Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He will soon be counting down the minutes . |
| 2 | I can see that you 'll soon be picking up the reins . |
| 3 | What you 'll find , you 'll find in here that it 'll just be picking up the budgies mainly . |
| 4 | If his excuse is that he will not be saying anything new , I hope that the newspapers will note that he will just be churning out the same old stuff yet again . |
| 5 | Genes for failure to resist enslavement by cuckoos can easily be passed down the generations of robins or dunnocks . |
| 6 | 4.28 Incidents of violence in establishments must be recorded both within the establishment 's routine method of recording so that all staff can see what has taken place and also be filling in the necessary report forms . |
| 7 | A bar will also be carried on the train . |
| 8 | MOST self-respecting museum directors will now be counting up the takings from the holiday season . |
| 9 | Of course it was just possible that something had delayed them ; they might even now be hurrying up the steep incline to the station . |
| 10 | See you might even be starting up the classes . |
| 11 | And , in true dramatic irony , the most apt piece of rhetoric comes from Rita who could well be summing up the everlasting appeal of the Russell classic as she tries to tempt Frank out to an evening at the local theatre : |
| 12 | A better solution may well be to pick up the idea of rotating the audit partner every five to 10 years . |
| 13 | It was a common experience for me to fall in love with love and then be led up the garden path , only to be rejected and mocked . |
| 14 | Could he once again be barking up the wrong tree ? |