Example sentences of "[modal v] be [v-ing] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something must be going on in the black box labelled ‘ consumer ’ . |
| 2 | Times was hard , and he had the advantage over the insurance company of knowing that his profits might be tapering off in the near future , and he thinks , ah , I 'll get , er , I 'll take out a Permanent Health Insurance , based on my present income to protect seventy-five , because I know in about three or four years time , my income would have gone down to about sixty per cent of what it is , so . |
| 3 | erm So now we started up the long term survey , and we 've now got 10 schools taking part , and they 're starting next week , and they 'll be carrying on in the same way as they were the pilot survey , taking the same measurements . |
| 4 | Well , er we 're very lucky that er Oxford 's pretty well covered , yes , we 've , or could do with some more volunteers of course , but we 've got about one hundred and twenty people who 'll be going out in the city , and I was looking at a map this morning and it 's very well covered indeed with purple and yellow lines where we 've actually got people on the ground . |
| 5 | ‘ I sha n't have to talk to them because we 'll be running round in the fresh air and there 's no very formal placement for picnics . ’ |
| 6 | He 'll be creeping about in the half-dark wondering if he ought to burn his suit , scraping the mud off his shoes . |
| 7 | Most of the new people who 'd be coming over in the last couple of years a lot of them would n't be coming out to our concerts yet because they would probably be into a more younger scene like the Mary Blacks , maybe or the Christian Moore or somebody like that you would be catering for a younger audience and the the second third generation would be coming out to the First to the Foster and Allens and the Daniel O'Donnells and the Brendan Shines you know . |
| 8 | Her Dutch cleaning lady would be coming round in the morning — let her do it , thought an exhausted Olga a few minutes later , as she shakily bathed her face under the cold tap ; Boyd could darn well pay her more housekeeping to cover the extra hours of work . |
| 9 | When she spoke to the old maid , she told her that she would be coming down in the morning . |
| 10 | The men would be working out in the fields in the Summer . |
| 11 | They would be going off in the boat together because that is what they always did in the mornings , to return in half an hour . |
| 12 | Until we do , we shall be blundering about in the dark . |
| 13 | This is one aspect that art historian and critic Deborah Cherry will be taking up in the next issue . |
| 14 | What makes sense therefore , is to put the work organiser at either end of the binder , to build those up , so that pages where you really will be writing on in the binder , which are the diary pages will become elevated towards the middle of the rings , and make that much easier to write on . |
| 15 | Make proper hospital corners , or one of you will be falling out in the middle of the night . ’ |
| 16 | But their presence in the First Division will mean that every Saturday thirty non-English players will be turning out in the top flight taking up places which should be filled by Englishmen . |
| 17 | Your job description outlines the main duties that you will be carrying out in the course of your work . |