Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [pron] all the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You need three paint brushes ( you should already have these and be using them all the time ) : a ) Clean brush for cleaning the fluff from the actual machine — around the needles and so on . |
| 2 | And his wife Maureen will be cheering him all the way . |
| 3 | We do n't always want to be testing ourselves all the time , do we ? |
| 4 | We should not be panicked however into top-down/control solutions , for many of these ‘ new ’ skills which are apparently so daunting at the moment ( reading a financial statement ? ) are easily learnt by intelligent people and in two or three years , at that level , we shall be wondering what all the fuss was about . |
| 5 | A decade from now we might , as you suggest , be wondering what all the fuss was about . |
| 6 | ‘ The people who seem to be giving us all the orders now are the very people who , um , got us into this trouble in the first place ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Youse can be at the codding , when youse like , ’ he mumbled thickly , ‘ but if this auld one in here — ’ he tapped the coffin with his glass — ‘ if this fella wants to , I tell ye , he 'll be sittin' up as bright as ye like and be givin' us all the ‘ Lark ’ , just as he was doin' that night when — ‘ |
| 8 | Now it 's my time , and he should be backing me all the way . |
| 9 | But a moment later he called from his office , ‘ I wo n't be needing you all the time in Bruges , so pack some comfortable shoes ; you 'll be free to explore a little on your own . ’ |