Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosa showed him into the living-room , where Luce was waiting with mixed feelings . |
| 2 | During normal growth , they may acquire defects from distorted internal structure between mosaic crystals , suffer omission defects where grounds of atoms or molecules are missing from lattice sites , have charge displacements ( for example where there are abnormally ionized atoms ) , or undergo mechanical damage such as formation of distorted surfaces and cracks . |
| 3 | MARKS & SPENCER is bursting into bold colour this spring with pottery hand painted in Portugal . |
| 4 | However , Albert got over that , and so did Jim , and they went into the sitting-room , where Bella was sitting in mini-gear frighteningly too young for her , with office folders on her lap . |
| 5 | — where entries are missing from the lexicon ; |
| 6 | Harley MS 6579 and marked by italics : Or further , in chapter forty-six , where Hilton is talking about the word " Iesu " as a means of focusing all the inheritance of life that the recluse desires , he says : These insertions do not add anything new , they simply expand in a particular way what has been said and they are not absolutely consistent in all the manuscripts in which they appear . |
| 7 | The latest excuse offered by one firm whose recently installed system woke the neighbourhood at 2am whilst the owners were away , was that spiders were crawling across the sensor , or moths were flying across it ! |
| 8 | Stalin 's argument was part of a broader one that he derived from Lenin : the right of national self-determination was valid only where countries were passing from feudalism to capitalism . |
| 9 | The treatment of dyslexia is a controversial issue in County Durham , where parents are campaigning for changes in the local education authority 's attitude to the disability . |
| 10 | The latest haven is to be found in the Cook Islands , deep in the South Pacific , where companies are falling over themselves to register . |
| 11 | Why should the primary sufferer want to seek recovery if the quality of life without alcohol or drugs or other addictive substance or process is going to be no better than that of the family member ? |
| 12 | the car shown in the schedule which belongs to you , is leased by you or which you or your wife or husband are buying under a hire purchase agreement |
| 13 | the car shown in the schedule which belongs to you , is leased by you or which you or your wife or husband are buying under a hire purchase agreement |
| 14 | the car shown in the schedule which belongs to you , is leased by you or which you or your wife or husband are buying under a hire purchase agreement |
| 15 | the car shown in the schedule which belongs to you , is leased by you or which you or your wife or husband are buying under a hire purchase agreement |
| 16 | The 30-foot long skeletons are being offered for sale to museums and wildlife centres , including some in the UK , where conservationists are calling for an embargo . |
| 17 | Mohammed has expanded his trade into other Arab countries , notably Saudi Arabia , where business is booming for middlemen . |
| 18 | It is not a geographical accident of birth that determines whether an individual or group is going to be rich or poor , but a question of class location . |
| 19 | It was almost dark when Christina walked to the centre of the building-site , where Stephen was sorting through piles of broken terracotta roof-tiles with sore and bleeding hands . |
| 20 | Theseus made his way back through the labyrinth and out into the fresh night air where Ariadne was waiting for him Now they had to rescue the Athenians and make their escape . |
| 21 | Ann was n't sure whether to ask Amyas in or not , so she left him standing outside and hurried into the large parlour , where Harry was experimenting with tobacco . |
| 22 | I think one or two people or things are moving towards me quite fast now . |
| 23 | ‘ I hope Luib 's bunch bloodied their nose for them , or things are going to be rather tight around here in a few moments . ’ |
| 24 | Just south of it was the Jeanetta Cochrane theatre , where Haynes was working with , amongst others , Charles Marovitz , another exiled American , but , in his case , from New York 's lower east side rather than Louisiana . |
| 25 | Arrangements were carefully made so that Lunia would not be compromised and Modigliani came to paint her portrait the following day in the Sunny Hotel on the Boulevard de Port-Royal , the little lodging house where Zborowski was living with his handsome and somewhat forbidding common-law wife , Anna ( Hanka ) Zborowska . |
| 26 | She seemed to stand staring at the two of them , and they at her , for a long time , while outside , where night was making of the road a strange country , the vegetation grew black and monstrous . |
| 27 | Ernst & Young is acting as investigating accoutants for the merchant bank and , for the time being at least , Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte , continues as the company 's accountants . |
| 28 | Ernst & Young is acting as investigating accountants for the merchant bank and , for the time being at least , Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte , continues as the company 's accountants . |
| 29 | where Lou is riding to the top again … |
| 30 | A Class F Land Charge or Notice is binding on a husband 's trustee in bankruptcy , subject to the provisions of the Matrimonial Homes Act ( Insolvency Act 1986 , s336 ) . |