Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] be [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if winding up is foreseeable when shares are issued , the limitation of rights has a commercial effect . |
| 2 | But best of all for parents , cleaning up is easy because gloop washes away ( although you may have to scrub hands a bit to get rid of the red colouring ) . |
| 3 | Smaller , more discreet means of cleaning up are preferable when you are out for a walk . |
| 4 | Looking back and sorting out are essential if we are not to experience the pantomime dame 's discomfort . |
| 5 | As it happened , his musing about opting out were pre-empted when Catt received her letter from Gedge two days after Christmas Day . |
| 6 | Eating and drinking out is easy as the street is full of cafés and bars . |
| 7 | Stinking out is impossible since the holes can not be blocked , and even really drastic measures like gassing fail for that same reason . |
| 8 | The striking out is automatic as compared with Ord 13 , r 3(4) where the court has to give notice of intention to strike out where no action has been taken for 12 months . |