Example sentences of "are [v-ing] [pron] " 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 | David Lloyd clubs , all 7 of them — and more to come — are building their reputation on quality of service , something which has allowed him the entrepreneurial satisfaction of seeing his company expand , when others around him are failing , victims of all the British recession . |
| 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 | As well as providing an all-weather play house , the children are building their knowledge of maths , science , technology and English . |
| 7 | Selling engines to original equipment manufacturers ( OEMs ) , such as vehicle builders , agricultural and mechanical handling equipment manufacturers , and producers of generating sets and compressors means selling to customers who are building somebody else 's product into the heart of their own machines . |
| 8 | But I 've accepted it as fate that people are building me up to knock me down . |
| 9 | IT IS a sunny morning and , leaning on your spade , you contemplate the dozen plots where you and 11 friends are building your dream homes … |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , Master , we are building our arguments on the fact that there were men who looked like King James . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We are building our own garden , thanks to a grant from the Merseyside Environmental Trust . |
| 13 | Members of Congress and administration officials ought , in theory , to be wringing their hands this week ; most are shrugging their shoulders . |
| 14 | Since then , this deserted corner of King 's Reach Tower has been my spiritual home , but I gradually overcame the contemptuous disdain which is heaped on all outsiders and now , finally , I feel the natives are accepting me as one of their own . |
| 15 | The employees are accepting their fate with the usual mix of bitterness and resignation . |
| 16 | the Russians are accepting our beef . |
| 17 | The C E C are accepting it , all those in favour ? |
| 18 | Mr Takeshita 's immediate aim is to show the Americans that he is as adept in international affairs as in domestic politics , and that they are wasting their time on a boy like Mr Kaifu . |
| 19 | At the moment of writing , Labour seems to have lumbered itself with a system in which thode entitled to nominate — Labour MPs — will have no reliable means of guessing whether they are wasting their nominations on a no-hoper . |
| 20 | KEVIN KEEGAN last night warned Premier League clubs they are wasting their time trying to buy his rising stars . |
| 21 | Touche Ross are wasting their time and our money , and we regret that they 've taken this action . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They feel they are wasting their time because their hard work is getting smashed up . |
| 23 | They have been treated as people who did not know what they were doing , have made some terrible mistake and are wasting their lives . |
| 24 | THE traders threatening to sue Darlington Council over the pedestrianisation of Skinnergate are wasting their time . |
| 25 | Reg Marshall said : ‘ They are wasting their money giving us a wooden hut . |
| 26 | The hours which are wasting him away also seem to have a mental effect on Tithonus as well . |
| 27 | ‘ You are wasting your time . ’ |
| 28 | He refused to comment further and told waiting reporters : ‘ You are wasting your time . |
| 29 | He threw open a bedroom window at his farmhouse in Dummer , Hants , and yelled to waiting newsmen : ‘ You are wasting your time . |
| 30 | ‘ I still say you are wasting your time . |