Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I liked the way that , we 'd be on the bandstand playing and he 'd just be walking around and playing and just look at you and kind of tip his head , you 'd play and then he 'd start playing when he wanted you to stop ! |
| 2 | Well there are problems in the sense that we 've got to do it , in terms of management of the County Council , the control of the capital programme , no I do n't think so , because if , if there was no control on it , you would n't now be picking up and saying ‘ hey we 've got to do something about it ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's weird how people think that Craig and I are together — they assume we must be going out or having an affair , ’ says Jo . |
| 4 | Mrs Thatcher saw this as the tragic side of a prosperous Britain , pointing out on the BBC news on 20 August 1989 when visiting the wreck , that people had more money nowadays , and seemed to be going out and enjoying themselves , which was why so many people were on board . |
| 5 | I mean , you expect to be going in and listening to Bon Jovi and , and Free , and you know in the background do n't you ? |
| 6 | I looked at her with affection and Tremayne patted my shoulder and told them I would be staying on as arranged to write his book . |
| 7 | I would be flying over and staying with Angie for a couple of weeks at The Sherry Netherland , and Angie and I would go with Zowie in the daytime and then we 'd stay up all night with David because he functioned at night . |
| 8 | Erm certainly I think all of our quarry , the quarry , I think we were overwhelmed with the support because it was really in our place that the dispute started and a lot of other people who I 'd spoken to you know they they were amazed at the support we received and , seemed to be the shyer the people you know the , some of the lads they never spoke much at lodge meetings , but after a while they 'd be getting up and saying their pieces and , you know I think it 's just because you knew you had backing , and people helping and urging you on , advising you , and the union helping and you know they leant over backwards in various fields to help us . |
| 9 | And our parliamentary reporter Rae Stewart will be reporting on that Save Our Railways lobby at the Commons tomorrow . |
| 10 | But this would be moving in and making up the message in the style of the ‘ missing ’ letters in Poor People , the first story of all . |
| 11 | If I could move as I used to I 'd be running around and dancing in the street . ’ |
| 12 | His premiership appeared not so much to be running out as running down , Few believed that when he came back in the autumn he would be able to do more than coast gently and desultorily along for another six months . |
| 13 | For the whole of the festival period Central Television will be joining in and adding a new screen with a difference . |
| 14 | You can soon go and ask them cos some git 's gon na be coming over and hitting you for taking the |
| 15 | he 's bound to be coming in and wanting to be starting that job |
| 16 | All I have to do is tell her that our cold stores are full of life-saving health foods , without which I would be keeling over and clutching my left ventricle . |
| 17 | By now they will not be eating , so all the food you threw in and did n't bother to remove ‘ in case they got hungry ’ , will be rotting down and raising the ammonia level . |
| 18 | I never dreamed I 'd actually be sitting up and taking nourishment so soon — and enjoying it . ’ |
| 19 | Many old galvanised cisterns will have rusted sufficiently for the water to be leaking through and showing damp patches on the ceiling . |
| 20 | There 's at least two other poor sods trudging around in the wet when they could be clocking off and going home . |