Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During that ten second or less dash for the line they will actually be using up oxygen faster than their bodies can take it in . |
| 2 | So quite large areas of your spreadsheet could be using up memory unnecessarily . |
| 3 | ‘ Darlington must be one of the last towns of its size to be bringing in pedestrianisation , ’ he said . |
| 4 | You can be sure those guys wo n't be toddling down tot he police with their weapons . ’ |
| 5 | What , alright , wait a minute , just let me finish , get it sorted out , why was buying a suite when we 've got to be stripping down wallpaper and getting dust everywhere and sand and dirt and Christ knows what , just to get it all shitted up |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Owen , ‘ I think it will soon be picking up momentum . ’ |
| 7 | He was clever in a bubbling , sideways way that Masklin distrusted ; he always seemed to be bottling up excitement about something , and when he spoke the words always rushed out , with Nisodemus putting ‘ ums ’ in the flow of words so that he could catch his breath without anyone having the chance to interrupt him . |
| 8 | They would be sending out radiation and particles at a steady rate . |
| 9 | With letters still coming in , AI will be sending out information on other street children 's cases in Guatemala — many of Nahamán 's friends who witnessed the attack have been subjected to harassment from the police . |
| 10 | Your parents will be sending out search parties . |
| 11 | But none of them will be giving up hope of the £102,000 top prize — and nor will Nick Faldo on 12 under and Seve Ballesteros on 11 under . |
| 12 | ‘ I can only assume they either think he 'll be too busy with other matters or that he 'll be stirring up trouble . |
| 13 | Simultaneously , you may be fending off criticism from a friend or relative who feels |
| 14 | If you are undertaking an elimination diet , you should be cutting out tea , coffee , alcohol and sugar anyway . |
| 15 | Objections to the proposals essentially turn on the terms under which any devolution would take place , and the question of the competence and reliability of the organisations which would be taking on responsibility for the sites . |
| 16 | Love admits it will be very difficult for the players , who will be taking on opposition coming to the end of their season and in weather which will be completely different to what most of them have been experiencing over the past six months , though not to captain Bruce Russell , Iain Philip and Alastair Storie , who have spent the winter playing overseas . |
| 17 | He was shut away in sanctuary with the female members of his family , whilst the king his brother and , as he told himself , every other male of importance in the realm , would shortly be taking up residence in the Tower . |
| 18 | We are also establishing a regional presence in the Middle East and Graham Hillier is soon to be taking up residence in Dubai to promote our activities in this region . |
| 19 | The NCC says that , ‘ unnecessary inputs of fertilisers and pesticides … can in the long run be storing up trouble for the future … ’ |
| 20 | Smokers may be storing up disease for their unborn children , according to the latest research . |
| 21 | ‘ We 'd only be storing up grief for ourselves . ’ |
| 22 | Although retiring from office this year , warden Frank Wood will be carrying on responsibility for the general overseeing of the buildings and the Church Centre . |
| 23 | Doctors are believed to be carrying out heart tests on Miss Perrie who has suffered heart problems in the past . |
| 24 | The organiser of a Kurdish refugee charity who 's at the centre of a fraud squad investigation is reported to be carrying out relief work in Turkey . |
| 25 | His younger brother Ashok , a film producer in his own right , has formed an alliance with movie star Jean Claude Van Damme and will be churning out action movies like Double Impact . |
| 26 | Some day , she supposed , Fen would be setting up home there with his girlfriend , and the less she knew about the interior of Chimneys the less material her jealous imagination would have to fester upon . |
| 27 | It is , as my colleague in the Establishment Division remarked , shaking his head sagely , when I made application to him , ‘ a difficult time to be setting up home ’ . |
| 28 | I says do you think you 'll be setting up home together next , he said I do n't know , maybe , it 's a big step is n't it ? |
| 29 | ‘ But it will be ringing up Order , ’ said Sacco . |
| 30 | I ca n't be ringing up Rotherhithe nick asking for details . |