Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every dancer has got a different job to do on the road — as if dancing were n't difficult enough — but you know what most people would say : ‘ It 's art , it 's dance , it 's Britain , you should be grateful to be doing it at all ’ . |
| 2 | But she felt she could n't stay and drink tea and then just go off , it would n't be right to be slaking her thirst and sitting here chatting with her mother lying ill wondering what had happened . |
| 3 | In negotiating this or that pay increase , they must be supposed to be settling for the best terms they can get in all the circumstances of the negotiation . |
| 4 | Of course , if two members of staff happen to fall in love and decide to marry , it would be churlish to be apportioning blame ; but what I find a major irritation are those persons — and housekeepers are particularly guilty here — who have no genuine commitment to their profession and who are essentially going from post to post looking for romance . |
| 5 | The former England midfielder , who is expected to be player-coach , said before leaving for the talks : ‘ I would be happy to come back north and it will be great to be working with Howard again . ’ |
| 6 | Well I do n't think it 's , I do n't think it 's terribly good actually to be able to be telling other people who has already been here , erm |
| 7 | They would like to be able to be caring within limits , and without the fear that they might get overwhelmed or taken for a ride . |
| 8 | Whoever it was had to be desperate to be running through fog as thick as this . |
| 9 | It 'd be nice to be waiting here for a train and then getting on it and going somewhere nice . |
| 10 | Clothes need not be expensive to be becoming . |