Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , in modern society , our ‘ own ’ are rarely living in the same town or even in the same county as us , which makes the ideal situation very difficult to achieve . |
| 2 | Even in the midst of " participating " we are constantly interpreting in the light of what we know and expect . |
| 3 | As there are many persons of distinction in England who are pleased to honour the art of gardening by making it a considerable part of their amusement and have been greatly assisting in the introducing of large numbers of new plants , shrubs and trees into the English gardens and as some of these noble persons have studied the science of botany and are well acquainted with the characters and true names of the plants … their example will render it necessary for the professors of Gardening at least to know the plants they cultivate by their proper titles … |
| 4 | Look out , all those companies that are eagerly playing in the digital cellular telephony market with Time Division Multiple Access technology : the King of Prussia , Pennsylvania-based InterDigital Patents Corp unit of InterDigital Communications Corp says it has engaged the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro & Morin to represent it in connection with possible patent infringement litigation to enforce its portfolio of 32 US patents on the technology . |
| 5 | Half an hour later , Jamie Shepherd , who had been patiently waiting in the hospital foyer , drove his granddaughter home . |
| 6 | Peter Noonan has been patiently waiting in the wings for six years , and finally , whether it was seeing Terry so happy , realising that she was n't getting any younger , or the fact that I told her I was thinking of getting married , sh — ’ |
| 7 | They will either buy down into smaller accommodation in good repair and consume the profit , or borrow or buy annuities on the security of their properties , as many are apparently doing in the United States . |
| 8 | During this period Churchill took over the coal negotiations and displayed a vigour for settlement which had been entirely lacking in the Prime Minister . |
| 9 | Brown has been important to White because he provides the top-level training practice that has been so lacking in the build-up to this world championships . |
| 10 | But it 's obvious from a quick glance that that plan that in fact a number of those settlements are already coalescing in the form of a definition of a one kilometre cordon around the the village and there are actually very few areas outside of the greenbelt in that zone which could possibly accommodate a new settlement of the size we 're contemplating , without causing coalescence . |
| 11 | If you are already working in the Specialist field your helper may come too . |
| 12 | They plead , once they are comfortably sitting in the passenger seat . |
| 13 | ‘ Here , they 're just sitting in the station , waiting for phone calls . ’ |
| 14 | The return trek can seem like a very long haul but all the effort seems well worthwhile by the time you 're comfortably sitting in the bar at the Sligachan Hotel cradling your glass of single malt . |
| 15 | Some tourist attractions say they 're still drawing in the crowds , although the immediate future is far from rosey . |
| 16 | ‘ They 're still living in the Stone Age . ’ |
| 17 | You do n't realise because the note is a new currency item and you 're still living in the world of the old £5 and £10 notes . |
| 18 | So , if you 're still lying in the tub , staring at that cracked sink , why not think about transforming your smallest room ? |
| 19 | Moving on to look at the fact I mean you had erm and it is n't the fact that you 're still working in the shop , you 're still helping the shop , you 've had forty years in which you actually lived here did n't you ? about forty years ? |
| 20 | And , ah , oh aye , and she says they 're out playing and the s and she says you know what kids are like Jean , and she says like I would n't try even to say to my kids not to go near them because you would n't tell them because they 're only kids and she says they 're like playing in the square and she says like I would David and down here you know when I was coming down |
| 21 | A few birds with long beaks were poking around by the water : how come they stay so clean when they 're always delving in the mud ? |
| 22 | Marie 's standing behind me and we 're both looking in the mirror on the inside of the wardrobe . |
| 23 | And having done that , you can then pull the pipette away , as shown here , and you 're left with a bleb of membrane in which you 're now recording in the so-called outside-out mode , which is the exact converse of the inside-out mode . |
| 24 | The whole room sways as one ( We 're upstairs drinking in the smaller stage ) . |
| 25 | The other thing that 's important to bear in mind which is in the report is you 're not necessarily comparing exactly like with like , when you compare your provision with what we 're currently buying in the independent sector . |
| 26 | Do you feel like it 's almost like doing a different thing that you 're not , you know when you 're actually acting in the play you 're more self conscious and you 're more conscious of what you 're you 're moving and you 're speaking and whereas the likes of the panto you know you just be yourself really with a bit of fun thrown in . |
| 27 | updating report , Chairman , I 've these past , the contract for the on-site services has now been let by , by the County Council 's private ent department , they 're actually going in the present time . |
| 28 | In the past they said men should n't be concerned about their looks and things , but it 's pretty obvious that they are , because boys are always looking in the mirror , and these days they have slicked-back hair and fancy clothes , and that sort of thing . |
| 29 | If you look at a small child 's eyes , they are always looking in the direction in which they are moving . |
| 30 | LM But natural beings are always living in the expectation or half-expectation of aggression . |