Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I feel it incumbent upon me ( I have been listening to chairmen 's speeches ) to bring up the subject for one last time because of a letter from a reader in Nigeria . |
| 2 | since you done it we 've been looking in jewellers ' shops when I go , I go up town twice a week with her , you know , carry all the bags , and er we 're looking in the jewellers ' shop and some old , some lady stood there and , she were looking I says , come on they do n't wear marriage ri , wedding rings there ! |
| 3 | Whenever we are looking at children 's writing , it 's a high priority to respond to the content , but this can sometimes be difficult ; children themselves often become over-anxious about the surface features of their writing and frightened of making mistakes . |
| 4 | It 's a plea which we suggest should make the timetable serve the child and not the reverse , and so what we 're doing is we 're saying to children erm ‘ Yes , you are of the same worth , you are of equal value , you should have the same care , love attention and the same resources ’ . |
| 5 | Well I mean you know we 're not playing children 's ganging up games are we we know we 're dealing with peoples ' lives and families . |
| 6 | Commentators need to be clear about whether they are enquiring into interviewees ' reading or their politics . |
| 7 | The $100m that clubs are paying in players ' wages this year is more than half as much again as they paid in 1990 . |
| 8 | Ehm er chair er Sheila from Harlow secretary of the film society which has operated here since the playhouse opened moved from the town hall er we do get people past the door we have been doing in years erm and I personally I 'm also here as an individual I 've been an arts lover for forty five years of my life in Harlow . |
| 9 | Well that 's the question I 've been asking in committees er because I 'm I brought this up when they did nicely when they took all the trees away from down er Long Row on the High Street . |
| 10 | An education which does justice to feminist priorities is not merely a matter of curriculum innovation and change although when women begin to rewrite the history and culture of societies in ways which include the diversity of women 's experiences , and when women generate their own knowledge and become their own teachers — the consequences can be challenging to men 's view of the world and their view of women . |
| 11 | Well I 'll be moving to mums ' for start anyway , put them in her garage , unless we get the keys ever so quick . |
| 12 | So although agencies can now see what sort of approach they should be making in women 's development policy , and are looking at their lives in their entirety — not just as baby machines , the agencies are restricted by the IMF and World Bank conditions in what they can do . |
| 13 | Instead she suggests that the content of the formal curriculum should be entirely overhauled : ‘ for girls to become a more powerful group , they must be given some understanding of females ' past powerlessness … in other subject areas , like English literature , social studies , art , biology and — where it is taught — psychology , there is a similar need to examine what girls are learning about women 's abilities and potential , and therefore what they should ( realistically ) expect for themselves ’ ( Hannon , 1979 , p. 115 ) . |
| 14 | Yes , well you are talking about children 's services , but , I , I think if Mr 's going to talk later to this , if you want , but we are absolutely at the moment , we know that eighty nine percent of work at the child care centre is to do with child protection with to deal with it , and by that I mean abuse , physical and sexual abuse , er , concerns about that and a lot of that of course is , is tied up in procedural ways , and we 're dealing with events almost after the situation has er , got going , er , and of course , with the courts , you know that we 've got duties in relation to the courts , that we , we have to fulfil or else we are the subject of criticism from the er , courts , and we have been rapped at various er , times . |
| 15 | A look of bewilderment comes over the faces of visitors who can not comprehend why some supporters will not go to watch the national side simply because they are playing on Rangers ' ground . |
| 16 | No British boats were competing in women 's kayaks . |
| 17 | The attackers had shouted abuse at Mr Sheldon , his brother Peter , 18 , and Mr Cole , who were walking between friends ' houses in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh just before 2am . |
| 18 | The attackers had shouted abuse at Mr Sheldon , his brother Peter , 18 , and Mr Cole , who were walking between friends ' houses in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh just before 2am . |
| 19 | Feminist writers were protesting against women 's exclusion from well-paid , high-status , and meaningful work , and from cultural and political power . |
| 20 | I watched you make off along the cliff path , as if you were making for Otters ' Bay . |
| 21 | Most either thought it did n't matter as long as they got relief for their tension and frustration and saw it as a way of keeping the peace , but some were trying through women 's groups or assertion therapy to express themselves more honestly . |
| 22 | Historically , over almost any run of three or four years or more , equities have outperformed bonds and , as pension funds are investing for members ' retirements , they can take the long view . |
| 23 | I have been entertaining at children 's parties — as clown , magician , juggler and musician — for over twenty years . |
| 24 | One headmistress gives a pungent summary of the prevailing philosophy : ‘ Market forces are very dangerous when you are messing with children 's brains . ’ |
| 25 | In the opening stanza of Robert Frost 's 'stopping by woods ' a traveller begins a series of reflections as he stops to enjoy the sight of the snow falling upon the nearby woods . |
| 26 | The same phenomenon is occurring with brokers ' research . |
| 27 | The practice is intensifying among women 's magazine because many circulations are falling owing to sustained competition from new titles , and the reduction in consumer spending . |
| 28 | Let me turn now to another way in which the BBC is responding to viewers ' and listeners ' needs in the current broadcasting environment — and a response that may be increasingly difficult for those facing commercial pressures to match . |
| 29 | Moreover , we find that certain very specific colours are missing from stars ' spectra , and these missing colours may vary from star to star . |
| 30 | After a further examination at Bethesda , it was revealed on May 9 that Bush was suffering from Graves 's disease , the same thyroid disorder which had affected his wife , Barbara , since 1989 . |