Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second round of ‘ Unity ’ talks between the two opposing Unix factions are faring much better than the ill-fated first bout , though actual unity is unlikely to result at least in the short term . |
| 2 | ‘ Farthingdales are struggling as hard as Chester 's in the current market . |
| 3 | ‘ Myself , Ferg and Noel have been hanging around together since we were fairly young , ’ says Mike . |
| 4 | Lee Jackson has been competing very well as hooker and deserves another chance . |
| 5 | It has been gathering there ever since the breach was healed . |
| 6 | Deer numbers have been climbing steadily ever since the animals became a valuable resource for owners of stalking rights , and in many areas of the Highlands are now at levels which the land can not easily support . |
| 7 | She must have been driving more erratically than she thought for she found herself half skewed across the road . |
| 8 | Quite stiff for the grade , with several moves that leave you wondering if you are climbing as well as you thought ! |
| 9 | The EC Merger Regulation spells out some rules , mainly relating to the degree to which the parties are operating in more than one member state , and the overall size of the merger . |
| 10 | In seeking ways in which planning procedures could be made more efficient , the committee noted that ‘ not all authorities are operating as efficiently as they might ’ and the greatest scope for improvement lay in assisting all authorities to reach the standard set by the best . |
| 11 | The lobby has been operating even longer than MI5 and is almost as well known but unlike the secret service , the existence of the lobby has still not been officially acknowledged . |
| 12 | Detectives searching for Paul 's killers are sifting through more than 2,000 different leads they have received . |
| 13 | Between them they 're turning out more than 300 puppets a day . |
| 14 | Yeah well you 're going out anyway so you |
| 15 | Okay well we 're waiting as far as I know for the money to come |
| 16 | Er they 're getting on well because erm , er we live in a close er society . |
| 17 | We 're getting there faster than we think . |
| 18 | We 're getting there faster than we think . |
| 19 | Are there events taking place that we will never ever see because they 're so far away , or maybe they 're taking place in such a way that they 're moving away faster than the light is travelling in our direction ? |
| 20 | They 're moving further away than ever . |
| 21 | When you go arter a job like that , if you 're doing as fast as what the machine will take it to do it properly , you ca n't force it . |
| 22 | I think they 're doing as well as can be expected . |
| 23 | Now you 're coming in now because we 're going to have a bath and we 're going out . |
| 24 | No they 're playing here today because erm Hughey 's got to do math 's homework . |
| 25 | And hopefully you 're putting in more than that . |
| 26 | We 're fighting much harder than they are . |
| 27 | Well they 're sitting down again cos they were so hopeless Mrs , no that was a sit down , listen , that 's a and it goes down , down down |
| 28 | Whether you want to or not , you 're leaving here just as soon as it can be arranged . |
| 29 | An executive said : ‘ We 're trying as far as we can to ensure that our business operates normally . |
| 30 | it 'll be while you 're settling down rather when it 's your er |