Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	They each had a radiator beside their beds , and very often when I was on night duty J. would return to bed very late ( or should I say early ? ) , after having been sitting with me in the Met Office , drinking coffee , chatting and so forth .
2	One of the hazards of interviewing is succumbing to the temptation of jumping to a conclusion too quickly , based perhaps on a hastily formed first impression ( see First impressions on page 69 ) .
3	I think that what what she is in danger of doing is cutting across what the District Council 's doing , we , er and in East Hertfordshire we are running at a , a composting scheme in conjunction with the County at and I , I , I understand that looks to be very promising .
4	Wayne was enchanted to see Hermia and Perdita , and gave the appearance of having been searching for them all day .
5	Skinner was trying to talk about psychology as a science because a lot of psychology at the time was n't and if you ask pe I 'm sorry that my sort of talking 's coinciding with people 's conversations but er er will you try and finish it .
6	‘ The market we operate in has been expanding despite the trials and tribulations of the retail recession and we need more space , ’ he said .
7	Oh , yes , but they 're going on that 's to sake of free , at the moment so the last thing that they 're interested in doing is talking to me about if I know what I 'm doing .
8	The badgers waiting to move in have been recouperating at the Vale Wildlife centre near Evesham .
9	‘ What 's happening to surfing is happening to everything , ’ Terry said , ‘ that 's progress for you . ’
10	It was she who had cared for him , and looked after him , too , until he died , and in the bed upstairs in which he had been born , and his father before him , in the days when this house had really been a farmhouse and the land about had been glowing with crops in their rotation .

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