Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NCR Corp has finally abandoned the traditional mainframe business , driven out of it by another company that is hanging on in there by its fingernails . |
| 2 | A young Pyrus salicifolia ‘ Pendula ’ , the silver pear , is growing up to eventually form a central feature in years to come . |
| 3 | She does n't like crowds of adoring relatives and friends , and becomes distressed when too much is going on at once . |
| 4 | The media is going on about how negative Leeds were , what else could they be given the circumstances . |
| 5 | ‘ Something funny is going on around here , ’ he said . |
| 6 | In addition , more women work full-time , and the division of responsibilities between men and women is breaking down into more equitable shares . |
| 7 | ANDY NICOL , Scotland 's scrum-half on their tour of the Pacific islands , is staying down under as stand-by for Robert Jones on the Lions tour of New Zealand . |
| 8 | ANDY NICOL , Scotland 's scrum-half on their tour of the Pacific islands , is staying down under as stand-by for Robert Jones on the Lions tour of New Zealand . |
| 9 | ‘ Because you 're sitting there , all beat up , in a real mess , ca n't even stand up , let alone walk , and all you can talk about is getting out of here . |
| 10 | Lewis is coming up to very close backward point , a silly point we have Smith , a short leg we have Morris so there are a good wicketkeeper and the slip both with hands on hips , are five men round the batsman and a mid-on , a long leg , mid-off , cover and the point and Tufnell false run , erm stops in his run , John Hampshire signals no delivery and they start again , a hundred and nineteen for four at the moment the score . |
| 11 | I am chilled by some of the things Sinead is coming out with nowadays . |
| 12 | Something ag again you when you 're doing it , in other areas of the industry if you 're not taught the structure you , you are not taught properly , you get these very bad habits and essential thing which is coming out by not following the structure in order I actually wrote down er by missing the business card and the buyer 's guide at the beginning , I was actually I 've got to slip this in somewhere and not listening to what you were saying and some of what you said went straight over my head which is bad because you 're missing things then . |
| 13 | You see it 's quite nice that erm some money is , is coming in from outside , but I don I think ideally it 's not really being spent on what our , our top priorities would |
| 14 | But absolutely right , I mean there the guy should be able to see that this person is closing up on there . |
| 15 | Perhaps we should not be surprised that Parliament is closing down for so long . |
| 16 | the end of the football season is on the horizon … and time is running out for both Oxford and Swindon … this weekend they 're both at home |
| 17 | One of my socks is poking out from where the two zips meet , like a floppy white hernia . |
| 18 | The 1692 Fairy Queen quarto exists in five or six different states ; the prologue , preface and dramatis personae are bound in a different order in different copies , and the prologue is missing in at least one , showing that the preliminaries were thrown hastily together . |