Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Necessary jobs are helping to clear up the smaller branches and making a start on repointing the bridge itself . |
| 2 | They are itching to hold up the red card to an establishment that does n't believe that ex-pros have the right pedigree to control top matches . |
| 3 | Further to our meeting last Friday , I am writing to set out the advice and assistance that we are able to provide in connection with the intended sale of Older Business Limited . |
| 4 | In connection with the role you have asked me to undertake in the dispute between Mr D Smith and the other directors of and shareholders in Smith & Co Limited , I am writing to set out the nature of the responsibilities which you wish me to perform . |
| 5 | There 's a bloody riot going on , the town is crammed with nigs , er blacks , and they are looking to sort out the Young Conservatives . |
| 6 | Established firms are tending to scoop up the talent in the market which is still in second-tier houses — without which they will not survive . |
| 7 | Police are wanting to find out the events leading up to the death , and work out the motive for the killing . |
| 8 | We 're going to put on the Olympic Games in ‘ 96 , we 're going to make everybody including Athens proud . |
| 9 | er I do n't know how to answer that question , all I can say is we 're going to put on the Olympic Games in ‘ 96 and we 're going to make everybody , including Athens I hope , proud . |
| 10 | In fact , we 've stolen some nuclear weapons and we 're going to tell the government we 're going to blow up the whole country unless they let us play Wembley . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We 're going to hang up the washing on the Siegfried Line … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The question of whether we 're going to clean up the environment of this country is long over , ’ he told a press conference . |
| 13 | The first year you 're running on adrenalin and you 're going to take on the world . |
| 14 | " And I suppose you 're going to slip out the kitchen door , " she continued , " which you might be able to do if you time it right and both Mrs James and Mr Gerard are distracted but how are you going to bet back in ? " |
| 15 | If you 're going to keep up the same pattern of commitments the answer is that the army is already stretched as it clan be and so are the other two services and this is putting a terrific strain on the individual servicemen and their families . |
| 16 | ‘ We 're going to ride out the storm . ’ |
| 17 | You 're going to write out the questions and I 'm going to give your questions to another person and then you 're going to get it back to mark it . |
| 18 | So she 's phoned , and I says , ask them if they 're coming to board up the windows which were boarded when she went in ? |
| 19 | They 're from one of the country Women 's Institutes , and they 're coming to check out the suitability of the bush walk for a much larger party — most of them elderly . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're managing to pick up the sound of one of the males , ’ said a marine biologist , Vassili Papastavrou , as he listened intently through a set of headphones . |
| 21 | ‘ We 're trying to point out the buildings which have stood the test of time ; buildings built by craftsmen who knew what they were doing , who used quality materials , ’ she added . |
| 22 | She says that they 're trying to clear up the waste created by thousands of people — it 's a long job and they may not have time to do it all . |
| 23 | And we 're trying to find out the opp so we want something that ties up opp and adjacent . |
| 24 | So the adapters are attempting to get up the career using sort of tried and tested ways of digging and sort of hauling each other up , and this sort of thing . |
| 25 | I am going to point out the arguments for culling . |
| 26 | Worked examples help the people who are going to fill in the survey . |
| 27 | Then say that you are going to pick up the cards in any order , which you do keeping the pairs together . |
| 28 | I think that the compan companies out there have not made any profits for about five years , and they 're desperate to return to er an even keel , and they are going to force up the price of goods and services as soon humanly possible , and we 'll pick up the bill . |
| 29 | Once get your heroine into one of those confrontations that are going to make up the greater part of her adventure , once have her facing another person and the words will flow . |
| 30 | ‘ We are going to build up the commitment to science , because if we carry on like the Tories are , Britain will be pushed down to the second or third division of industrial nations . |