Example sentences of "[adv] be [v-ing] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had secretly been hoping to see my colleague tortured a little . |
| 2 | What had she secretly been yearning to hear him say ? |
| 3 | I think these projects have , within their localities , often faced a lot of criticism , because they have perhaps been trying to move too far or too fast . |
| 4 | I 'm sorry , ’ she apologised , her action in not leaving a note seeming poor thanks now that she knew he had only been trying to protect her from himself when he 'd called her clinging . |
| 5 | She 'd only been trying to help . |
| 6 | He remembered his sporadic visits back to Taler 's Bump , the shy little girl who 'd been virtually a stranger to him , his awkward attempts at being a family man when all the time he 'd only been yearning to get back to work . |
| 7 | As the Dwarfs advanced into the mouth of the pass they were attacked by a large army of Orcs and Goblins that had apparently been waiting to attack them from behind once they had moved south . |
| 8 | Prunella had nicely been trying to prise him out of it before they came , but she was timid of him . |
| 9 | The Ministry of Information has long been refusing to let any journalist visit Tikrit , the town where Saddam was born . |
| 10 | She had long been campaigning to get her late husband 's body buried in the Philippines . |
| 11 | The Western powers and Japan , who had long been attempting to secure rights and interests in China , were now faced with a series of regimes too weak to resist some of their demands , or to see that any concessions were adhered to . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've all been longing to see him . |
| 13 | It is a responsibility that has resulted in the revival of the importance of the data processing department — a shift not lost on Microsoft Corp , Lotus Development Corp and Borland International Inc which have all been attempting to play down their ‘ shrink wrapped ’ status with corporate licensing deals and the like . |
| 14 | And I noticed at one point in the discussion , this was queried by H B F. I think they feared that we would n't at that stage we 'd be opening up free for all of the kind which we 've obviously been seeking to avoid thus far . |
| 15 | He had obviously been waiting to see how the first got on . |
| 16 | er and we obviously are trying to push S T V and B B C into this as well , but you know and film , we 're talking to film people as well erm , but this is the first er feature film that 's been done so Marcus who normally |
| 17 | My grown-up children are on their way to see me , and in order to do so are having to travel a two-hour journey on the motorway . |
| 18 | Joyce insisted that he had merely been trying to make his way through the group and had pushed the man in an attempt to get past . |
| 19 | US AGENTS have turned up the pressure on the besieged Texas cult by using glaring floodlights on the compound and cutting off electricity , and those inside are trying to communicate with banners and Morse code . |
| 20 | By now you will rightly be wanting to know the source of these inevitable distortions that the government should take action to offset . |
| 21 | Although MAS will obviously be seeking to create an auction , it is normal to state that the vendors are not motivated purely by financial concerns but give great importance to other factors such as finding the right buyer , etc . |
| 22 | erm Yes , certainly , I , I would suggest East and St Clements because they have got quite high ethnic populations , and we can perhaps be hoping to start there , because Environmental Health 's already worked there , targeting some of the multi-occupation properties , so they 've got a very high proportion of black people living there , which means that they 're also quite important in the sense of deprivation , but , I mean , we are also very conscious that we should be working on a council estate , and what we , what I would like to do is to simultaneously be starting working in erm a particular sets of communities , is to be given work in consultation in other wards , so that you know , six months down the line before . |
| 23 | By the middle of 1756 Britain 's conflicts with France outside Europe had turned quite unexpectedly into a war in which the three major powers of Europe were allied against Frederick of Prussia and so were preparing to attack George 's Electorate of Hanover . |
| 24 | She believes the mistake psychoanalysis has made hitherto is aiming to shore up a kind of finished and defined ego . |
| 25 | For the uninitiated this means that the hand described as South below is playing to take at least 9 tricks with no suit as Trumps . |
| 26 | The search becomes desperate and one begins to get the impression that Aristotle alone is going to fit the bill . |
| 27 | He learnt on a Cherokee like this , but he 's five hours short of his pilots licence so is hoping to finish his training in this country . |
| 28 | ‘ Failure to do so is failing to try to help save a future victim from this scourge of wanton killing . ’ |
| 29 | Failure to do so is failing to try to help save a future victim from the scourge of a wanton killing . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ He has n't managed to find a replacement for you , so is having to make do with temporary staff . |