Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [coord] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee Benfield says he 's never skied on snow before but he 's enjoying this and is looking forward to having a go on the real thing |
| 2 | Ralph , unlike Jack , is becoming maturer and is starting to respect Piggy and his realistic views . |
| 3 | Within an hour , Miss Lowe was becoming unconscious and was taken to hospital . |
| 4 | Aerotow problems usually arise because the pilot ignores the possibility of something going wrong and is caught by surprise . |
| 5 | The boarding annexe at Burleigh was an unlovely square built on to the main house in the nineteen-twenties-it was the cause , in fact , of the original owner going bankrupt and being forced to forsake the licensed trade . |
| 6 | Next morning Davis laid about himself for 77 , his highest first-class score , Botham again bowling poorly and being punished for it . |
| 7 | Known as ‘ Um Yusef 's burgah ’ ( Um Yusef 's mask ) , they were always getting lost and being found by some kind soul who returned them to me . |
| 8 | We were living at Southport and we were being bathed by mother before the kitchen fire , and I was getting undressed and being helped with the buttons by the housemaid . |
| 9 | But in a sense , they will stand a better chance of staying open and being appreciated and supported by the public , if in fact they 're going to devote a modicum of their time to explaining to the popular , population as a whole , what they 're doing , why it 's important and why they should carry on doing it . |
| 10 | must be advantage of getting ready and being prepared for her and |
| 11 | Hundreds of historic buildings are standing empty and being allowed to decay . |
| 12 | The first one we 've had satisfaction on today , erm that new employ sorry existing employment land falling vacant and being redeveloped does n't count against the sixty hecst hectares , secondly that the borough if it wished , subject to the local plan process and er county structure plan policies could choose to put its sixt sixty hectares outside the city centres or in part , and then the third weight sir which much hover in the air I guess till tomorrow would be er the arrival of the strategic site policy which would be in addition . |
| 13 | In all you say about parents and children living in sweet sympathy and perfect knowledge of each other , in freedom of speech , comrades , friends confiding in each other , telling all and being listened to , and taught , in all this I entirely and wholly agree . |
| 14 | AT 11 AM the next day he was feeling groggy but was allowed home with a supply of pain-killers . |
| 15 | We 'd been practising hard and were having a rest , just standing around and the Head Girl was smoking . |
| 16 | ‘ He said he was feeling tired and was going home to bed . ’ |
| 17 | Now she is able to eat again , although naturally only very little and often but already she is feeling stronger and is doing exercises to build up the muscles which had become so weak . |
| 18 | Good interviewers will try and prevent you from feeling overwhelmed but being outnumbered inevitably creates a certain tension . |
| 19 | Atmosphere , feeling worthwhile and being stretched to the full are greatly influenced by the attitudes and consequent operational politics introduced by those who manage the operation . |