Example sentences of "man [Wh pn] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yelena Prokina skilfully using Mussorgsky 's rapid melodic fragments to suggest her terror as she is about to succumb to rape , Andrey Khovansky pursuing her with the exaggeration of the weak man who is over-asserting himself . |
| 2 | If you are king of a country in which six out of every ten people are Palestinians , and where Islamic fundamentalism is growing , you do not last long by siding with America against the man who is firing missiles into Tel Aviv . |
| 3 | ‘ I would say to every ambitious and able young man who is choosing to make his career in industry : first , you must realise that the way to the top is something which has to be worked out with your employer , and although you have to fight your way up in the face of keen competition your employer is not one of your competitors but is just as keen that you should reach the top as you are . |
| 4 | The correspondence has even led to romance — the daughter hopes to marry a man who is serving life for shooting his wife.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 5 | ‘ The man who is looking for a breed to put shape into his lambs only has to talk to butchers who deal in this type of Texel-sired carcass and look at the successes achieved in carcass competitions . |
| 6 | ‘ Search for the man who is searching for you . ’ |
| 7 | A kindly man who is trying to nudge Mr Karimov away from repressive measures , Mr Zakhidov admitted that the government apparatus was as corrupt as ever but suggested that the president himself was clean . |
| 8 | Jan Ruml , the federal Deputy Interior Minister , issued on June 6 a statement accusing Josef Bartoncik , chairman of the People 's Party and Deputy Chairman of the Federal Assembly , of being " an unprincipled man who is trying to hide his past " , and who was therefore unfit to be a deputy in the future Federal Assembly . |
| 9 | It might be that a friend says to the young man who is thinking of living in Bali ‘ You do n't really believe that nonsense , you 're playing at being Gauguin' . |
| 10 | R. W. F. Poole goes on patrol with a man who is helping landowners to fight back |
| 11 | A man has been falsely accused , a man who is standing in a court against trumped up charges . |
| 12 | A man who is working for Britain and doing it brilliantly , deserves better than to have his income support allowance stopped . |
| 13 | What can one write for a man who is dying , who is going into a world where there are no books , no words ? |
| 14 | Brando did , and even welcomed Seaton 's suggestions , such as the fact that a man who is dying of severe burns , as Christian does in the scene , shivers as though freezing . |
| 15 | and offering her services more generally to any man who is failing to " get " the object of his desires . |
| 16 | As for the man who is hitting too late as an involuntary natural action , the usual causes are a steep start to his backswing , turning into the shot too soon — usually caused by slogging , swaying to the left during the downswing , a stiff-wristed action , and not releasing the clubhead soon enough — with hands arriving forward of the ball . |
| 17 | " There is no longer any possible comparison to be made between the man who is actively organising the construction of socialism , and the man who is endeavouring to wreck it . " |
| 18 | I rasp with the confidence of someone who is offering a constructive alternative , but with the sharp edge of a man who is losing patience . |
| 19 | He is thought to be a man who is going to increase taxes , not one who is cutting the deficit . |
| 20 | She 's , because she 's gon na meet personally , come into contact in a far greater wa sense with a man who is going to redeem her . |
| 21 | One old , old man , drunk and limp as old laundry but standing , yells at another old man who is sleeping with his head on the table . |
| 22 | ‘ So what do you know about this man who 's trying to kill me ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , but all that ‘ good old days ’ twaddle is hardly a sufficient reason to murder a man who 's trying to raise your wages and give you something decent to eat . |
| 24 | ‘ Unfortunately I 've got a meeting with Verrall — he 's the man who 's fronting the documentary . ’ |
| 25 | He 's the young man who 's taking me to the concert and I have n't known him long enough to be late . |
| 26 | Whether you are dealing with small children or addressing a board meeting , getting information from the man who 's repairing your washing machine or closing a big deal with a new customer , you need to be able to put yourself and your message across . |
| 27 | what , have a because we 're going to another chap had said are you sure I 've ordered this milk and it was this young man who 's serving you see , and so , the , the more senior librarian she says she said it reminds me of interesting reading , was about erm , it was a very sort , it was , it was an but it was about architecture of , of Italy , you see , it was quite a detailed thing , you know really good detail |
| 28 | The man who 's watching him followed him as near as possible to the mountain the first time but he could n't go any further without being seen — the same problem we had with Scano 's boy yesterday . |
| 29 | ‘ I had a very enlightening conversation about the whole subject with the young man who 's staying with you at the moment . ’ |
| 30 | We were all staying with some friends of Steve 's — that 's the man who 's organising the exhibition ; Rick shares a studio with him in London . |