Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] [v-ing] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | A far distant bell in her exhausted mind seemed to be ringing some kind of warning . |
| 2 | Lady Roscarrock seemed to be containing some inner pressure that was about to erupt . |
| 3 | Werewolf seemed to be conducting some sort of slaughter out there . |
| 4 | The Great Spirit … seemed to be looking some other way , and did not see what was being done to my people . |
| 5 | Well they , they seemed to be putting some finance in , but er it went through a bit of a flat spot and then the sold out I , I 'm sorry I 'm stuttering and all this but I have n't done my research you know and it , it 's , it 's tough going . |
| 6 | He then brought up the £8000 to £8,000 by steering clear of the OTC , and the vicar was ecstatic that at last he seemed to be making some money . |
| 7 | He seemed to be making some impression on the person at the other end of the phone . |
| 8 | The driver seemed to be playing some kind of survival game with the girls of the Navimore School : he slowed down out of courtesy to the bus stop sign , but took it no further than that . |
| 9 | His eyes glinted through the black lashes and for a moment he seemed to be offering some sort of olive branch . |
| 10 | He seemed to be having some kind of fit . |
| 11 | In 1988 , the country was seen to be losing some of its best and brightest people , which further demoralised those who could not leave . |
| 12 | A forty one , that 's the road between Banbury and Bicester , there are temporary traffic lights for resurfacing work , that 's just between the Soldern turn-off by the Bear public house and the Northants border , that 's going to be causing some long delays . |
| 13 | Also it 's down to two lanes running in both directions between junctions five and seven , that 's between Stokenchurch and Thame , and er on the A forty one the road between Banbury and Bicester , there are temporary traffic lights , that 's between the Soldern turnoff by the Bear public house and Northampshire border , that 's going to be causing some delays . |
| 14 | Ah , but you 're going to be getting some extra police officers by taking them off er , paperwork , er you 're gon na get two thousand three hundred I see in the press , well that as shown , that of course will be twenty three , but if anybody here thinks the Chief Constable 's gon na produce twenty three new police officers through reductions in paperwork and through the other initiatives the Home Secretary has announced , well I do n't believe them , and we shall have to wait and see . |
| 15 | Oh you 're going to be making some of your special coffee are you love ? |
| 16 | Yes , I know We 're going to be investigating some carpet shops while you 're signing on the dotted line , wo n't need me in there now will you ? |
| 17 | ‘ I must say , ’ said Elinor , sipping a gin and tonic , ‘ you seem to be getting some good vibes . |
| 18 | ONCE UPON A TIME the Universities had representatives in parliament ; it is only now through the Conference of University Convocations and Graduate Associations ( CUCGA , a national body in which Salford has a high profile , that works to protect and enhance higher education ) that we seem to be getting some clout back . |
| 19 | And while we 're at the police station I suggest that you have a word with someone there about the fact that you seem to be attracting some unwelcome attention . |
| 20 | They have enjoyed a vogue in recent years which they do not always merit and they now seem to be losing some of their popularity . |
| 21 | Norwich have now replaced Nottingham Forest as a model of entertaining , educated football and good sportsmanship , and at last seem to be acquiring some of the defensive solidity that Forest had in their glory years . |
| 22 | Criminals are n't too bothered about the er problems they cause victims in the commission for their crime , but er as a general rule er they do draw a line somewhere , but I think to er rob a lady who is er presumably grieving over the loss of a relative , at the graveside , has got to be plumbing some new depth of er depravity and er I 'll expect the erm vast majority of the citizens of Banbury will think similarly . |
| 23 | An official report by the National Human Rights Commission accused Morán of ignoring repeated requests from the local federal police to stop his soldiers firing at the agents who were trying to intercept an aircraft later discovered to be carrying some 360 kg of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico . |
| 24 | The Birmingham Railway Museum was known to be losing some £20,000 per year before it started the innovative programme , but have now used the windfall to wipe out a £90,000 overdraft . |
| 25 | Rod Wallace appears to be producing some good performances although he 's not putting all his chances away — those misses in the first half on Saturday would probably be crucial against a good side . |
| 26 | Speaker A appears to be offering some new elements as part of the conversational topic , again deriving from some personal reference ( as in my father ) which speaker B appears to accept . |
| 27 | Everything seems to be happening some way off , as if behind glass . |
| 28 | It might dilute the real body of work which I felt to be making some kind of contribution . |
| 29 | Christian Hosoi , who was meant to be getting some sort of subsidiary company through Vision , is now working to get a sub-company set up through H Street : this will eventually be similar to Chris Miller 's Planet Earth . |
| 30 | Hence the current emphasis on sustainable development ( meeting our needs without making it impossible for future generations to meet their needs ) , which is what the Earth Summit is meant to be giving some practical expression to . |