Example sentences of "be [v-ing] much [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Russian-Cuban and Chinese plans develop for Southern Africa , I have been spending much of the past four weeks working with a man who played a part twenty years ago in developing these plans . |
| 2 | His Celtic tones were complemented by those of Jim Naughtie himself , who had set up shop in an attic room of the Grand , but who had been spending much of the ‘ happy hour ’ between six and seven trawling for ‘ vox pop ’ . |
| 3 | And people are making much of the fact the Apple 's John Sculley said he expects to sell a million PowerPC Macs next year . |
| 4 | More recently , record company and music publishing A&R staff have been assessing much of the same talent from different standpoints . |
| 5 | Civil war has severely hampered the efforts of relief agencies to curb the ravages of drought and famine which has swept through the Horn of Africa and is threatening much of the surviving Somali population with further massive loss of life . |
| 6 | I was dancing much of the time on the wedding day . |
| 7 | Princess Diana , meanwhile , was spending much of the day with a man who knows some of her most intimate secrets . |
| 8 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |