Example sentences of "[coord] [n mass] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cattle and sheep are dying in every direction . |
| 2 | The pounds , shillings and pence were dancing before her very eyes . |
| 3 | LORD Mayor Treloar College students and staff are training for a Marathon Day on May 4th designed to raise money for the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Activities Centre at Bursledon . |
| 4 | It was while the assembly was breaking up , and parents and staff were drifting to their various meeting points , that Major Tilney heard distinctly , through the closed door to the kitchen , a high-pitched hiccup and an outbreak of hysterical boyish laughter . |
| 5 | I do recall that visit , and I remember the great enthusiasm with which the governors , head teacher and staff were embarking on grant-maintained status . |
| 6 | Some of the houses are ready , and people are living in them . |
| 7 | Drawings can be blamed when er there is actually nothing wrong and people are looking for an excuse blame from themselves . |
| 8 | And people are asking for advice and blessings , telling him about the problems they trust him to solve . |
| 9 | Yeah I agree with that , if you know somebody well , especially if you know somebody well and if you work with people and you communicate with people you build up trust , and if the communication 's there and people are talking to each other and passing on information , information 's going round and round trust 'll be there , the only time trust disappears is when somebody feels somebody 's keeping something back . |
| 10 | Well I think er yeah I definitely have to agree with you that we 're not hearing enough of them but I suppose more and more now people are starting to record you know a little bit more of the older stuff and I think what 's happened on the pop scene that they 've absolutely dried up as regards er creating new music you know and people are going into computerized music now and you know everything is played on the one machine and it 's getting like a er I do n't know it 's as as if you do n't really have to be a musician any more . |
| 11 | I think this is why they ca n't sell cos they keep building on and people are going in the newer ones and not buying the ones that are lived in . |
| 12 | This decision , which honours Cape Verde , has been interpreted by us as a recognition of the unwearying efforts the Capeverdian government and people are making in the struggle to build a new society based on social justice , progress and equal opportunity . |
| 13 | ‘ Whereas previously we could get the money from the DSS , now there is a long , cumbersome process to go through and people are falling by the wayside because of it . |
| 14 | The shops had shut and people were wandering around arm in arm and going into pubs and restaurants . |
| 15 | When you got in there at seven thirty , Chris was n't there and the books were n't there and people were waiting around ready to get off . |
| 16 | The door of the plane was open and people were coming down the steps one after another . |
| 17 | And people were saying in them days , wo n't live long now . |
| 18 | One day I was in the wheelchair and people were talking to John and Jo but ignoring me . |
| 19 | The ‘ White Rose ’ itself evidently gave rise to rumours , widely circulating in Bavaria and in many other parts of Germany ‘ about large demonstrations of Munich students ’ , unrest , and even revolutionary feeling in Munich , ‘ and people were talking about graffiti and fly-leaf propaganda with a Marxist content on public buildings in Berlin and in other cities ’ . |
| 20 | Already the national press and media were gathering in this tiny island . |
| 21 | The national press and media were travelling on the plane with Mrs Thatcher , but the local photographers and journalists were going directly to the airport ahead of time . |
| 22 | So far portables have about 10 per cent of the PC market ( 5b ) , and sales are growing for all the reasons given in the last question ( 6d ) , including ‘ yuppies love them . ’ |
| 23 | Smaller firms are avoiding auditing altogether and 40% are operating without insurance cover . |
| 24 | THE Queen might last for a considerable time but people are going to be questioning the role of the monarchy more and more . |