Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using the personal food and drink audit we should be seeking a new balance in our diet that will provide us with all the essential nutrients that our bodies need . |
| 2 | But , perhaps the intention is that er , they do n't fund it , that it 's funded by the county council , but certainly I do n't think this committee should be approving a supplementary estimate . |
| 3 | A bank would probably choose a bottom-up plan but should be choosing a top-down one . |
| 4 | It could stop the erosion of rights catalogued throughout this book , and for this reason such a document needs to be considered seriously by the socialist opposition in Britain , and not written off as mere attempts at electoral reform when instead it should be developing a radical heart along democratic socialist lines . |
| 5 | You should be decorating a high-class bordello . ’ |
| 6 | And Neil Kinnock and Kevin McNamara should be making a special effort to affiliate their own union , the TGWU , to the SDLP . |
| 7 | We should be spending a great deal of our time making children into heroes , identifying good work , putting good examples of work on display and bringing it to the attention of others . |
| 8 | Does not that mean that we should be putting a great deal more money into such research or is it to remain the Cinderella of medicine for ever ? |
| 9 | But especially when they put them at the end of a sentence where they should be putting a full stop . |
| 10 | I still reckon Wilko 's top priority should be signing a top class centre-half — unless SuperJon continues his amazing surge of form . |
| 11 | And I think for what we 're paying we should be having a wee bit er , the dir , the building should be a looking a wee bit more respectable and presentable to what it is ! |
| 12 | If you put the cassettes on there although we should be having a new system |
| 13 | Gorbachev must be facing a similar problem in the USSR , in the taciturnity of Soviet youth . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ They must be expecting a nuclear attack . ’ |
| 15 | She realised she was on her own ; George must be expecting a true Conflict Situation if he was already saving his last bullet for himself . |
| 16 | He thought that she must be feeling a great deal of pain , and that there was nothing he could do about it , and that , if his suspicions were correct , her pain would get a great deal worse … |
| 17 | ‘ You must be feeling a right berk . ’ |
| 18 | In which case , Martin Bicknell 's posterior must be feeling a little tender . |
| 19 | Poor thing , she must be having a rotten time just now . |
| 20 | Even at this distance he could make out the faint octarine glow in the air that must be indicating a stable magic aura of at least — he gasped — several milliprime ? |
| 21 | The Tory candidate for Skipton and Ripon , Mr David Curry , must be employing a good getaway driver to meet his punishing campaign schedule . |
| 22 | Let me look in your eyes and see you might be getting a wee bit bloodless actually I mean that 's the other thing Cathy , you 're a bit pale in there . |
| 23 | The fact that he might be taking a considerable risk only added to his excitement . |
| 24 | Now capitalist landlords might be the development certainly in terms of production you , you might be disrupting a viable , commercial , capitalist orientated economy , and would you really want to do that ? |
| 25 | While not stated overtly by most interviewees , although some were asked specifically about this , there was a tendency to use the word ‘ friend ’ to signify a pre-heroin relationship , whereas phrases such as ‘ this guy I know ’ and ‘ a bloke who lives around the corner ’ were used to describe a post-heroin use relationship even though the user might be spending a great deal of time with that person on a daily basis . |
| 26 | There had been speculation that the group might be following a secret agenda to regain total power , the agency noted . |
| 27 | I did n't realise you might be doing a late shift , but it 's imperative I see you . ’ |
| 28 | Mr Paul might be making a great deal of money and becoming famous , and she 'd heard they had asked him to accept an honorary doctorate , whatever good that might do . |
| 29 | Examples of process ( ie hows ) might be agreeing a common understanding of the objective , deciding in which order to do thinks , apportioning time , deciding how best to organize a group . |
| 30 | The Greek revolt was seen by European liberals who in a sense might be having a hard time of it in in , in those years . |