Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are 12 Jensen cars in the Pure Class restoration workshops at Ross on Wye and customers are queueing to bring their vehicles in . |
| 2 | Thousands of football fans have been queueing to book their seats at one of the biggest matches in their club 's history . |
| 3 | Identifying these patterns helps the parents recognize that the methods they are using to control their children are not working . |
| 4 | I am about to set up a mixed fish/invertebrate tank , and I would be very grateful if you could tell me more about Kalkwasser , which fishkeepers in the USA are using to dose their marine systems . |
| 5 | Where André Malraux has stated that modern art is becoming an ‘ interrogation of the world ’ ( Malraux 1950 : 151 ) , the writers under discussion here do not abandon plot as such but interrogate the very means they are using to structure their works . |
| 6 | Her boyfriend has been helping comfort her grieving family in Gloucester . |
| 7 | HUSBANDS who complain to their wives after a hard day at work are helping to save their marriage . |
| 8 | This is manifested in a strong desire to break away from corporate environments seen as financially restrictive , especially those businesses which are obviously very profitable but where the profits are not fairly shared out among those who are helping to generate them . |
| 9 | Jovic , who had been roundly defeated in a heated debate with other leaders , said that he could no longer " be an accomplice in decisions which are helping to destroy our country while tying the hands of the army " . |
| 10 | She encourages customers to play around with samples so they feel they are helping to design their own rooms . |
| 11 | Lots of familiar faces and hundreds of old friends are helping to develop what has become the greatest range of sailing holidays under the sun . |
| 12 | On the pitch they are struggling to preserve their Premier Division status with the worse defensive record among the top clubs while boardroom battles continue to drive a wedge between club and supporters . |
| 13 | This does not mean that I am not going to suggest some home truths : only that I think they are truths , and not another uncomprehending outsider 's attempt to cajole , belittle or malign people who are struggling to do their best in a complex and stressful situation , and who know better than anyone else that their best sometimes is n't very good . |
| 14 | is abolished the taper will be changed so that , instead of people over social security levels losing 15p in the £1 , they will lose 20p , thereby penalising people who are struggling to lift themselves out of poverty , provide pensions for themselves and do what the Conservative party always preaches — stand on their own two feet . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've had a shoulder injury for the last three or four games and it 's the last thing you need when you are struggling to score your first goal . |
| 16 | We 're we are part of the that process and it 's it 's sometimes encouraging for us to remember that there are small denominations , small groups like us around the world who are struggling to make their Christian witness real in their particular context . |
| 17 | Those outside the BBC are struggling to find their place and role in the world of profit . |
| 18 | the kind of people that come to my surgery are genuinely and almost entirely women who are struggling to keep their children |
| 19 | We 've been to one town where many have closed down , and others are struggling to keep their heads above water … |
| 20 | Many people are struggling to get their hunters fit at this time of the year . |
| 21 | The Secretary of State will be aware that the social services departments of many local authorities are struggling to meet their financial commitments in implementation of the Children Act 1989 . |
| 22 | He 's like a country gentleman who insultingly dissimulates his wealth beneath ragged pullovers and patched elbows , while the rest of us are struggling to conceal our penury beneath well-cut suits we ca n't afford . |
| 23 | If his first wife can not afford to live without benefit support from the rest of us , which is what state benefit is , the government has no money , it takes money out of other families who are struggling to bring their children up to give it to you . |
| 24 | Eager to lessen its dependence on the highly regulated and increasingly competitive British telecoms market , BT has been struggling to turn itself into a ‘ one-stop-shop ’ provider of global telecoms services for multinationals . |
| 25 | This multiple view of Cruz not only gives an insight into the conflicting forces that have been struggling to control his soul , but also reflects his loss of integrity as a man and his disintegration in face of his approaching death . |
| 26 | Even firms such as Texaco , which have been struggling to overhaul their businesses over the past few years , have transformed losses into profits . |
| 27 | Opus Systems Inc , Fremont , California , the Sparc clone pioneer that 's been struggling to keep its head above water for a long time , filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month , claiming it should n't need the court 's protection after February 11 . |
| 28 | The 34-year-old still managed to win 21-17 , 21-9 against Cooke , who has been struggling to find his best form all season . |
| 29 | so he was dead annoyed with it , all week I 've been struggling to get him to bed |
| 30 | In this sense , social work has been struggling to free itself from the same trap as much of British industry . |