Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've lodged an official complaint against the police , who they say were treating the case as suicide . |
| 2 | Even as the salesmen are expounding the virtues of the paperless office the systems their customers install are doubling the number of printed pages produced by businesses every three years . |
| 3 | ‘ The two I particularly remember are building the new stand at Ascot and the construction of Central Point in London . ’ |
| 4 | About all the exercise you get is pressing the button on your automatic gear change . |
| 5 | Which bond is offering the better return ? |
| 6 | The next thing I remember was seeing the face of a policeman above his yellow emergency jacket , who was reassuring me : I was all right . |
| 7 | We therefore have to be in a position to share the dreams and the understandings of those people who we believe are making the running for tomorrow , wherever they may be . |
| 8 | As a last resort the salesperson may need to ‘ second guess ’ the reluctant buyer and suggest an issue which they believe is causing the problem and ask a question such as : |
| 9 | They argue the chemicals farmers use are damaging the countryside . |
| 10 | What we 're really essentially interested in I think is keeping the sun which tends to be very strong from there |
| 11 | In emphasising form and the ‘ gratuitousness ’ to daily concerns Kolve is reflecting the writing of the Dutch anthropologist and philosopher Johan Huizinga ( 1970 ) who also sees play ( in all its senses ) as something apart from ‘ ordinary life ’ and as a means of ‘ creating order ’ . |
| 12 | They had an argument on the bus and Paul , I think was starting the fighting , I think er , Lynsey was holding back or something and when I went to the hospital today there was this girl , right |
| 13 | They had an argument on the bus and Paul , I think was starting the fighting , I think er , Lynsey was holding back or something and when I went to the hospital today there was this girl , right |
| 14 | Eurocraft are making the Rapid Discovery , a hybrid craft intended to bridge the gap between canoes and rafts . |
| 15 | You 've been watching the Americans , they , cos the Americans , why do American police officers carry guns ? |
| 16 | Because I 've been watching the front of your house long enough to know . |
| 17 | And I 've seen the look in your eyes recently when you 've been watching the singers on stage . |
| 18 | Cos we 've been watching the repeat of Victoria Wood ! |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been monitoring the transmission from Moloch . ’ |
| 20 | Avon and Somerset Police told us they 've been monitoring the situation closely , but so far they 've been unable to press criminal charges . |
| 21 | We 've been telling the Rugby Union for years that we want help ; what they 're doing now is like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted . ’ |
| 22 | I sometimes join them , if their smell is n't too gamey , and exchange the time of day during my lunch hour , just to make sure that I still have the use of my voice if I 've been feeding the archive into the computer all day . |
| 23 | I do n't wish to hear from them on my return that you 've been airing the kind of sentiments I heard from you today . " |
| 24 | cos , cos if they are I mean a lot of people are more for , er the thing of Simon er , er although we 've , we 've been expecting the er the withdraw of the work demands |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been thinking the same thing . |
| 26 | I 've been using the same box for several years now . |
| 27 | I 've been using the Strats for four or five years ; it 's nice to have that more defined sound , and more variety of tone than the Ibanez and Gibsons I used to use . |
| 28 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
| 29 | I 've been using the Lazer ever since , except for playing slide , when I still use the Firebird . ’ |
| 30 | We can work using the x-form faster than we can the sequence form simply because we 've been using the former for years . |