Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , local authorities are building not for the poorest , nor for the slum-dweller , but mainly for those better off . |
| 2 | Against this , J.H. Gagnon and William Simon have argued in their book Sexual Conduct that sexuality is subject to ‘ socio-cultural moulding to a degree surpassed by few other forms of human behaviour ’ , and in so arguing they are building both on a century of sex research and on a century of questioning the notion of ‘ natural man ’ . |
| 3 | Conversely , if you are building up to a competition and wish to greatly increase your fitness and endurance , the FDR should be very intense and should make up a large part of your training . |
| 4 | At least one top left-hander in the top six looks a must to help combat Warne 's leg-spin-and the odds on David Gower returning are shortening almost by the hour . |
| 5 | Railway enthusiasts are queueing up for a nostalgic trip on a steam train . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been catching up on the week 's news , and who do I find hitting the headlines yet again ? ’ |
| 7 | By now it was early afternoon and Rick ( who had been catching consistently on the corn ) and I decided we were getting peckish , so , being nominated ’ chef of the week ’ I had to sort out the dinner . |
| 8 | Gloucestershire have not been faring well in the Benson and Hedges Cup . |
| 9 | As you 'll have heard , bass makers Warwick are branching out into the area of specialised bass amplification . |
| 10 | The staff and students are quickly getting to know each other and are shaping up into a hardworking and enthusiastic team . |
| 11 | Wales welcome their arch-humiliators with open jaws , the scent of an overdue kill growing in nostrils that are flaring again under the inspirational coaching of Alan Davies . |
| 12 | Telling you , I thought we 'd of been clomping around on the bare floor-boards and sitting on orange-boxes watching a wee black-and-white portable for ever . |
| 13 | We have n't that much experience of working with thirteen to fourteen year olds , so we have been collaborating closely with the teachers in devising what could go into each lecture . |
| 14 | Ironically Pembroke , the most recently developed area , where today new routes are tumbling out of the sky as fast as the climbers , has become the place where descriptions — starred pitches probably excluded — still offend mightily under the grade descriptions act . |
| 15 | You may sense that your words are tumbling out into a kind of void . |
| 16 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 17 | Fortunately , some experience had been building up on the European continent , in Holland in particular , with DMUs which had very reliable and cost-effective engines and transmissions . |
| 18 | Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure . |
| 19 | Despite the pressure which has been building up on the government in recent months , including growing dissent within her own party , she reiterated her old misgivings about the monetary system and added a new one for good measure . |
| 20 | The two of them had been at daggers drawn ever since 1183 , and in recent months , as incident followed incident , tension had been building up to a new peak . |
| 21 | With the tent flap closed , the heat had been building up under the canvas . |
| 22 | ‘ It was heat-of-the-moment stuff but it 's been building up over a little while . |
| 23 | Towards the end of the 19th century , a crisis had been building up over the names of organic compounds . |
| 24 | While his loving note helped to sooth her misgivings , it was difficult to control the inner turmoil which had been building up over the months . |
| 25 | These were Wilson and Castle 's response to the ‘ unofficial strike problem ’ which had been building up over the '60s but had acquired particular prominence in 1968 with the publication of the Donovan Commission 's report . |
| 26 | For Alfred Watkins , it was not a sudden flash of inspiration from the beyond but something which had been building up within the deeper levels of his being throughout a lifetime of contact with his native countryside . |
| 27 | Pressures for change had been building up within the legislature for some time and these were to be given added impetus by the events surrounding the resignation of President Nixon . |
| 28 | It means the loss of hopes and plans which have been building up in the parents during the months of pregnancy . |
| 29 | The pressure — it 's been building up like a head of steam … ’ |
| 30 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |