Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Euge boys are whipping up considerable consternation over here largely because , as every single Atlantic Records ' employee is wont to point out , the fella from Nirvana likes ‘ em . |
| 2 | Whereas now we have put in a culture of performance , measuring against standards , and this year are bringing in performance-related pay . |
| 3 | In consequence , hitherto untouched lands are now being exploited ; and more intense land-use pressures coupled with an increased demand for fuelwood are bringing about environmental change at an unprecedented rate . |
| 4 | ‘ But if you look at their records they have been knocking over leading Test match sides in this way for years . |
| 5 | Others are students who seek work during vacations or at weekends and yet others are students on hotel and catering courses who are picking up practical experience . |
| 6 | ‘ And they 're living off fresh-cooked lamb and white bread and sweet Commanderie ? ’ |
| 7 | Listen , you 're shouting out quick help aah . |
| 8 | They 're shipping out cast iron baths , washbasins and tiles to the Land of the Rising Sun . |
| 9 | Does he accept that what he has announced is not sufficient to deal with the applications from asylum seekers , let alone with other immigration applications which are bottling up Lunar house ? |
| 10 | Previously , only trade in new horn was banned but , with a single horn fetching as much as £30,000 , Chinese dealers have been buying up big game trophies for export to the Far East . |
| 11 | He was really on his own now , and in less than two minutes he would be flying over hostile territory . |
| 12 | Only if it is ‘ blown ’ , for example on a tax-cut-financed consumer boom , can the government be said to be piling up financial trouble for future governments . |
| 13 | Snow-making machines will be blowing out foam-based snow to try to create an early Yuletide atmosphere while trying to tempt shoppers into their stores . |
| 14 | MORE than half Britain 's councils will still be chasing up old poll debts five years after the tax was abolished . |
| 15 | MORE than half Britain 's councils will still be chasing up old poll debts five years after the tax was abolished . |
| 16 | Once the transactions were over — transactions which had taken this house out of the hands of the Darlington family after two centuries — Mr Farraday let it be known that he would not be taking up immediate residence here , but would spend a further four months concluding matters in the United States . |
| 17 | Wiltshire County Council Highways department have been involved in the planning of this project and will be putting up advanced warning signs , highlighting alternative routes for light traffic . |
| 18 | On his training bags , for example , he should be trying out various double and triple kicking techniques and working out a series of combinations , linked together with speed , timing , delivery , focus and his own personal footwork manoeuvres . |
| 19 | I shall conclude now because I am taking up valuable time . |
| 20 | Its Market is unquestionably one of the best in Wales with designated market days being Wednesdays and Saturdays , but Fridays are taking on increasing importance . |
| 21 | More women are taking up regular exercise and coming to see it as part of their lives . |
| 22 | More women are taking up regular exercise , and may wish to continue their routine during pregnancy . |
| 23 | More people are taking out dental insurance against the painfully high expense of private dental treatment as more dentists move out of the NHS . |
| 24 | Does he believe that that is possible in Northern Ireland , when some sections of the security services are colluding with terrorists , when they are using terrorists as agents while they are involved in terrorist activity and when some members of the security services are handing out confidential security documents as though they were pen-pal photographs ? |
| 25 | In the RSPB 's biggest-ever reedbed rescue , a mechanical digger is digging out the surface of the entire 55 acres of fen and volunteers are carrying out strenuous scrub clearance . |
| 26 | Researchers in 9 other countries are carrying out similar research on other artifacts . |
| 27 | Homeowners are putting up barbed wire to keep out thieves in a city where burglaries have shot up by almost seventy percent . |
| 28 | A helpful northerly breeze was filling the sails , so that they were building up gentle speed across the waters of the bay . |
| 29 | Even whilst the plague was raging , the King and parliament , who had fled to Oxford to escape , were drawing up new legislation to persecute the Nonconformists . |
| 30 | Then they were driving over rough ground , loose stones popping under the tyres . |