Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [det] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd lastly like to say a thank you to Kevin , because I think , as a man , it is obviously more difficult for him to broach this subject , and he 's been pursuing this through APEX through for a very long time , and has worked extremely hard , so I 'd like to say thank you to him , and thank you to you now for taking the message back home . |
| 2 | ‘ Been seeing much of McCloy lately , Charlie ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You do n't know who he is , but last night in the pub you asked Mr Hatton if he 'd been seeing much of McCloy lately . |
| 4 | And since her birthday , she had been seeing more of Dionne than she had for years . |
| 5 | Three year old son Andrew 's been eating more as Tom 's been ordered to lose weight . |
| 6 | She 'd been using these for years , ever since a practical demonstration by an art-school technician fired her to experiment with felting techniques . |
| 7 | Understandable had I been writing this in August , but as it is still March it looks as if we are in for another drought this summer . |
| 8 | For I am writing this on Saturday evening , and already I have been blooded . |
| 9 | They 're building more for council houses . |
| 10 | Oh aye , cos you 're saving that for Mary ? |
| 11 | So basically you 're splitting this in compound time ? |
| 12 | Is that but you 're doing that at school are you as well ? |
| 13 | ‘ We 're doing this for Fudge and Roz down here . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're doing this on purpose , ’ she said tightly . |
| 15 | The simple fact is that there needs to be an elite within the NHS , no matter how divisive that may sound if you 're reading this in Dorset or Manchester or Gwent . |
| 16 | Peter , you 're introducing this on page thirty-six . |
| 17 | I wish you all Long Life — I 'm devastated not to be there and am scribbling this in haste in my dressing room . |
| 18 | I am doing this without glasses , and what is so marvellous is that I can play the piano without glasses for the first time for at least 12 years . |
| 19 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 20 | Female nurturing is presented as the solution to male violence — as though women have n't been doing that for centuries . |
| 21 | By the time they met , Leonard was indeed pushing hard at the doors of his own individuality — in one sense he had been doing that for years . |
| 22 | ‘ On things like consulting with patients and carers — we 've been doing that for years . ’ |
| 23 | I hear you say , DTP has been doing that for years Yes — but moving ones ? |
| 24 | So we 've been doing that with children as well . |
| 25 | I have n't been doing much on Sunday . |
| 26 | Probably , most people have been doing this for ages , but I ca n't remember seeing it , so if it helps anyone , great . |
| 27 | Keyboard players have been doing this for years , but it 's a revelation to most guitarists . |
| 28 | They have been doing this in Suffolk for almost 110 years , comforting the sick and lonely , and relieving the worries of the anxious and elderly . |
| 29 | Subjects of the King of England had been doing this in Ireland ever since Strongbow 's invasion in 1169 . |
| 30 | It is all too easy for the Germans to accept the glib axiom that whatever is good for Germany is good for Europe , and the ‘ European ’ gloss may permit them to pursue their own interests while trying to convince others , and even perhaps convincing themselves , that they are doing this for Europe . |