Example sentences of "be missing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police makes them streetwise within no time at all , but they 're missing out on something ’ ( FN 9/8/87 , p. 3 ) . |
| 2 | But they 're missing him badly , they say . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps you 're missing the make-believe world of the stage , what ? ’ |
| 4 | You 're missing the bluest number in the show . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 're missing the views , ’ Otley scolded as people ran from one side of the carriage to the other in order to catch everything . |
| 6 | ‘ Then I suggest you get back to the mill as soon as possible , before anyone notices that you 're missing . ’ |
| 7 | But a far better early evening occupation is to watch the sky slip from pink through mauve to deepest purple and reflect on what you 're missing : the shop-till-you-drop malls of Singapore or another long night on the Jumbo . |
| 8 | When the weather turns on you like that , you do n't have time to stop and curse the fact you 're missing the view . |
| 9 | And if that sounds a bit po-faced , then you 're missing the point . |
| 10 | If with the people of Irish city centres there 's an undercurrent feel of inferiority — apparent through outside enforcement — the youth of Tullermeny are n't even aware that they 're missing out on anything . |
| 11 | And they do n't know what they 're missing . |
| 12 | It is a joy they 're missing , but it is never revealed to them . |
| 13 | You 're missing out on the carnival . ’ |
| 14 | Aha , the textbooks reply , you 're missing the point : what the girl is doing is seeking a replacement for the security that was roughly torn from her ; she is looking for a father who wo n't desert her . |
| 15 | We 're missing out currents . |
| 16 | ‘ There must be something we 're missing , ’ Benny said , ‘ or else why would the Doctor think it so necessary for us to stop the ceremony tonight ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We 're missing something obvious , Dexter . |
| 18 | The company tours throughout the north of England , and opera-goers who never venture past the Watford Gap simply do n't know what they 're missing . |
| 19 | Then you feel guilty about the children — they ca n't get as much love and attention from one parent , so you worry they 're missing out . |
| 20 | So , if talk of painting the town red brings the flaking bathroom walls to mind , in the only rush of spontaneity you can think of is your baby 's before you 've managed to get her clean nappy on , maybe you 're missing out . |
| 21 | This lot read about all these teenage orgies and think they 're missing out somehow. ? |
| 22 | Now you do n't look as if you 're missing out , my lads , thought Jenny . |
| 23 | You 're missing all the best parts . ’ |
| 24 | you 're missing the content here . |
| 25 | You 're missing your tour . |
| 26 | And then , slipping out from under this delicate and embarrassing subject , he went on : ‘ Anyway , you 're missing the point , Pickerage . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're missing the point , Faye , ’ Tom Russell growled . |
| 28 | ‘ Now come on — my masterpiece is in action on stage and we 're missing it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It 's not silly if you 're missing me , ’ Jenna said soothingly . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose that 's why you want to go on — you 're missing your usual dose of female adulation ! ’ |