Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [v-ing] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as though she had secretly been waiting all evening for this moment , for this invitation to walk along the beach with him . |
| 2 | Caswell had n't only been doing some thinking , he 'd been looking up maps and timetables . |
| 3 | But at this moment some six hundred land girls in Sussex alone are attacking this job against all the ’ . |
| 4 | He apparently was doing some work for her father , David Fairfax , and had told him about the school . |
| 5 | In the 1940s an interest in genetic studies came to the fore , although several German investigators had already been following this line for some years . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've just been brewing some coffee — I expect you 'd like a cup . |
| 7 | And we have just been noticing that Brentano , like the British empiricist , John Locke , thinks of believing , expecting , hoping , and so on , as things — Locke called them ‘ operations ’ , Brentano called them ‘ phenomena ’ — as things we perceive in ourselves . |
| 8 | Thanks so very much for getting me Bloomfield 's annotated NT , vol I. I 'm delighted to have it , and have just been spending some time revisiting a few cruces to see what explanations are offered . |
| 9 | ‘ The way you and he have just been pawing each other about just has to mean that , in your own sweet way , ’ he inserted thunderously , ‘ you 've been endorsing the fact that your affair with him is over ! ’ |
| 10 | The wolf crawled along on a stomach , that would soon be digesting some meat |
| 11 | Could n't Mr Hall just be having some kind of bad day ? |
| 12 | But she will probably already be experiencing more loneliness than they imagine , for much as she may enjoy her parent 's company , she will also have a need for other friendships and contacts with the world outside the home , and these may be very difficult for her to achieve . |
| 13 | ‘ A Government with any heart and sense would already be pursuing that strategy . ’ |
| 14 | Adding another five years to any possible sentence seems pointless , especially as some of those involved may already be serving that length of time . |
| 15 | He was lost , only the memory of the baby he no longer was having any reality in her mind . |
| 16 | " You should n't still be riding that thing . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd hoped he 'd still be grazing that pasture there . ’ |
| 18 | He would still be mending that barn door . |
| 19 | There used to be a long table and the head used to sit at the end of this table and so to see that you did n't leave off working she used to get the table cloth and always be pulling this table straight . |
| 20 | No it 's Tracy was telling David , and David said David was saying same thing , David wants to well like was saying this morning to Neil , we 'll have to get a meeting up a go . |
| 21 | Mick Lovatt has also been doing some sterling work here re-equipping some of the older classics — in particular both pitches of Pierrepoint , a classic ( F7c+ , F7b+ ) have been completely rebolted . |
| 22 | ‘ We in BP and Unipart have also been introducing each other to potential customers in the Ukraine and Russia . ’ |
| 23 | [ Hyperion too will soon also be plugging this gap — Ed . ] |
| 24 | The requirement in the Adoption Agency Regulations to counsel the parents specifically about all the alternatives to adoption , and to make sure that their views about these different alternatives are placed before the court , together with the fact that guardians ad litem and reporting officers will also be scrutinising this element of the work , should lead to more careful practice at this stage . |
| 25 | ‘ Reckon we 'll both be needin' that tea extra sweet tonight , eh , boy ? ’ |
| 26 | Firstly , you will probably be spending more time at home , so items like heating and lighting are liable to be costlier . |
| 27 | As you 'll probably be spending more time in the living area , this will be your starting point . |
| 28 | erm Peter wants to tighten up on on on the business of erm carrying holidays over and I think he 's right , actually , erm and he also is using this opportunity to try to et us to plan our holidays as a group so that we 're not all off at the same time , or if it 's appropriate we should all be off a the same time then we 're off at the same time , but it 's erm common sense should prevail one way or another , but it would be a good idea if you could let me have erm a brief indication of any major times you plan to be away . |
| 29 | It is more likely that the sentence beginning with also is adding more detail to support the general conclusion that the individual concerned is right-sided and is part of the internal structure of a paragraph beginning with Generally . |
| 30 | These people have met new friends , gained in confidence and , most of all , self respect and would rather be doing some form of work rather than wasting away at home . |