Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] [noun sg] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many various-sized painted plaster images are on sale and quite a number with large pieces broken off are being brought back in torn imitation plastic leather bags , only to have it explained that the purchasers probably have not been confessing enough and absolution is only granted by their completing a 13-page questionnaire through which they get a special adhesive that breaks all mends . |
| 2 | He leads off by pointing out that merging is only a potential solution to a firm 's problems , stressing that sometimes it may be the wrong solution . |
| 3 | But you may also just find , as I did , that the experience of shutting up and listening is extraordinarily refreshing . |
| 4 | Mine are the only actually they 're not as bad as they used to be they need doing now but Daddy 's so they 're not too bad . |
| 5 | ‘ I wanted to go on playing here but life is too short to sit around doing nothing . |
| 6 | We are keen to help them to do so , but the Security Council is working well and reform is neither necessary nor desirable . |
| 7 | The experiment is working well and feedback is very positive . |