Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Commentators need to be clear about whether they are enquiring into interviewees ' reading or their politics . |
| 4 | The $100m that clubs are paying in players ' wages this year is more than half as much again as they paid in 1990 . |
| 5 | Well I 'll be moving to mums ' for start anyway , put them in her garage , unless we get the keys ever so quick . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I watched you make off along the cliff path , as if you were making for Otters ' Bay . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The same phenomenon is occurring with brokers ' research . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Moreover , we find that certain very specific colours are missing from stars ' spectra , and these missing colours may vary from star to star . |
| 15 | I just assumed he was making for Otters ' Bay . ’ |