Example sentences of "[coord] be [v-ing] [adv prt] a " in BNC.

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1 They already have a children 's play room , an art room , conference space and are building up a library .
2 ‘ We have sent those guidelines to the other two trusts and are setting up a work party involving all three trusts to improve the way we deal with those cases and improve communications . ’
3 They have a combined income of £22,000 and are paying off a £42,000 mortgage on their Baker Avenue home .
4 It started in the Autumn of eighty-eight , when Phil approached me and said , ‘ Look , we would like to consider putting our services that we do offer to finance in a more effective way ’ , running alongside that was a project being run by Oxfordshire Health Authority where they were sending postal surveys to elderly people ; people over the age of seventy erm sixty-five at one point , and were getting back a huge amount of information on their perceived needs .
5 Mrs Crumwallis and Mrs Garfitt had run from the serving table and were standing over a boy .
6 It had also lost around £300,000 pounds and was staving off a visit from the official receiver .
7 When I entered our room I found Mum had down two more vases and was sorting out a pile of pawn tickets .
8 A moment later he had returned , and was holding out a balloon glass containing an inch of brandy towards her .
9 She had been making a cup of coffee and was leaning over a lit ring on the gas cooker to put the kettle on .
10 Jim had left , moved on to London and was heading up a new Rapid Response Unit there in connection with HEMS , the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service .
11 She had drawn the curtains at the house the previous evening and was carrying out a routine check at about 7.30 am when she saw the smashed back porch .
12 He liked to buy their food ; he even enjoyed cooking it sometimes , and was putting on a little weight .
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