Example sentences of "to be [v-ing] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the face of it , in asserting that Ruritania does not exist we seem to be asserting something about Ruritania . |
| 2 | You 're supposed to be meeting her in Paris tomorrow , are n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | By the time Ellie did finally remember she was supposed to be meeting someone in Dublin , the afternoon was well advanced . |
| 4 | Rosa made a little game out of answering , so pleased was she to be entertaining him with her talk . |
| 5 | How time flies especially when one is meant to be writing lots of letters . |
| 6 | He seemed to be watching her like a hawk , waiting for some reaction . |
| 7 | Bert Rafferty 's voice was subdued but firm , almost , Harriet felt , as if he was relieved to be getting something off his chest . |
| 8 | " Oh never mind , Lord Hulton , they seem to be getting them down the hill now and I 'm not in such a panic this morning , anyway . " |
| 9 | You are going to be getting them at the end of the case in any event and why should you be kept out of them ? |
| 10 | Like the new media , phosphate removal seems to be getting plenty of attention lately . |
| 11 | At the moment he does n't appear to be sharing it with anyone . ’ |
| 12 | Yeah but are you supposed to be wearing it around the school ? |
| 13 | Unveiling the route in London yesterday , the Tour 's general manager , Jean-Marie Leblanc , said : ‘ The Tour is truly a European event and we are delighted to be bringing it to England . |
| 14 | We are immensely proud to be bringing it to the UK for the first time . |
| 15 | And many an insect was saved , perhaps from the very same predator , by an uncannily close resemblance to a twig , on occasions when the predator happened to be seeing it at relatively close range and in a good light . |
| 16 | Ministers are known to be bracing themselves for a series of defeats . |
| 17 | Nor did the Flemings feel that he was really supporting them ; he had appeared to be using them for his own ends . |
| 18 | Er , Switzerland is one country that has banned the use of animals for research , and I think we ought to be going along these lines that , if animals have rights we ought not to be using them for experimentation . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ They seemed to be using us as a last resort . |
| 20 | I use a small piece of putty over the nozzle for speed and short-term storage ; but if I 'm not going to be using it for a while , I take the top off and place a small piece of Clingfilm over the bottle , then screw the top back on again . |
| 21 | I was half proud , half ashamed to be using it in this way . |
| 22 | Just because we appear to be gorging ourselves on war coverage does n't mean to say that we swallow it whole . |
| 23 | Now one of the things th we find that when we play an Adam Faith record , we tend to be singing it for the rest of the day you know , like What Do You Want |
| 24 | By far the largest concentration is found at Chichester gravel pits , and the only other area at which more than 100 birds have occurred annually is Weir Wood Reservoir ; similar flocks seem now to be establishing themselves at Darwell Reservoir and Rye Harbour gravel pits . |
| 25 | Millichip insisted : ‘ I 'm not going to be discussing it with you people ( the press ) before I have discussed it with my colleagues . |
| 26 | But then I really do n't know it 's right for me to be helping you with such dubious assignations . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ As I 'm supposed to be helping you with Ana , ’ she said quietly , ‘ I should perhaps tell you that in my opinion Mitch is falling in love with her . ’ |
| 28 | The doctors seemed to be availing themselves of my immobility . |
| 29 | for not only was the Earl Patrick suspicious of anyone coming from the regency , but he happened at this juncture to be consoling himself with a local lady , in the absence of marital comforts . |
| 30 | I would n't put it past him to be slipping something into the juice when nobody 's looking . |