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 . |