Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In times when there is occasion for rejoicing as , for example , in the gathering of a successful harvest , a happy emergence from trouble or natural disaster and on many other occasions there is always to be observed an urge to offer thanks to someone or something . |
| 32 | Their main task seemed to be to inspect the landing grounds that extended across the route from Baghdad to Damascus . |
| 33 | He was supposed to be germinating a television programme for her , on her own topic , about the conscience of an escaped East Berliner . |
| 34 | With a third of all health authorities and trusts now thought to be entertaining the idea of introducing job evaluation schemes for nurses , warning noises are beginning to be sounded from all quarters . |
| 35 | He was saved by a radio engineer who had studied in England and who happened to be monitoring the audition . |
| 36 | These duties had to be fulfilled alongside those of his conventional publishing business , and he was also supposed to be writing a scene for inclusion in what was to be a filmed version of Murder in the Cathedral . |
| 37 | I had hoped to be writing a birth report about how wonderful it is to use a large pool of warm water in labour . |
| 38 | I 'm supposed to be writing a feature , not a book . ’ |
| 39 | But it 's far too soon to be writing the post-mortems . |
| 40 | He thought you 'd give up and go away , as the woman who was supposed to be writing the book did . |
| 41 | Shortly after this Marty Stone , our second engineer , and I re-enacted the whole thing for the benefit of two Daily Mirror journalists who were supposed to be writing an article about the work of the Cutter Service , but nothing ever came of this . |
| 42 | If the contractual measure of damage was the only measure to be applied the Vendor could argue that the value of the Business was not necessarily reduced by the full amount of the undisclosed liability . |
| 43 | Méléra survived Verdun and the rest of the war , to be killed a fortnight before the Armistice . |
| 44 | If large numbers of animals are to be killed a euthanasia chamber can be used consisting of a container linked to a cylinder of carbon dioxide . |
| 45 | Patients would still need to be treated every month . |
| 46 | Initially I happened to be watching a monitor at the BBC on which was an item about a group of French musicians who played their music on glass tubes . |
| 47 | Arsenal are believed to be watching the situation closely and are set to make their move as soon as Sampdoria give them the signal . |
| 48 | Italian giants Inter Milan are understood to be watching the situation closely , with Pearce hoping Clough changes his mind and puts him more in line with the kind of wages being picked up by some of his England team-mates . |
| 49 | He did n't wander over to the rack of imported American comic books as he usually did , but he seemed to be watching the street outside . |
| 50 | They seen to be watching the passengers . |
| 51 | If capital expenditure were to be ignored the surplus in April would be [ 53,340 + 52,560 ] £105,900 , in May [ 81,980 + 52,560 ] £134,540 and in June [ 150,000 - 27,200 ] £122,800 . |
| 52 | That 's all the amount of nuisance you have to be to drive a man into the arms of his parish . ’ |
| 53 | right card comes up here , which I do n't seem to be getting a turn up ! |
| 54 | Well he , he 's on himself hanging over his car because he said it 's , it 's , that it was an inconvenience cos they were late for work , he suppose to be getting a taxi into work every day and back , but where 's his proof that he did ? |
| 55 | Erm somebody , and I think it was Derek , and I put down Derek as a guess , was supposed to be getting a list of local area MPs to whom I can then write . |
| 56 | And back we come to poor old Katie Mallett , who seems to be getting a lot of airtime for not even entering . |
| 57 | He 's supposed to be getting a hearing aid or summat . |
| 58 | She seemed to be completing the check list . |
| 59 | One month later Glassford was reported to be completing the work of preparing nominal votes , and in this his lawyer , who lacked experience in such matters , was being helped by the agent of Lord Dundas , who clearly considered him still an ally , but on August 6th , Glassford removed such illusions by making it quite plain that he meant what he had said about his price for support , and denied that he was in any way pledged to Lord Dundas : |
| 60 | In Fig. 11–8 the bureau is assumed to be maximizing the size of its budget and producing an output of Oq b . |