Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 People will have been queueing up this morning to buy these stamps .
2 We are drawing up another list which includes ICL and Sun . ’
3 The pressure which had been building up all weekend was nearing some sort of explosion .
4 Although some have done this display before , the tension 's been building up all week .
5 Tension 's been building up all week .
6 The North Down skipper reports no new arrivals on the scene and , although Colin Mockford has left to join Holywood , the Harp Senior League champions will have a significant input as Paul Johnston and Kyle Thompson have both been helping out first XI coach Austin Hunter .
7 The Euge boys are whipping up considerable consternation over here largely because , as every single Atlantic Records ' employee is wont to point out , the fella from Nirvana likes ‘ em .
8 Whereas now we have put in a culture of performance , measuring against standards , and this year are bringing in performance-related pay .
9 In consequence , hitherto untouched lands are now being exploited ; and more intense land-use pressures coupled with an increased demand for fuelwood are bringing about environmental change at an unprecedented rate .
10 ‘ We 've been walking around all night .
11 ‘ But if you look at their records they have been knocking over leading Test match sides in this way for years .
12 We 've been prowling around all day on a level with earthworms and rusty , broken down appliances , pressing our ears against the hot wooden trapdoor to the cellar and hearing the silence of ghosts .
13 Although things are looking up this year , operating profits in 1990 fell to $201.3m compared with $266.1m in the previous year .
14 Others are students who seek work during vacations or at weekends and yet others are students on hotel and catering courses who are picking up practical experience .
15 The housing tenure variables which are picking up any supply side effects on the offer probabilities via mobility effects have the expected signs but most are insignificant .
16 In this case , the shareholders are passing off some risk on to the manager .
17 That was the last , , I should have been market trader , been shouting out that voice and
18 You are more independent , you 're contributing , not only helping and doing in the home but you 're bringing in some money as well .
19 you 're bringing back that car .
20 They ai n't you wan na be careful when you 're walking down that park it 's
21 ‘ And they 're living off fresh-cooked lamb and white bread and sweet Commanderie ? ’
22 Should never reverse unless you 're looking out that back window !
23 Listen , you 're shouting out quick help aah .
24 If you 're going up that house on Friday afternoon .
25 He said , Look up there , and you 'll see a crane , he says , We 're going up that ladder .
26 You did n't say that , you 're going up this time if you wanted that .
27 ‘ Well , if it 's any consolation we 're going back this afternoon to have another go . ’
28 And then , well if you 're going out that way you take all this washing up .
29 So , in five minutes , I 'll be asking you the fifth and final question , which could result in you 're going out next month with Dougie Down Under , thanks to QUANTAS , Australia 's national airline .
30 So I 'll ask you a question in about er , three or four minutes ' time , which could result in you 're going out next month with Dougie Down Under , thanks to QUANTAS , Australia 's national airline .
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