Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I recko , I reckon they must of been paid for that because Maury has n't been phoning up and saying oh you have n't paid it ! |
| 2 | The crowds are building up and doing things the American way . |
| 3 | How can he justify a cost per job in the strategic deterrent of £352,000 in a world in which the major powers are building down and renouncing weapons but he is building up ? |
| 4 | He had not been eating properly and had been drinking more than usual . |
| 5 | Since the 1970s competitive pressures , particularly from Japan , have been building up and like so many other American and European companies , Kodak has adopted Total Quality Management [ TQM ] processes which the Japanese themselves used to achieve their success . |
| 6 | Now enlightened farmers are fencing off and replanting areas which can he selectively utilised for animal feeding . |
| 7 | This is serious shit , and it 's no wonder some people are freaking out and saying reading will be it . |
| 8 | Everyone 's brain waves show periods of regular waves , known as alpha waves , when they are resting quietly and relaxed . |
| 9 | The chicks are eating well and gaining weight . |
| 10 | Learn to recognise which areas are toning up and reducing . |
| 11 | The introduction of the new arrangements for Community Care are no longer something to be talked about in the future , but are happening now and involving all of us . |
| 12 | Someone who 's not from the area could have been driving through and seen something . ’ |
| 13 | He lay on his side , holding the covers over him by their edges , gazing at some of his copies of Vogue , which Tessa had been looking through and left lying on the carpet in front of the fire , where they glowed pink and red . |
| 14 | I know the poeple on Blackbird Leys are ganging up and doing it themselves , taking the law into their own hands , they 'll do it if there is n't anything done |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm in my 30s now , ’ she adds , ‘ and a lot of my friends are looking round and saying , ‘ Why do n't you have a family , a husband and a baby ? ’ |
| 16 | Erm there 's also a very strange statement in paragraph which says that the nineteen sixty eight act is intended to provide a network of sites to enable gypsies to move around or settle , but in practice many gypsies are settled on permanent sites and it seems to me that that is the logical result of having insufficient pitches in that if th you know there are n't enough pitches for you , you are not going to get up and go from a permanent that you 've been living on and move off in case you ca n't one somewhere else and that seems to be the inevitable logic of the government 's own failure to make sure that there is adequate provisions in local sites . |
| 17 | He would soon realise he had been acting stupidly and feel sorry for his bad temper . |
| 18 | It 's dark , the Commandos are forming up and preparing to move off . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're building here and looking at buying , ’ added Keegan . |
| 20 | They 're driving round and say , oh we 'll have that ! |
| 21 | William Davis , Chairman of the British Tourist Authority , says overseas visitors are still coming but they 're trading down and looking for bargains . |
| 22 | They said that was n't possible and I think I 'm the same opinion as Harry if you 're writing off and stop them going down Station Lane they 'll probably withdraw it altogether . |
| 23 | Shopping in the supermarket , you 're going around and looking and you know you ca n't have it , you have to leave it . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't want to pry into your affairs , but you did ring me and you ca n't just say you 're going away and leave it at that . ’ |
| 25 | Seb suddenly realised the full import of her words , ‘ You mean … you 're going ahead and marrying Nahum ? ’ |
| 26 | you 're you 're going back and saying |
| 27 | Erm so your confidence goes , your speed at working through it goes , you might find you 're going back and doing it again when it was right then first time . |
| 28 | They 've been to bed and got up in the morning , and now they 're going off and doing things , like going to work and that . |
| 29 | You 're going home and going to sleep ? |
| 30 | If it does n't , then it 's hard to imagine the hundred-strong UK allocation racing ready buyers for on paper , it 's difficult to escape the conclusion that you 're paying more and getting less . |