Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been phoning people who might go to Greece with her or drive her there or , failing that , pay her air-fare , and eventually she succeeded in getting a loan from an aunt and an offer of a place in a minibus from an old schoolfellow and her boyfriend . |
| 2 | Once you have conditioned barbel to feed ravenously they are ridiculously easy to catch , assuming of course that you are using tackle which is adequate enough to handle these tremendously hard-fighting fish . |
| 3 | As part of a larger programme into understanding cognitive function through transgenic animals we are characterising transcripts whose expression is restricted to different subregions of the brain . |
| 4 | In fact , the high quality of iron ore available to the Romans in Britain combined with the use of charcoal fuel in the smelting process , meant that they could have been producing steel which would have given a much harder and sharper edge to the blade than normal iron . |
| 5 | The man who put the K-factor into TV They do n't know it , but a group of Kilsyth women are helping shape our viewing . |
| 6 | — Up and down the country , we are helping pensioners who are working to help themselves , to draw attention to their needs and improve their rights . |
| 7 | ‘ There is a lot of support for our fight because people see that the council are targeting people who ca n't fight back . ’ |
| 8 | are benefitting people who do n't have to , never had to scrat around |
| 9 | First of all there are people in universities who are inventing things which will be used next year or the year after or the year after that . |
| 10 | These are dying communities whose youth has moved to the prosperous South ; requests are therefore those associated with old age . |
| 11 | If I 'd been painting shadows they 'd have been blue or grey , but real shadows are n't nearly so simple ! ’ |
| 12 | For instance , flying level on a heading , if you are checking height there is no need to refer to the airspeed . |
| 13 | in all the years I have been keeping fish I have yet to suffer any form of disease or problems associated with feeding worms . |
| 14 | More and more husbands , desperate for a decent meal , are donning aprons themselves . |
| 15 | Due to the increasing demands on schools some Regions have been developing procedures which those who want to do research in schools must follow . |
| 16 | Due to the increasing demands on schools some Regions have been developing procedures which those who want to do research in schools must follow . |
| 17 | POLICE are hunting thugs who went on the rampage and wrecked a mobile classroom at a Cleveland school for youngsters with special needs . |
| 18 | Police are hunting thieves who used a stolen car to ram a food store in Buddle Road , Newcastle . |
| 19 | Police are hunting thieves who broke into the VG Stores , at The Green , Hurworth , and stole more than £5,000 worth of cigarettes early yesterday . |
| 20 | Police are hunting raiders who held up a lorry driver at gun-point . |
| 21 | £3,500 haul in house raid POLICE are hunting burglars who stole property worth £3,500 from a house in Oakley Gardens , Hartlepool . |
| 22 | Police are hunting arsonists who 're targeting hay barns at the height of the harvest . |
| 23 | Police are hunting arsonists who set fire to a house in Stamford Street , Middlesbrough . |
| 24 | Detectives are hunting arsonists who set fire to an empty council flat in Vane Street on the Headland , Hartlepool on Wednesday night . |
| 25 | When people are seeking asylum they should n't have to put up with this . |
| 26 | As these will stop in 1998 , developers are favouring projects which give a rapid return on their investments . |
| 27 | Some , like the women 's TA course , are dressing fur their end-of-course party , while others are preparing to do battle during their night patrol exercise . |
| 28 | The police are warning people who live on their own not to trust anyone who turns up at their door , unless they can prove who they are : |
| 29 | I think Sega are conning people who pay £45 for a game that the complete in a few days . |
| 30 | Teenage farm workers are particularly sensitive to their image at an age when they are dating girls who may or may not hope for a better future than that of a farm worker 's wife . |