Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [conj] [be] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the woman had already met Jesus previously , had changed her immoral life , in so doing had realised that her sins had been forgiven and was now showing gratitude for this . |
| 2 | Soon after 1 p.m. , as sporadic gunfire continued to be heard in the capital , Gen. Sani Abacha , the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Chief of Army Staff , declared that the Chiefs of Staff had pledged their loyalty to the President , and that " most of the disloyal elements have been arrested and are already undergoing interrogation " . |
| 3 | Along the inland , mostly mountainous boundary , despite the efforts of the joint delimitation commission , much remained to be clarified and was still causing difficulties in 1980 . |
| 4 | Regretfully , this weekend has had to be cancelled as is now living in Malaysia and is unable to fulfil her commitment . |
| 5 | is a traditional cheese of the same era as Wensleydale , which has been revived and is now selling well . |
| 6 | Most of the summer breeding birds have either lost or won the battle for survival by then , common seal pups have been weaned and are now learning to fend for themselves . |
| 7 | ‘ Mr Abberley 's daughter has been abducted and is still missing . |
| 8 | Yet , on the basis of a supposed connection between television culture and consumer interactive multimedia , huge commercial efforts are being expended that are literally shaking the foundations of the industry . |
| 9 | They especially fear that a bridge across the beck at Iburndale near Whitby is threatened and are now pressing the North Yorkshire highways committee to investigate the problem . |
| 10 | Many standards related to document processing have just been published or are currently going through the later stages of the ISO process on their way to becoming official standards . |
| 11 | The material was then taken back to the laboratory , where the real work was undertaken and is still going on . |