Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back home at the family garage near Banbury , Richard and Thomas Tuthill are keeping things ticking over until their father returns for the big celebration . |
| 2 | Police and Scottish National Farmers Union officials in Dumfries and Galloway are urging farmers to set up farm watch schemes in an attempt to combat the attacks . |
| 3 | But councillors are urging officials to get on with spending because the authority could go out of business in two years ' time if local government is reorganised . |
| 4 | Cider makers are so short of apples they 're urging growers to pick up windfall fruit off the ground . |
| 5 | Erm some women tend to have more pitch variation and they 're more emotional so they 're more likely to use encouraging tones er which can sometimes be seen to be slightly patronizing , whereas boys think it 's soppy to be emotional or expressive way , so that if you 're in school and you 're asking people to read out in class , erm a girl would be more likely to be more expressive , whereas a boy would be a little bit more monotonous , and just sort of read it out and not put any emotion into it . |
| 6 | They 're asking people to look out for the substances which were in a large grey plastic box . |
| 7 | Mine , th they 're , they 're taking ages to come up , I mean |
| 8 | Do you think you have a few views in common with your workmates or do you think that when you 're talking things come out that you kind of like minded about things , maybe because of the job you 're doing , and the place you work in , you know like maybe like politics or something , |
| 9 | That 's exactly what we heard saying , we 're bombing civilians to take out the control and command structure . |
| 10 | They 're watching Neighbours Come on , get up you lazy bugger ! |
| 11 | The practical aftermath of death seems to stimulate his curiosity these days ; nothing urgent , mind you , just something that begins to get in your mind when you 're watching blood move in and out of your body for half the day . |
| 12 | Budgetary concerns and the drive for self-sufficiency ( UX No 374 ) , are forcing OSF to retract back to a few core technologies like DCE , DME and Motif , and to hold off on any further technology requests . |
| 13 | Fans can see it on TV three times a day and are holding parties dressed up as their favourite characters . |
| 14 | ‘ We are expecting things to pick up generally , ’ he says . |
| 15 | The state environmental bodies and the militia are joining forces to set up mobile anti-poaching units . |
| 16 | A FORTNIGHT after starting its pioneering survey of the sky , the Infrared Astronomical Satellite ( IRAS ) is turning in high-quality data in such profusion that astronomers are having difficulty keeping up . |
| 17 | ‘ We are asking hospitals to mix up their specialities so that ENT ( ear , nose and throat ) patients are on wards with patients with other complaints , ’ said Ms Sandra Mead , a senior watchkeeper . |
| 18 | ‘ I am letting things run down , ’ I said . |
| 19 | Yes , I mean , like I mean making late payments , I 'm delegating people to fill up those late payment . |
| 20 | I suppose I 'm having trouble growing up . |
| 21 | The boys look , make sure the boys look reasonably presentable with a clean jumper or something , I 'm taking photographs to send up to your mum and do n't want them looking like scruffy oh look stop sniffing please . |
| 22 | These are marketing institutions set up to facilitate the movement of goods and services from their point of production to their point of consumption . |
| 23 | Although your tenancy agreement may be with the agent many courts are making landlords pick up the debt . |
| 24 | CHRYSLER , America 's third largest car maker , and Mitsubishi of Japan are discussing plans to set up vehicle manufacturing plants in Europe . |