Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cyclamen corms that were resting over the summer can be restarted now . |
| 2 | Boarding large vessels in open anchorages was often a tricky business and we risked damage on many occasions to put rummage crews on board ships that were laying off awaiting a berth in the docks . |
| 3 | For oily/combination skins that are tending to look rather muddy , you can try the occasional home facial sauna . |
| 4 | So I was down there watching The Yardbirds and the English bands that were starting , and one time there was this band — for some reason I was there early and watching the sound check — with this blond guy who had very long blond hair , and knee-length sort of sued , fringed , Sherwood Forest , Robin Hood-looking boots , playing a bit of sax on stage . |
| 5 | The aim of the book is to generate awareness of office supplies that are damaging to the environment and promote the purchase of more environment-friendly products such as recycled paper , non-tropical hardwood desks etc . |
| 6 | A version of the popular arcade game where you have to prevent the destruction of your isolated city from the alien threads that are falling to earth , you do this by blasting the threads with your ground based lasers . |
| 7 | It was not merely insurance costs that were rising , but operating costs of all kinds , notably crew wages . |
| 8 | It is not just long waits that are falling . |
| 9 | States that are exploring a tough policy which borders upon coercion like Kenya will either find that open political protest will challenge the power of the state , or that like family planning in India , an onslaught upon the least economically and politically powerful is only temporarily feasible . |
| 10 | They can distinguish between two sounds which are only 18 inches apart at a distance of 60 feet ; they can separate with ease two sounds that are coming from the same direction , but at different distances ; and they can differentiate two sounds that have only a half-tone of difference between them . |
| 11 | To make it perfectly clear , I repeat that we are not saying that Britain should acquire a subsequent follow-on generation of weapons to replace the free-fall bombs that are nearing the end of their useful life . |
| 12 | The barn shook again as I got to my feet and made my way to the door with the feeling that the barn had been very lucky so far in not receiving a direct hit from one of the frequent mortar bombs that were exploding in and around the farm . |
| 13 | The first pictures encountered by the youngest readers ( and the youngest readers will be very young : ‘ Ideally , a small pile of good books awaits the new baby 's arrival ’ according to Dorothy Butler , 1980 , p.27 ) will be simple , clear pictures of objects to be seen in the reader 's immediate world , objects that are becoming familiar in real life . |
| 14 | Reports on these visits have been made and from these a number of lessons have been identified which firms that are using risk management systems are likely to find of interest . |
| 15 | Neutron stars , however , were not observed until 1967 , when Jocelyn Bell and Antony Hewish at Cambridge discovered objects called pulsars that were emitting regular pulses of radio waves . |
| 16 | If I 'm going out for a meal with friends , I wear Richards Shops-type suits that are flowing , or have a fluid look . |
| 17 | These villagers lived alongside the modern world , the developed complex of Monte Samana , and the growing beach hotels and windsurfing bases that were sprouting by the week along the seafront . |
| 18 | Nobody believes that is going to happen , least of all Jack Charlton , who says taking the Irish to the finals will give him as much satisfaction as he drew from winning the competition with England in 1966 . |
| 19 | Restrictive policies were introduced in all major countries in 1973 in response to the price acceleration of the mini-boom and the large wage claims that were beginning to be submitted in its wake . |