Example sentences of "[prep] be [v-ing] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | cos er I mean , I mean , I says I did n't want but I , I would n't of been back but I would of been getting off that bus now |
| 2 | if I 'd got here a minute quicker I 'd got you some chocolate biscuits you could of been having with that cup of tea |
| 3 | All you two think of is fighting with each other . |
| 4 | Now it 's not that simple because the moo the earth is spinning round the sun in space so this has got ta be moving round this way . |
| 5 | In a context where design debate , narrowly conceived , seems to be meeting with little success in evaluating design 's social import , the questions raised — is design the means whereby we can shape future socio-technological systems to create a richer and more emancipated life or simply the often impotent agent of techno-economic systems ? — become a means to general design understanding . |
| 6 | He proposes to become a capitalist and a ship-insurer , but seems not to be meeting with much success . |
| 7 | We need to be monitoring for more data . |
| 8 | His smiles , his glances , his gentle intimacies … somehow they had all seemed to be pointing in that direction . |
| 9 | ‘ Sixteen coffees , ’ she announced in the cool voice that they seemed to be using to each other , ‘ followed by — er — ’ Consulting her list , she continued , ‘ Six rounds of toast , five boiled eggs with soldiers … ’ |
| 10 | She seems to be staying with that girl that lives up in erm . |
| 11 | The sub-text is often : ‘ I 've no desire whatsoever to be speaking on this phone to anyone . ’ |
| 12 | The latter two did not appear to be speaking to each other , and Sid and Algernon were prowling round each other like lean and hungry panthers waiting for an opportunity to strike . |
| 13 | If you switch sides , the characters , judging by their eyelines , will no longer appear to be looking at each other . |
| 14 | So some of the things that we 're going to be looking at this morning is ways for you to use , that the people working with you can come up with some new ideas , but you can also use these ways yourself , because sometimes you do n't have the luxury of people to help you with your problem . |
| 15 | I personally would prefer us to be looking at some way of allowing greater scope for debate at section conferences , and where necessary to have decisions on general issues deferred to Congress for ratification or withdrawal . |
| 16 | I pretended to be looking at some papers when the door opened and Grace Hinkle ushered in a sophisticated-looking female of about twenty-eight . |
| 17 | They were meant to be looking after this lad and they had clearly got a duty to do so . ’ |
| 18 | So I think for next week I 'd like to be looking in some detail , there are two sources on this one is , is and the other is , tho those two are crucial in terms of understanding or , and and that those are crucial in terms of understanding erm why this policy document . |
| 19 | But it 's important , for what we 're going to be thinking of this morning to re , keep that little phrase in mind that Jesus said to them let us go over to the other side , there was purpose in going into that boat . |
| 20 | On the other hand the counsellor may be assisted by many physical signs which suggest that alcohol is a problem , such as finding lots of empty bottles around , or when an older person is found to be drinking at all times of the day , often alone and not as part of a social occasion . |
| 21 | Therefore , in order to make sense of these responses ‘ yes ’ answers were deemed to be referring to all practices . |
| 22 | I 've had three letters now , one from David , one from you and one from Beeston all assuming that I seem to be dealing with this subject , erm it 's a Beeston commitment |
| 23 | but he seems to be mustering through any way |
| 24 | Moreover , the economic cleavage that was perceived to be developing in this society did appear to correspond to the religious tensions that were generating party strife , and to anxious High Church Tories seemed to be yet another part of the process whereby Dissenters were thriving in the changed political climate after the Revolution at the expense of the Anglican interest . |
| 25 | In Protestant countries the morality of sexual restraint and fidelity was supposed to be binding on both sexes , but the very fact that it was felt to be so even by those who broke it , led them not so much into hypocrisy as into personal torment . |
| 26 | She glanced at David and wryly saw that he seemed to be listening to this conversation with great interest . |
| 27 | He took the call in the sitting room and Rain sat on a red-painted kitchen chair and wondered how he came to be living in such circumstances . |
| 28 | Role-play activities can inform other areas of the curriculum , for example history , through pupils ' pretending to be living in another age , or science , through their acting out some aspects of scientific discovery . |
| 29 | I always see him riding about up the Steven there he 's always up there I know when I used to work for it was always Steve who used to be riding to this farm , riding to that farm , checking on this , checking on that and taking the wages round that sort of thing . |
| 30 | You 've been peevish , arrogant , downright rude on most occasions that we 've met , so I 'm hardly likely to be labouring under any illusions , am I ? ’ |