Example sentences of "to be [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence takes a deep breath and starts off again , with this massive approach , comes in now to , it 's short and it ends in a way I think probably off the body , he tried to take the bottom hand away again , that , that they do seemed to be trying this angle of attack at him , as Botham there at leg gully and a short leg and they 're trying to be , do n't forget the balls at 's ribcage , he 's certainly troubled by that one . |
| 2 | Werewolf and I were numbers three and four in the queue and the Sergeant had to tap his watch a couple of times as Werewolf seemed to be requiring more help than the rest of us from Private Boyd in getting his belt on . |
| 3 | By March 5 troops loyal to Saddam Hussein appeared to be achieving some success against the rebels . |
| 4 | ‘ You ought to be meeting more boys your own age , not letches like Bas and the twins . |
| 5 | We 're going to be meeting more regularly in the next er few month and we want to know what |
| 6 | ‘ Did you have any idea what the story was she was meant to be meeting this person in connection with ? ’ |
| 7 | In fact , as early as October 1 , when your ruler Neptune is challenged by Jupiter in Cancer , you will realise that money is really only half the battle or problem you 're facing this month — because someone appears to be breaking all the rules , if not breaking your heart . |
| 8 | Criminals are n't too bothered about the er problems they cause victims in the commission for their crime , but er as a general rule er they do draw a line somewhere , but I think to er rob a lady who is er presumably grieving over the loss of a relative , at the graveside , has got to be plumbing some new depth of er depravity and er I 'll expect the erm vast majority of the citizens of Banbury will think similarly . |
| 9 | These Paul I 'm supposed to be writing all . |
| 10 | NO WONDER Squidgy is said to be writing more letters these days . |
| 11 | Lee Doherty summed it up afterwards when he said : ‘ We 'll settle for the 3–1 win , but you would n't want to be watching that kind of football every week . |
| 12 | Predictably , you seem to be getting all the flak for the Bill Davis/Alan Coren years of stagnation and complacency that led to the Punch you inherited a while back . |
| 13 | Michael was livid that Hemmings , in the cloakrooms , seemed to be getting all the way with one of the girls while Crawford/Ingram was off in a corner with another girl — ‘ simply practising how long we could kiss ’ . ’ |
| 14 | erm sort of , at fir , you know , at first I thought sometimes you know oh , you know what 's the matter with you like but , she admits herself , her I Q , you know how they judge your intelligence has gone right down , she has to have tests every now and again , er she ca n't concentrate on things , or , you know some things she just ca n't do any more , so she 's at , supposed to be getting all this compensation and it 's been going on now , it was two years ago , three years ago that we met them and she 's only just had the first part of her money , she 's had five thousand pounds , that 's all she can get for the time being all the rest is , cos all solicitors and everything and doctors having to come and check things , so she knows , she knows she 'll get money eventually , but er , it 's just when , but is n't it an awful thing ? |
| 15 | ‘ I must say , ’ said Elinor , sipping a gin and tonic , ‘ you seem to be getting some good vibes . |
| 16 | Christian Hosoi , who was meant to be getting some sort of subsidiary company through Vision , is now working to get a sub-company set up through H Street : this will eventually be similar to Chris Miller 's Planet Earth . |
| 17 | ONCE UPON A TIME the Universities had representatives in parliament ; it is only now through the Conference of University Convocations and Graduate Associations ( CUCGA , a national body in which Salford has a high profile , that works to protect and enhance higher education ) that we seem to be getting some clout back . |
| 18 | Ah , but you 're going to be getting some extra police officers by taking them off er , paperwork , er you 're gon na get two thousand three hundred I see in the press , well that as shown , that of course will be twenty three , but if anybody here thinks the Chief Constable 's gon na produce twenty three new police officers through reductions in paperwork and through the other initiatives the Home Secretary has announced , well I do n't believe them , and we shall have to wait and see . |
| 19 | ‘ Does n't look right to me , and it does n't seem to be getting any nearer . ’ |
| 20 | But erm , the position at the moment is that , I mean , the situation does n't seem to be getting any worse . |
| 21 | arrangements , she seems to be getting more and more |
| 22 | somebody 's got to be getting more money out of it basically |
| 23 | ‘ I feel very flattered to be getting this award because it is a recognition of the work done by the voluntary sector in Stockport . ’ |
| 24 | Are n't we supposed to be getting this sort of thing from Carry On Columbus next month ? |
| 25 | ‘ His lapses appear to be getting fewer . ’ |
| 26 | They appeared in buoyant spirits , and seemed to be telling each other jokes . |
| 27 | The plethora of environmentally-sensitive farming schemes dreamed up over recent years is thought by some to be causing more confusion than clarity . |
| 28 | A. The tank sounds a bit on the small side to me , which may prove a long term problem , though it does n't seem to be causing any difficulties at present . |
| 29 | Over on the M forty er the nearside lane is closed eastbound between junctions one and two , that 's between the A forty and the A three five five , but does n't seem to be causing any serious problems this evening . |
| 30 | Although Clinton continued to enjoy a consistent lead in the opinion polls , by the end of October the gap between the two candidates appeared to have closed sufficiently to be causing some alarm in the Democratic camp . |