Example sentences of "[prep] be [v-ing] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to be bouncing ahead of me , in great , light-hearted jumps , like a ping-pong ball . |
| 2 | Janice looks ashen with worry , and does n't see me although she appears to be looking hardest of all . |
| 3 | In practice the resolute supporter of Party A is not likely when he lists his preferences to be thinking primarily of any eventual cooperation between his party and Party B. His chief concern will be the success of as many as possible of Party A's candidates , and it will be to all of them that he gives his higher preferences . |
| 4 | But since he seemed to be thinking only of me , I felt this was an ungenerous idea . |
| 5 | ‘ All this emotion seems to be doing instead of food . ’ |
| 6 | Richard or Levi Pickles appeared to be doing most of the work . |
| 7 | Bobby Anscombe seemed to be doing most of the talking . |
| 8 | It seemed a funny sort of freedom to me when all you saw was poor people working like crazy and getting poorer and rich people not appearing to be doing much of anything except remaining quietly rich |
| 9 | I can easily walk out onto the streets to do some shopping : the centre of the town is crammed with funny little shops of all kinds , bars , cafes , etc. , many of them open to the street , there was even a shop selling nothing but plastic bags ( they did n't seem to be doing much of a trade ) . |
| 10 | ‘ The economy probably is better than it was a year ago , the computer retail business is strong and the general consumer electronics business at the present time seems to be running ahead of last year , ’ Roach said . |
| 11 | In cotton weaving rates in 1808 had fallen so low that weavers were reported to be working upwards of fifteen hours , even to twenty , but as an employer remarked it was an impossible situation to sustain and a man would not choose to work eighteen hours if he could live from the labour of twelve . |