Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A huge , suffocating cloud seemed suddenly to be hovering above Lindsey 's head . |
| 2 | It was extraordinary , she told herself , how this little snippet of a girl seemed suddenly to be taking charge of her problems , and with such authority , too . |
| 3 | Edward said , turning his august profile with a politeness that Emily did n't believe necessarily to be lasting . |
| 4 | We should remember that he does not claim definitely to be refuting the Aristotelians , but merely to be pointing out what may be said against them . |
| 5 | Thus it is one thing to adopt a radically subjectivist posture towards law reform and another thing entirely to purport merely to be describing the law as it is and then to conclude that it is wholly or even primarily subjectivist . |
| 6 | We are lucky enough to be living during a warm period ( interglacial ) of this ice age , but our luck can not last forever ; at some time during the next few thousand , few hundred or even just few years the next cold period ( glacial ) will commence unless humanity 's pollution contributes so much to the greenhouse effect that global warming prevents the glaciers from spreading . |
| 7 | You may be lucky enough to be watching when young aphids are born . |
| 8 | THE person with the yellow rosette looked barely old enough to be supping the pint we set in front of him . |
| 9 | AN actress old enough to be drawing her pension begged to play glamorous Scarlett O'Hara in a sequel to Gone With The Wind . |
| 10 | Flavia was infatuated enough to be taking this as a compliment . |
| 11 | If these depressions ( or low pressure areas ) are tracking in towards Ireland rather than taking a more northerly route , then the circulation of wind flowing clockwise ( as it must ) round the depression means that south-easterly winds will be blowing over Shetland from the North Sea and pushing any birds unfortunate enough to be flying to ( or from ) Scandinavia at the time in a westerly direction . |
| 12 | And we 're talking about music ; passionately enough to be waving our arms about ; for our voices to crack in both joy and despair ; for a stranger to be bemused . |
| 13 | They 're not ill enough to be staying in bed . |
| 14 | If the Other Side knows enough to be looking for Blagg , it could know enough to destroy or neutralise the information , whatever it may be , in his possession . ’ |
| 15 | They were computerized , all young enough to be looking for promotion and supposedly as mean as hell . |
| 16 | But John said , when she 's stupid enough to be trying to sell that house and who 'd buy that thing , stuck up the end of that road ? |
| 17 | If the historian is lucky enough to be working on a topic falling within the scope of one of them , his task is greatly simplified . |
| 18 | Well it was at night and I mean I was lucky enough to be working which is a thing that 's probably accounted for saving a lot of people . |
| 19 | It also created a circulating draught which could be faintly felt all around the fireplace area , coming to its peak on the back of the neck of the person unwise enough to be sitting on the right of the grate . |
| 20 | Surely she could not be stupid enough to be falling in love , be bowled over by a man 's charm again , and so strongly this time ? |
| 21 | If you are unfortunate enough to be suffering from tranquilliser addiction , there are a few very important points to remember : |
| 22 | All this may seem quite enough to be going on with for ordinary mortals , but , amazingly , Muddle informs us ‘ Southwell is just a guinea-pig for Telford ’ . |
| 23 | If it 's the usual question of protection that so many couples ca n't bring themselves to discuss because they find it unromantic or embarrassing — heaven knows why , when they 're close enough to be going to bed together — you can relax . |
| 24 | It 's quite enough to be going on with . ’ |
| 25 | Like my patient the Wolf-Man , I was fortunate or unfortunate enough to be lying awake in the night when the five candles of my destiny glimmered on the tree outside . |
| 26 | Tommy Sparks was a man having a remarkable thirst and woe betide anyone unfortunate enough to be having a haircut around opening time . |
| 27 | American students , unlucky enough to be studying in that endangered continent , are warned by their embassies not to talk loudly in public . |
| 28 | Exactly a year ago , Wright , who has a paltry six goals to his name this season , was playing well enough to be making his full Scotland debut against Northern Ireland , but here he looked leaden-footed and posed little threat . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's not likely that you will see them , for who would be foolish enough to be laughing before your eyes ? |
| 30 | Although Clinton continued to enjoy a consistent lead in the opinion polls , by the end of October the gap between the two candidates appeared to have closed sufficiently to be causing some alarm in the Democratic camp . |