Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Cunningham was warming to this theme now . |
| 32 | ‘ On that Sunday evening , ’ Corbett asked , ‘ do you think Lady Eleanor was waiting for this lover ? |
| 33 | Defence Minister Shaposhnikov was pressing for unified command with a supreme commander in charge of all strategic and conventional forces , which would allow little room for republican armies . |
| 34 | By 1913 the United States was producing about one-third of the total manufacturing output of the whole world : this was as much as Great Britain , France and Germany together . |
| 35 | However , there were unconfirmed reports in July and August that the PLO was coming under some pressure from moderate Arab states to accept the exclusion of East Jerusalem residents . |
| 36 | Powell had no argument with the principle of starting a magazine , or even over the amount of money it would cost , but he felt that Branson was treading on sensitive political ground in attempting to take advantage of somebody else 's industrial dispute . |
| 37 | But already the 11.54 was steaming into the station , and Perks was looking in all the windows . |
| 38 | Toby was referring to one of the great stars in the American golfing firmament whom the sponsors were said to be paying £50,000 in appearance money , much to the disgust of most of the other professionals . |
| 39 | But Fael-Inis was concentrating on spreading honey on to a wedge of bread , and seemed not to notice . |
| 40 | One o'clock in Piazza dei Partigiani after a stressful morning at work was very different from eleven o'clock the night before after making love , but Ellen was bubbling with such enthusiasm that he had n't the heart to voice his reservations . |
| 41 | ‘ Ken was talking about this gentleman , Jack . |
| 42 | Linda was working on that one too . |
| 43 | Andy Halliday was acting as Best Man at British canoeist Jim Overton 's wedding to Diane Jewell , held on Bean Hollow Beach in California . |
| 44 | Clough had written in a newspaper column : ‘ If England are switching to kick-and-rush football , you can count me out . |
| 45 | Bernie and Mick are working on some new songs for a second album . |
| 46 | In this case Sally and Mick are working in two guises . |
| 47 | The lochans of Scotland are teeming with interesting things too , and I confess to a penchant for peering into dark , peaty puddles at every opportunity in the eternal search for frogs and newts . |
| 48 | JOB losses in Scotland are running at 1,000 a week , according to the Labour Party . |
| 49 | Down in dumps A GROUP of young people from Northern Ireland are setting off this week on a trip to one of the world 's poorest regions . |
| 50 | The operation went smoothly and Catering Managers Ian Cameron and John Dunn are now looking after 350 persons on board the Safe Holmia rising to 440 at peak , whilst on the Port Royal , John Turner and Ian Ross are looking after 175 people . |
| 51 | And , would n't er Jane be inquiring about that ? |
| 52 | When the people in Northern Ireland were listening to these matters on the radio , they were wondering why a statement was to be made . |
| 53 | By 1883 the Titfords were living at 2 Mount Terrace , Curry Rivel , where Benjamin was supplementing his income — a trick he had learned from his father ? — by acting as an insurance agent for the ‘ Lancashire ’ . |
| 54 | The French , for their part , were interested only in American help to achieve some honourable compromise in Indo-China , whereas the militants in Washington were looking for combined military action to inflict a decisive defeat on the communists . |
| 55 | Worcester were wobbling at 33 for three but Hick guided them to 158 for five . |
| 56 | Yeah , but you could see , you could see , that , I mean Pete were getting about hundred and twenty pound a week . |
| 57 | In those days , however , Otago were lacking in genuine playing talent while further north Canterbury and then Auckland were passing through golden and successful eras . |
| 58 | Ernst Caramelle 's work is on show at Crousel-Robelin-Bama until 20 October , whilst Paul Rebeyrolle is exhibiting at two galleries , Lelong and Templon , until 17 October . |
| 59 | Outside , other Sandinistas denounced U S support for the new administration ; Washington is refraining from public criticism of its first major decision . |
| 60 | LEE SHARPE is suffering from viral meningitis and will be out until November . |