Example sentences of "be [vb pp] hanging [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The women were to be seen hanging around in the yard talking quietly or trying to wash to get a few more rags to the pawnshop . |
| 2 | If a hawk flies over or a snake appears , he lets the young hop up under his wing and lifts them off the lily pads so that only their legs can be seen hanging down . |
| 3 | And there was no way of getting a message out to say I could n't get out , so she would be left hanging about waiting hopefully . |
| 4 | This is cos they tend to be high status professionals who 's time is relatively precious , so that you can go to the extent of actually having waiting rooms that you can be kept hanging around in . |
| 5 | Clients who rang in during telephone bingo would be kept hanging on indefinitely . |
| 6 | So this was done , and on the very next day fine grapes were found hanging on the youngest brother 's vine . |
| 7 | We were left hanging out to dry ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Being left hanging on without explanation of what 's happening ’ , that 's your frustration . |
| 9 | Often , after the starter has told you to strip off , you are kept hanging around , mostly for television , and under those circumstances your hamstrings become very vulnerable . |
| 10 | In the opening sequence he is seen hanging on to the top of a jeep as it careers down the rock of Gibraltar . |
| 11 | Some gave themselves fierce noms de guerre , ‘ Rambo ’ and ‘ El Negro ’ , as if their only purpose was fighting for its own sake , though even that purpose was largely wishful thinking ; much of their time was spent hanging round in the camps , doing nothing . |
| 12 | Ho was kept hanging about at Biarritz . |