Example sentences of "be collecting [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're collecting loads of things for him to keep him occupied . |
| 2 | He landed him invitations to society dances where Jack would normally have been lucky to be collecting coats at the door . |
| 3 | But then she was planning to go on the stage and was already reputed to be collecting points for the Equity card . |
| 4 | Suppose someone knocks on your door and says : ‘ I am collecting bribes from people who mind the factory smoke falling on their gardens . |
| 5 | I have been collecting stamps of the world since I was eight-years old and specialize in , etc . ’ |
| 6 | They have been collecting tins from their customers to help the needy in the Russian town of Kostroma , which is twinned with County Durham . |
| 7 | Members of its executive council have been collecting signatures in the border region . |
| 8 | For the last three months , the Government has been collecting responses to its proposals to overhaul the law on leasehold flats . |
| 9 | They have been collecting goodies from all over the globe , with no trouble or expense spared , and have recently announced that they have just paid a world record price for a rather small amount of tea . |
| 10 | David 's been collecting cones for more than thirty years and since then he 's accumulated some real beauties . |
| 11 | The cards , which cover the period from 1910 to 1945 , belong to David Watkins from Bangor in Gwynedd who has been collecting samples of nursing humour for many years . |
| 12 | Now let's get right , you are collecting things for Bosnia ? |
| 13 | A DARLINGTON couple are collecting tins of unwanted pet food for an animal rescue centre . |
| 14 | PARENTS at one of Scotland 's largest state schools are collecting names for a petition to call for an opt-out ballot . |
| 15 | The England slalom team are collecting points in the Elf Sport In-Gear promotion , the points being used to purchase equipment for the team . |
| 16 | The protesters , from the Peace Train Organisation which has run six trains along the Dublin to Belfast line , the main rail link between north and south , were collecting signatures for a peace declaration in Dublin 's city centre yesterday . |
| 17 | Geologist Bill Ward , of Griffith University in Brisbane , and colleagues from CSIRO were collecting samples in order to date the formation of the island 's sand ridges . |
| 18 | I know they were collecting recordings of all the national songs , so they could set up a Ratio Free Norway or Denmark or Italy somewhere , after … ’ |
| 19 | He was collecting notes for a book of random observations , a Thackeray-like Sketchbook , called An American Journey . |
| 20 | The 41-year-old victim — visiting her mother in Belfast — was collecting photos from a camera shop just before leaving for Britain and home . |