Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The national health service is greatly improved , in that for many years — including those years when the Labour party was running , or reported to be running the country — the financial balance of the service was poor . |
| 2 | He considered this , or seemed to be considering this . |
| 3 | All companies in Grampian known or believed to be exporting were invited to take part , with the Council 's North East office co-ordinating responses . |
| 4 | Piladu was carrying a newborn lamb that seemed to be hanging lifelessly under his arm . |
| 5 | Indeed , it was on the road just outside Bid array and beside the Nive that I once came close to running a fish over , a glossy trout that seemed to be flipping its way desperately to the roadside and to safety . |
| 6 | No ; it was a particular feeling that seemed to be lacking in the three of them . |
| 7 | Ahead were the fountains and Nelson 's Column , jabbing upwards towards the overcast heavens as if threatening to tear the low cloud and release the torrents of rain that seemed to be swelling in them . |
| 8 | What made things more disconcerting was a strange banging noise that seemed to be coming from the ceiling . |
| 9 | The rumbling had become a steady , low roar , that seemed to be coming as much from inside his head as from all about him . |
| 10 | There was just the touch he gave , disembodied , little rills of pleasure that seemed to be arriving from nowhere . |
| 11 | She bit her lip , searching for firm ground in the morass that seemed to be opening up at her feet . |
| 12 | That afternoon there was a voice among us that seemed to be leading the whole thing — anything he say is what we thinking , but before . |
| 13 | Up until the age of 33 , I managed to push this turmoil to the back of my mind , although I 'd always had trouble with relationships because I was so full of self-doubt , and succeeded in destroying any relationship that seemed to be leading anywhere . |
| 14 | Francis did n't like to study them too closely : they were even more disturbing than the strange plants that seemed to be growing everywhere on the planet . |
| 15 | The only thing that seemed to be stirring most people was their scorn of Chamberlain . |
| 16 | So what was this vague sense of excitement that seemed to be stirring within her ? |
| 17 | Restlessly , she rose again and continued on around the house , following a cool stone path that seemed to be sloping down through the lush growth of shrubs and trees . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah , well , if it comes to that , ’ Merrill smiled , trying to dispel an atmosphere of gathering intimacy that seemed to be waiting in the wings , ‘ I 've never imagined you actually sharpening chisels and tramping about in sawdust . ’ |
| 19 | Because at one of our talks er before the financial advisor spoken to a chap that happened to be sitting near him when I moved out of this desk and he got rather a ler lu large investment and yet m and and he was quite happy with his investment yet much to my astonishment he completed this application form for the investment advisor to advise him on his investment . |
| 20 | Constructive ideals of training and rehabilitation were translated into penal policies that appeared to be meeting their objectives . |
| 21 | A trend that appeared to be taking hold , indicated by a ‘ static sales , units up ’ Christmas , was a tendency to trade down , a switch to cheaper books . |
| 22 | She let go of the cabinet , coughing in the dust of ages that appeared to be lurking behind it , and smiled back at him as the February sun shone through the small window behind her , throwing into sharp relief the patches on the wall where her predecessor had hung posters , and the ingrained dirt on the flaking paintwork round the mean , narrow , metal window . |
| 23 | At the time of Baghoomian 's disappearance , he was engaged in a bitter legal battle with the Basquiat estate , a battle that appeared to be weighing decisively in the estate 's favour . |
| 24 | Instead he went over to one of the shelves and pretended to be searching for a book . |
| 25 | He reached for the bottle but Oliver got there first and pretended to be reading the label . |
| 26 | I took down the battered , broken-spined A-Z I keep taped to the driver 's sun visor and pretended to be looking something up . |
| 27 | ‘ See ya later alligator , ’ he waved his hand and pretended to be chewing something . |
| 28 | I kept my head down and pretended to be consuming the scraps left on my dish . |
| 29 | Then he flew up beside Cassowary and pretended to be listening to the song . |
| 30 | The survivor was landed at 2220 and found to be suffering only from mild exposure . |