Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , if you plan your planting , and especially if you are building up a garden from scratch , it pays to think in terms of shape , colour and texture , and then arrange the plants with these factors in mind . |
| 2 | Gradually they are building up a resistance to a sting that could otherwise kill them . |
| 3 | PA are building up a definitive database of companies and contacts interested in ESPRIT CIME . |
| 4 | Here we reckon we are building up a specialisation in this aspect of human development . |
| 5 | They already have a children 's play room , an art room , conference space and are building up a library . |
| 6 | ‘ We need to consider how the economy of the West Bank can one day be integrated with that of the East Bank ’ , declared Jordan 's minister for the occupied territories , ‘ We are drawing up a West Bank five year development plan aimed at integrating what we do there with what we have here . |
| 7 | Customs are drawing up a paper to assist the Commission , in consultation with the Royal Yachting Association , the British Marine Industries Federation and others . |
| 8 | Well , she says that the boatmen and wharfers are drawing up a petition which they would like you to look at . |
| 9 | While men have been destroying life , women have been building up a system that will diminish suffering and save life . |
| 10 | The party had been roping down a hanging glacier . |
| 11 | ‘ I say , ’ he said jovially , ‘ I see my mama 's been lashing out a bit . ’ |
| 12 | Touchmaster are bringing out a range of software designed specifically for use with their tablet ; games and educational programs in the main but the real proof of success will come if independent software houses decide to support it . |
| 13 | The popular budget and mid-priced range from EB seems not to be with us any more , alas , but the importers are bringing in a good looking range from Gravity which they hope will take over from where EB left off — prices from about £45 to £55 . |
| 14 | But , er , so hopefully Michelle will get this next Tracey 's position , and obviously sort of in in the meantime and providing her position comes up they are bringing in a Telesales County Secretary , which was n't gon na come in for about a year cos they wanted to sort of like , trial it , but now they 've decided if that 's what they want the position to do erm it 'll probably happen in the next two months and they said for me to go for it from our division , so I said right , okay . |
| 15 | Frances had been walking along a pavement in Oxford when she was hit from behind . |
| 16 | IT 'S hard enough for a woman to discover her husband 's been knocking off a naive girl in the typing pool . |
| 17 | Because it is autumn again , and the frosts have arrived , they are knocking up a spot of cider . |
| 18 | I 've been rigging up a crush . |
| 19 | Do you find you are walking around a lot , even to prepare the simplest of meals ? |
| 20 | A few minutes later you are walking up a short wooden ladder , round the corner and you find a 200ft waterfall — bridges cross the torrent twice before you reach the top and continue along the path . |
| 21 | I am driving along a narrow main road , used by fast-moving traffic , with my children in the back seat . |
| 22 | Now they are checking out a number of other countries for a spring 1993 visit . |
| 23 | So when you actually are checking out a book , the librarian runs a little light pen , is it , over the code , so that it |
| 24 | Pete was now beginning to wonder if she was feeling ill ; it was almost as if , for the latter part of the evening , she 'd only been keeping up a show of enjoying herself and now the strain of the charade was getting through to her . |
| 25 | Soon after , she recognized in a certain strain of feminist theory an approach to language which had much in common with the approach she herself had been developing over a number of years . |
| 26 | When you are writing out a cheque , be careful to minimise the risk of forgery and fraud . |
| 27 | According to the US PC Week personality gossip column , Motorola Inc staffers have been passing around a model of an Intel Corp Pentium chip complete with a miniature Three Mile Island nuclear cooling tower . |
| 28 | MOTORISTS in the North-East are snapping up a new device in the battle to beat car crime . |
| 29 | Yes because previous to this year , erm the R C E has been picking up a proportion of their costs . |
| 30 | Things are looking up a bit at the moment . |