Example sentences of "thing [verb] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of personal things had been happening to me during that year . |
| 2 | In a few hours of concentrated assault he could destroy months of determined surreptitious growth ; but then he would discover some other , overlooked area where things had been going to the dogs unheeded and some valiantly struggling patch of wood anemone or bluebells had been choked to the last gasp . |
| 3 | Dai told the story of how one of the visitors , a wealthy industrialist , came into his well stocked shop to use the phone and find out how things had been going at work during his absence . |
| 4 | And , the way things had been going for Gerhard Berger , it was perhaps no surprise that it should be his McLaren which would suffer that fate . |
| 5 | I 'd like to know who cut the strings of her tennis racket too , the first formers looked at one another , it certainly is queer the way things have been happening to poor Mary Lou lately , even her prayer book had disappeared and some of her pencils had gone . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry I 'm late , sir , ’ he said , ‘ but terrible things have been happening at the dairy . |
| 7 | Things have been happening in the UK . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , things have been happening in Glasgow , where the CAMRA branch has awarded its beer-of-the-year accolade to another Caledonian beer , R&D Deuchars IPA , for the second year running . |
| 9 | ‘ This thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 10 | Lesley saw it more as a letting-off of repressed energy : ‘ I think this thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 11 | The Thing had been listening to radio and television and had found the place the going-straight-up Shuttles went from . |
| 12 | And er an interesting thing had been coming to our house She comes goes to the same church . |