention of another woman , so Garry is presenting her with concrete evidence that their marriage is over . ’ |
| 22 | Perhaps he knew D'Arcy well enough to have been expecting it . |
| 23 | I mean obviously it 's good for you as well cos you know er you know w , you know we 'll obviously put are appearing on Pebble Mill blah di blah di blah , er I was wondering if it was possib oh yeah that 's okay mate . |
| 24 | It occurred to her that in any other circumstances the only description for what she and Dr Neil constantly did was flirting . |
| 25 | A third , who seemed prematurely to have been celebrating Sunderland 's success , planted a spontaneous kiss on his cheek . |
| 26 | I hope that that demonstrates that the persistence of my hon. Friend has , if nothing else , at least found the receipt that hitherto had been missing . |
| 27 | Clearly , much had been going on behind the scenes , probably accounting for the delay referred to earlier . |
| 28 | Something inside had been hoping against all logic for a different answer . |
| 29 | A standard rumour was that someone the story-teller knew personally had been hitching a lift one dark night . |
| 30 | The regional officers also wrote to the Chilean authorities calling for the prompt introduction of legislation which will give official licenses to the many community radio and TV stations that hitherto have been operating under severe restrictions . |