Example sentences of "and [vb base] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catfish of several species do so and appear to be calling to one another as they move in murky water . |
| 2 | We have now moved off the railway and appear to be moving across country , stopping and starting as someone scouts out ahead . |
| 3 | Someone who is good at abstract thinking and conceptualising may hold up proceedings and appear to be talking in a void , away from everyone else . |
| 4 | Standing to paddle , the fishermen are extended by their reflections and appear to be walking on the water on wavering stilts , their long paddles a second leg . |
| 5 | Leaving aside the unresolved problem that this raises , the significant fact from the point of view of the present discussion is that bituminous coals with ranks down to medium volatile grade occur in South Wales and Kent , and as low as high volatile grade in South Wales and Somerset immediately to the north of the Variscan Front , and appear to be disappearing beneath it . |