Example sentences of "[vb base] to [be] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standing to paddle , the fishermen are extended by their reflections and appear to be walking on the water on wavering stilts , their long paddles a second leg . |
| 2 | Today , for example Unix applications expect to run over TCP/IP using the sockets programming interface , where Systems Application Architecture programs expect to be sitting on SNA networks and consequently use one of IBM 's proprietary application interfaces such as CPI-C . |
| 3 | We expect to be working on the bridge fairly regularly from now on , and , as usual , we will be very glad of extra willing volunteers . |
| 4 | I think Arthur Scargill 's handling of the affair has been despicable and I feel that he should be brought to justice for acts which we consider to be verging on the illegal . |
| 5 | I think Arthur Scargill 's handling of the affair has been despicable and I feel that he should be brought to justice for acts which we consider to be verging on the er illegal . |
| 6 | I happen to be embarking on a motoring trip during the course of which I hope to see many splendid views . |
| 7 | President , I I happen to be going on Saturday to the National Final of the Rotary Young Inventor of the Years ' er convention this |
| 8 | These days , certain anti-perspirants seem to be jumping on the ‘ natural ’ band wagon . |
| 9 | After two miles , a halt should be made to look back at Ullapool , a lovely picture with the odd effect that the buildings seem to be floating on the waters of Loch Broom . |
| 10 | Perhaps the only facts that seem to be emerging on this topic are the following two : first , slavery is rare among hunters and gatherers , and , secondly , it occurs most often among pastoralists [ Goody , 1980 ] . |
| 11 | You need to be concentrating on the hypnosis rather than on the emptiness or heaviness of your stomach ! |
| 12 | So we need to train them to use our systems and we need to be concentrating on the productivity not just of the programmer which is traditional what we 've done with Four G Ls but the productivity of the end user . |
| 13 | Yes , but er I think that erm , before we champion er , or back er people like Mr Yeltsin and say that they rep represent progressive forces , I 'd like to be clear about where those forces see themselves going , because I do n't see nationalism as a progressive force in the er , in the last decade of the twentieth century , I think we need to be concentrating on those people who are trying to build a new international order rather than splitting things up in the Soviet Union in a way which may be catastrophic . |