Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [prep] [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The retailers Carpenter 's have been trading for more than a century . |
| 2 | Is not that why other Governments and employers across Europe understand well today that the Government are reneging on that and wish this country to undercut others by treating workers in the worst way possible ? |
| 3 | Yes I 've been looking at that and thinking we 'll take it , mm |
| 4 | Yes , I 've been , I 've been looking at this and see what I can play . |
| 5 | This can occur if plants are operating at less than minimum efficiency scale ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 6 | This is determined by the gradient of the average cost curve , and by the degree to which plants are operating at less than MES . |
| 7 | David Linley , 31 , and 22-year-old Serena , who is the grand-daughter of wealthy Lord Harrington , have been dating for more than a year . |
| 8 | ‘ There has n't been a white champion for such a long time and I think a lot of people are looking toward that and want to see a white champion . ’ |
| 9 | Such ambivalence makes shifts of register suggestive , for they tend to imply that we are listening to this or that person 's manner of speaking , and to shift point of view accordingly . |
| 10 | They 're putting parts into used cars but there 's also been a slight upturn in the vehicle market and they 're benefitting from that as well |
| 11 | We 're acting like that because of the way we 've been treated in the past throughout the school . |
| 12 | So I I think you get bored with some of this when it 's easy you 're looking at that and you think , Oh I can do this just put a W in front of tr . |
| 13 | I 'm always blowing the little ducks up they go , they 're going like that and you shoot them and they turn into a It 's really good . |
| 14 | The Americans owe the company money and they 're waiting for that and also the , they sold one of the machines at the exhibition so , and they 've had some enquiries , so hopefully they 'll bring some work in . |
| 15 | so many exams and have more course work and now they 're complaining about cos it 's a hundred per cent course work in English , they 're complaining about that and they want to make it and a maximum thirty per cent course work within two years , or something something really stupid like that ! |
| 16 | you 're holding like that and then I 'm cutting there |
| 17 | If you really know what you 're doing on each and every single note in your lead then you 're controlling your solo , as opposed to merely playing a bunch of licks and exercises while trying to land on a cool note here and there . |
| 18 | There are issues which driver training and what we 're doing in that because those vehicles are quite large , they are actually minibuses as such from the public 's point of view , and they are carrying people that need the best possible care and attention in their transport . |
| 19 | They 're , they 're suffering from this because they want to , they enjoy it . |
| 20 | Have to be careful when you 're talking about that cos |
| 21 | Can I just say as we , one of the reasons we 're talking through this if you have something that yo , ah that might be useful ! |
| 22 | I think I 'm right in saying Madam Chairman that y of those first seven we 've still got two schemes in still to come and there was one in erm so I look forward to the progress and er that we 're making on this and all I can say is |
| 23 | Some had been waiting for more than an hour , arriving while it was still dark and the little windows of the cells were still lit . |
| 24 | The seething had been going on more or less from the time Taylor took over as manager . |
| 25 | We had not been going for more than half an hour when the driver of the sick man 's bullock cart came to me and said that all was now well , we need go no further . |
| 26 | I suppose I 've seen Matthew with the safe open , and I may have noticed the books , but this firm has been going for more than a century and one does n't take much notice of such things , one has grown up with them . ’ |
| 27 | The seats are cushioned , and in the dark I am waiting for more than entertainment . |
| 28 | While fashion magazines announce that longer skirts are in style , the princess has again appeared in the multi-coloured striped skirt she has been wearing for more than a year . |
| 29 | the thing , I mean everybody 's been complaining about that but considering all that he has n't done bad has he ? |
| 30 | Whereas businesses are moving to more and more decentralized operations , business units still need to have instantaneous access to information . |