Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it is a pity that so many anglers are devoting their whole fishing careers to the one species . |
| 2 | Imagine how it feels ( if you are the incumbent MP ) to know that , that very morning , thousands of people are devoting their whole attention to getting rid of you . |
| 3 | Her thin lip curled in a rare smile — one might say she had been pursuing her own studies . |
| 4 | Next to his house , his parents are building their own — the Ruggia family is close . |
| 5 | Pictured with him is the group 's chairman , Tony Edwards one of 22 mainly unemployed people who are building their own homes during the project . |
| 6 | These dimensions have been tested ergonomically , and are designed to fit in with standard appliances , so they provide a useful guide if you are building your own units instead of buying ready-made . |
| 7 | ‘ We are building our own garden , thanks to a grant from the Merseyside Environmental Trust . |
| 8 | PARLIAMENT has been reminding me this past week of some scenes from the musical Paint Your Wagon . |
| 9 | There is probably an equal number of people , for example , who think that the less able have a poor deal , and that the system should be geared more towards improving their lot , and on the other hand of those who think that it is the most able who suffer , and that we are wasting our educational resources unless we tilt the system towards them . |
| 10 | You have n't been seeing him regular ? ’ |
| 11 | You 've been seeing your social worker regularly , have you , Vernon ? |
| 12 | We are allowing our four men to remain at the Palace . |
| 13 | You will certainly need to experiment with exposure periods if you are coating your own boards with a UV sensitive aerosol lacquer . |
| 14 | And you 've been eating it all this time ! |
| 15 | Yeah , he would , I suppose he 's been eating his own toes all day |
| 16 | He said I bet it 's that that 's been , oh and then it jumped down and ran corner at g where ch caravan is , he said I bet that 's what 's been eating your bloody daffodil bulbs and that . |
| 17 | Retailers at the Lakeside Shopping Centre in Thurrock in Essex are seeing their best business for many months . |
| 18 | There can be little doubt that we are seeing their real diversions , that these are their own instruments and the clothes they would really have worn . |
| 19 | Its truthful and intimate style gives us no reason for supposing that we are seeing anything other than Handel at home — his own comfortable and well worn chair , his own clothes and his own table . |
| 20 | But now they are defying their own interests too . |
| 21 | Ever seeking perfection , Oxford this year are using their new training centre . |
| 22 | The shareholders are thereby given the power to judge for themselves whether the directors are using their managerial powers for their own benefit at the expense of the company and if this is so to veto the transaction or at least hold the director liable for any profits thereby made . |
| 23 | With this approach , the language experience approach , the learners ’ interest is held because they are using their own words and telling their own story . |
| 24 | We can infer from this that when the authors concerned start out to describe the institutions of an alien exotic social system they are using their own society as a model of normality . |
| 25 | I mean my , one of my friend 's sons , he was a computer man , he was working on his own but he 's in his I should think he 's getting on for about forty six and he was doing freelance but this recession the people who er the firms who were employing him are using their own staff and they 're not calling on him now and er he 's not done any computing for twelve months . |
| 26 | It will also help you to keep track of how they are using their free time |
| 27 | The series was scheduled before the current ‘ Cop Killer ’ controversy , and once again Warners are using their considerable muscle to promote their man : HBO is owned by Time-Warner . |
| 28 | For the bride , particularly if they are using her old bedroom , this probably means throwing out her posters of Mel Gibson et al , consigning her huge collection of cuddly toys to the attic and getting rid of the pink frilly duvet . |
| 29 | 6 You accept that in making amendments or alterations to your scripts , in designing any illustrations and in manufacturing the books we are using our best efforts and knowledge of the market and you consequently waive your moral rights in these matters . |
| 30 | If you are using your own office rather than an interview room , arrange for telephone calls to be intercepted and make sure you are not disturbed or distracted while interviewing . |