Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv prt] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea is not to block them out or pretend that they never happened — indeed you would be building up a store of problems for the future If you did so — but to prevent them forming part of your future . |
| 2 | This is because both syntactic and semantic constraints affect the speed of word recognition even fairly early on in a clause , and , for this to happen , a listener must be building up an analysis of both aspects while proceeding through the clause . |
| 3 | Under licence from Chorus it will be bringing out a product based on the System V 3.2/Intel technology of Chorus Mix so it can pursue the real-time and telecomms business that has been slipping through its fingers . |
| 4 | Will you be under huge pressures or will you be winding down a bit by then ? |
| 5 | If you do seem to be walking around a lot during meal preparations try to count the number of times you walk to various work areas and even the number of steps you take . |
| 6 | Furthermore , they suggest that some researchers who have reported correlations between emotional support and health in the absence of life events might in fact be picking up a correlation between chronic strain and support . |
| 7 | It is possible , of course , to imagine that the first of these sentences describes one event and the second describes another , quite unrelated , event ( so the person identified as ‘ a mother ’ may be picking up a chair in the course of cleaning a room ) . |
| 8 | Whatever the critics say it seems a lot of people will be picking up a copy just to see what might have happened to the De Winters . |
| 9 | It read , ‘ We 'll be paying out a fortune on Shine On but you were brilliant . |
| 10 | Pundits reckon that Rocco Forte — boss of the Little Chef to Happy Eater chain — could be lining up a takeover for the prestigious London group and the price of the Savoy ‘ A ’ shares rocketed from 633p to 710p , before closing at £7 . |
| 11 | So it will just mean that on those cases , on approximately forty , their arrears letter will be going out a couple of weeks late . |
| 12 | It seems to be going down a treat . |
| 13 | The German barrage seemed to be slackening off a bit , though the Allied guns were still firing over our positions , their shells shaking the trees as they headed toward the German trenches with a loud swish as they passed overhead . |
| 14 | It seemed far too insignificant to be holding back a lake large enough to stretch from London to the Scottish borders . |
| 15 | I ca n't believe Mel is the player he was two years ago and he must be getting on a bit now , but we have still got Ray Wallace just incase I s'pose . |
| 16 | Where they repairing client , where there is hopefully an extremely good relationship , we felt that that was a bit dangerous to be sending out a form to the Chief Executive of saying what er do you think of the service . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'd better get back or they 'll be sending out a search party , ’ she said . |
| 18 | He would prefer to see the work completed more quickly , otherwise whoever was responsible for operating services after privatisation ‘ is going to be running over a building site 400 miles long ’ for up to a decade . |
| 19 | I should be running up a flag to celebrate her going , not behaving like a weak boy myself . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll be travelling around a bit , I expect , ’ he said , smiling , ‘ so when I 'm in your part of the world I 'll look you up . |
| 21 | We seemed to be travelling down a sort of miniature , pinkish Channel Tunnel . |
| 22 | ‘ Yeah , the morning will be sunny , the afternoon will be coming up a storm . |
| 23 | This one seems to be perking up a bit , . |
| 24 | Well anyway she reckons he 'll be starting up a business afterwards . |
| 25 | BT are damn stupid and charge too much for using their networks , so when you use other people 's passwords you are probably going to be ripping off a company like ICI or even BT . ’ |
| 26 | In effect , the videoconferencer will be dialling up a video call in much the same way as an ordinary telephone call . |
| 27 | The teacher will be taking on a role in the drama ; the class help to construct the role by using the teacher to create a still image of the role . |
| 28 | Who was I to be taking on a contender like Thomas Carter , a management consultant and the owner-occupier of a £500,000 property set in the accessible Arcadia of Boars Hill ? |
| 29 | I just wanted to let you know that in February , wo n't be hiding behind an OHP , erm I 'll be taking up a post with the European Commission , working with Aids services throughout Europe . |
| 30 | They will also be taking out a consignment of syringes . |