Example sentences of "[prep] be [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What people are frightened of is buying a property , finding the tenant goes bankrupt and leaves them with the running costs . ’ |
| 2 | Unfortunately , the only pot-bellied old man they ran into was clutching a plastic container of meths , and our heroes could n't quite sink to such a Lollapalooza level of debauchery … |
| 3 | The goal of ‘ achieving wealth ’ , has the objective , ‘ to be achieving an income of £20,000 as head of my own department , within the next three years ’ . |
| 4 | I 'm supposed to be meeting a feller for the pictures at eight o'clock . ’ |
| 5 | Pascoe chose another moment on the tape and the waltz seemed to be reaching a finale : all brass and basses . |
| 6 | This in an ordinary way would not have mattered , but it mattered in this particular case and mattered quite fatally , because at various stages of the discussion , when we seemed to be reaching an agreement , I pressed Mr Smith about whether there was any likelihood , whatever the agreement was , that it would be acceptable to the entire population of Rhodesia , which the British government had laid down as a precondition . |
| 7 | To be considered ‘ disabled ’ for this purpose you will normally need to be receiving a benefit such as Attendance Allowance , Mobility Allowance , Invalidity Benefit or be registered blind . |
| 8 | He was supposed to be germinating a television programme for her , on her own topic , about the conscience of an escaped East Berliner . |
| 9 | These duties had to be fulfilled alongside those of his conventional publishing business , and he was also supposed to be writing a scene for inclusion in what was to be a filmed version of Murder in the Cathedral . |
| 10 | I had hoped to be writing a birth report about how wonderful it is to use a large pool of warm water in labour . |
| 11 | I 'm supposed to be writing a feature , not a book . ’ |
| 12 | Shortly after this Marty Stone , our second engineer , and I re-enacted the whole thing for the benefit of two Daily Mirror journalists who were supposed to be writing an article about the work of the Cutter Service , but nothing ever came of this . |
| 13 | Initially I happened to be watching a monitor at the BBC on which was an item about a group of French musicians who played their music on glass tubes . |
| 14 | right card comes up here , which I do n't seem to be getting a turn up ! |
| 15 | Well he , he 's on himself hanging over his car because he said it 's , it 's , that it was an inconvenience cos they were late for work , he suppose to be getting a taxi into work every day and back , but where 's his proof that he did ? |
| 16 | Erm somebody , and I think it was Derek , and I put down Derek as a guess , was supposed to be getting a list of local area MPs to whom I can then write . |
| 17 | And back we come to poor old Katie Mallett , who seems to be getting a lot of airtime for not even entering . |
| 18 | He 's supposed to be getting a hearing aid or summat . |
| 19 | The indigenous people avoid these fish during the tree 's fruiting season and , if other fish predators do the same , the tree could be said to be operating a Securicor system for its offspring . |
| 20 | I do n't want us both to be telling a set of different lies , and coming up the idiots after all . |
| 21 | ‘ I seem to be causing a lot of trouble . ’ |
| 22 | There 'd be the most almighty row if we appeared to be sabotaging an Industry Year project simply because this bird is a member of CND . |
| 23 | And I 'm trying to get it through your arrogant skull that I 'm not in the market for a casual roll in the hay just because we happen to be sharing a villa for a few days ! ’ |
| 24 | She feels too old to be sharing a tub with Xanthe , but she is staying the night at her grandfather 's , as often happens , and this is the drill , bath-time , bed-time , together . |
| 25 | She nodded , wondering why on earth , since Liz was dead and they were obviously going to be sharing a room . |
| 26 | He seemed to be enjoying a feeling that he was taking part in a daring conversation . |
| 27 | She did n't seem to be wearing a brassiere under her purple blouse . |
| 28 | The one with the magazine , who appeared to be wearing a bathrobe over nothing , looked at her tray and said pleasantly , ‘ Who 's all that for ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I wo n't tell anyone , ’ said Gabriel , ‘ but you ought to be wearing a cloak on a night like this . ’ |
| 30 | Britain , the alleged home of ‘ not one of us ’ , seemed to be wearing a halo to Jane at that moment . |