Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually they are building up a resistance to a sting that could otherwise kill them . |
| 2 | Here we reckon we are building up a specialisation in this aspect of human development . |
| 3 | They already have a children 's play room , an art room , conference space and are building up a library . |
| 4 | But , if you plan your planting , and especially if you are building up a garden from scratch , it pays to think in terms of shape , colour and texture , and then arrange the plants with these factors in mind . |
| 5 | His chief backer is Roy Hattersley , whom he has been seeing quite a bit lately . |
| 6 | ‘ I learned from her diary that she had been seeing quite a lot of — of a man . |
| 7 | I understand from Valerie — I 've been seeing quite a lot of Valerie , as I think she 's indicated — that you were visiting your husband today . |
| 8 | Those who saw him freeze into immobility against Mike Tyson before crashing to the canvas in the first round in July 1990 believe they are seeing now a repeat of the same symptoms . |
| 9 | Well , she says that the boatmen and wharfers are drawing up a petition which they would like you to look at . |
| 10 | Customs are drawing up a paper to assist the Commission , in consultation with the Royal Yachting Association , the British Marine Industries Federation and others . |
| 11 | While men have been destroying life , women have been building up a system that will diminish suffering and save life . |
| 12 | ‘ I say , ’ he said jovially , ‘ I see my mama 's been lashing out a bit . ’ |
| 13 | Touchmaster are bringing out a range of software designed specifically for use with their tablet ; games and educational programs in the main but the real proof of success will come if independent software houses decide to support it . |
| 14 | Over the past week you have been walking away a minimum of 300 calories a day during your walk , and your increased metabolic rate will have been burning up another few hundred calories when you have finished walking . |
| 15 | Frances had been walking along a pavement in Oxford when she was hit from behind . |
| 16 | Because it is autumn again , and the frosts have arrived , they are knocking up a spot of cider . |
| 17 | I 've been rigging up a crush . |
| 18 | Do you find you are walking around a lot , even to prepare the simplest of meals ? |
| 19 | So when you actually are checking out a book , the librarian runs a little light pen , is it , over the code , so that it |
| 20 | Now they are checking out a number of other countries for a spring 1993 visit . |
| 21 | Pete was now beginning to wonder if she was feeling ill ; it was almost as if , for the latter part of the evening , she 'd only been keeping up a show of enjoying herself and now the strain of the charade was getting through to her . |
| 22 | Soon after , she recognized in a certain strain of feminist theory an approach to language which had much in common with the approach she herself had been developing over a number of years . |
| 23 | When you are writing out a cheque , be careful to minimise the risk of forgery and fraud . |
| 24 | According to the US PC Week personality gossip column , Motorola Inc staffers have been passing around a model of an Intel Corp Pentium chip complete with a miniature Three Mile Island nuclear cooling tower . |
| 25 | Yes because previous to this year , erm the R C E has been picking up a proportion of their costs . |
| 26 | Things are looking up a bit at the moment . |
| 27 | No , they was living together they 'd only been living there a fortnight ! |
| 28 | ‘ It did n't hurt too much because we had been training twice a week for over two months . |
| 29 | At least ten birds have been sighted on the island this year , and they are causing quite a stir among ornithologists . |
| 30 | An explicit leaflet and poster for students sloganned ‘ take a course in safe sex ’ has been causing quite a furore . |