Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you 'll have heard , bass makers Warwick are branching out into the area of specialised bass amplification . |
| 2 | Ironically Pembroke , the most recently developed area , where today new routes are tumbling out of the sky as fast as the climbers , has become the place where descriptions — starred pitches probably excluded — still offend mightily under the grade descriptions act . |
| 3 | In Britain in nineteen ninety three we are hanging on to the remains of our welfare state by our fingertips . |
| 4 | Richard Spink , of the Citizens Advice Bureaux , said : ‘ Thousands are hanging on by the skin of their teeth . |
| 5 | Kurdish people are hanging on in the northern part of Iraq , desperately in need of support and aid that must come to them before a harsh winter sets in . |
| 6 | I hang my coat up and start to shout and tell those who are hanging around in the corridor to get outside until the bell goes . |
| 7 | Swingbeat New Editioners Bell Biv Devoe are hanging out in the lounge telling stories of how the helicopter in their latest video toppled off a windy roof . |
| 8 | " Another fashion we are stamping out on the plantation , Auguste , is Bolshevism , " he said , leaning earnestly towards the recruiter . |
| 9 | They 've made him lie with his hands behind his head , which is a trick they probably picked from a Miami Vice afternoon repeat , except it looks stupid when the guy 's hairy legs are sticking out from the tail of his shirt . |
| 10 | Casual work is growing most rapidly in the service and retail sectors but even traditional manufacturing companies are catching on to the trend . |
| 11 | Bookmakers Ladbrokes are catching up with the odds on races on four wheels instead of four legs and offering odds on Senna ( 11–8 ) and Prost ( 7–4 ) for the world championship during the week the cars were being loaded for the opening grand prix in Phoenix . |
| 12 | The growing demands and applications being made of plastics are filtering through to the additive market , requiring them to be constantly updated and made more efficient , and thus leading to higher prices , explained the report . |
| 13 | Current members seem satisfied that they are receiving good value for money , and are signing up for the second membership year which starts in May . |
| 14 | Thankfully , some Scottish firms are muscling in on the act . |
| 15 | New opportunities are opening up in the near future which you must be calm enough to accept . |
| 16 | Now that new possibilities are opening up in the Balkans , they will modify this . |
| 17 | If you are walking down into the centre along Avenida do Infante , after the Savoy Hotel you pass the modern Casino Park Hotel and , behind it , the new Casino . |
| 18 | These people are going into the familiar local stores where they shop and are walking out with the American dream they could never afford on a minimum wage . |
| 19 | A SHOP 'S vintage hangover cure is proving so popular that regular users are walking in off the streets to take it at £1 a shot . |
| 20 | ‘ There are thousands , maybe tens of thousands , who are dying out in the rural areas , or as they make their way to the towns to get help . |
| 21 | At 7.30 I am walking out through the town in the direction of Lochy bridge then across Blarmhor . |
| 22 | NURSES from South Tees are jetting off to the U.S. this month to find out about baby care , American style . |
| 23 | TEENAGE girls are ending up with the bones of old women because of eating disorders which are producing ‘ horrifying results ’ , a doctor said yesterday . |
| 24 | As fish are sinking back through the surface , other fish will be appearing through it , so that there is constant activity . |
| 25 | The success — I am looking out of the window at the thickly carpeted mountainside — comes from the knowledge of shared weakness , the weakness of both men and women in matters of sex and passion . |
| 26 | I am looking down on the world , but it does not stretch away over nebulous distant horizons . |
| 27 | ‘ Other members of the herd are swimming around in the blood-red sea as this killing continues . |
| 28 | Can any of you who are meeting up for the spurs game do me a favour , please ? |
| 29 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |
| 30 | MORE people are looking in at the local , if figures from West Country brewer Devenish are any guide . |