Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The boys are naturally worried and they have been phoning home to find out more about the situation , ’ Mathur said . |
2 | PEOPLE savaged by the tabloids are banding together to fight back . |
3 | Speaking of exploitation , students of the genre might care to consider Trapper County War ( Guild ) , an archetypal example of the backwoods nightmare , set in one of those supposed hillbilly communities where the locals , when not spitting out tobacco or imprecations , are banding together to hunt down interlopers and blast them to bits . |
4 | ‘ I really have n't had a chance to press my claims and I sincerely believe I am pushing uphill to get back into the side for a long time . ’ |
5 | During that time he has been pushing hard to make up any lost ground . |
6 | We 're goin' there to pick up some of your clothes . ’ |
7 | We know that 's largely what they want , but we 're having possibly to move away from that . |
8 | they 're playing tonight to leave tomorrow clear for the internationals … the only Gloucester man going for the Grand Slam … is Mike Teague … he 's back in the England pack at twickenham |
9 | WITH the recession few newspaper companies are seeing dramatic increases in their revenues , rather they 're fighting hard to hold out until the economic situation improves . |
10 | Finally , some of the country 's flashiest car collectors have been getting together to show off their prized possessions . |
11 | They are told they are coming here to carry on their education , and I interpret this as being very broad-based . |
12 | Here , too , though we are not looking to carve up the territory between us a degree of competition never does any harm we should at least be getting together to think out how best to collaborate in the future . |
13 | Harry is supposed to be coming home to take up his inheritance of the family estate , but the emotional pressures of his family force him to escape instead to become a medical missionary . |
14 | Mr West , who works in Catterick , will be leaving soon to take up his new post . |
15 | Many of those stubby towers out on the field of battle were recessing further to sink flush with the surface . |
16 | Er it ought not to have done in so far that er we were we were we were we were moving , we were going forward to take up positions on er on the river , er and this was being done on the understanding that er a certain bridge had been destroyed , er and it had n't been destroyed er and they were and they were they were already across you see . |
17 | Within the Assembly itself , political formations were beginning tenuously to emerge along political party lines , a practice encouraged by the official recognition of , and payment of administrative expenses to , transnational party groupings . |
18 | What irritated Edmund Wilson about Chaplin 's more ambitious films of the 1920s was the inclusion of ‘ gags ’ and ‘ low comedy incidents ’ as if he were trying desperately to hang on to his old mass audience , the clear implication being that Chaplin had now become the property of a more sophisticated audience . |
19 | Erm , unfortunately lately she 's erm , stopped drinking because I think she had a drink problem , no she 's just being trying quite to cut down , no she 's being really good |
20 | I am trying now to wind down that project in favour of others , and am asking those who have helped me to take upon themselves what I have been doing , and find homes for their old journals — in libraries , universities and elsewhere . |
21 | If you are trying desperately to cover up your body , this will reflect not only in the way you dress but how you move . |
22 | He said : ‘ As usual , the Government and their fellow-travellers are trying hard to slither out of their own responsibility for it . |
23 | Certainly , a growing number of organisations are trying hard to achieve just that . |
24 | He finished in great style but was just nosed out in a three-way photo , and is improving sufficiently to shrug off an extra four pounds from the handicapper . |
25 | This error is common enough in the literature , but it is disturbing here to find even a hint of support for such thinking . |
26 | This time , though Britain is a junior partner in the Gulf war , the Foreign Office is working overtime to do better . |
27 | Although Boyd is working hard to get as many projects as possible into print and to , ‘ try to get recognised and get lots of people to buy the books ’ , she has an ultimate ambition . |
28 | Although Boyd is working hard to get as many projects as possible into print and to , ‘ try to get recognised and get lots of people to buy the books ’ , she has an ultimate ambition . |
29 | Tim Catterall , a director of Sanderson , Townend and Gilbert , said : ‘ We have found the response to Cornmill extremely encouraging and are working hard to put together a good mix of tenants who can thrive alongside each other . |
30 | Translators are working hard to keep up with the demand . |