Example sentences of "[vb pp] or [be] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She almost asked whether he had not been there the previous Friday but stopped , unsure whether he had forgotten or was deliberately misleading her . |
| 2 | This means that people who have suffered or are currently suffering from schizophrenia need to be able to withdraw from arousing circumstances , but that the extreme understimulation which could sometimes be found in an old-fashioned mental hospital should equally be avoided . |
| 3 | Most sub-Sahara African ethnic groups followed or are still observing the custom of a long , traditional post-partum abstinence of one or more years ( often until the suckling child is weaned , or can walk , talk , etc . ) . |
| 4 | Thus I can know what is in the bottom drawer of my desk , or what I shall eat for breakfast tomorrow , by some form of inductive inference from what I have observed or am now observing . |
| 5 | And inwardly in his mind and in his thoughts , he will survey all the present creation and the worlds that have passed or are still standing ; the years of the world with all the happenings that occurred in it , and the men with their wealth and their power ; the revelations of the [ spiritual ] benefits which were bestowed on the Fathers , and the retributory judgements that took place generation after generation [ or ‘ birth after birth' ] , together with all the various vicissitudes which the affairs of the creation undergo . |
| 6 | The right hon. Member for Lagan Valley said that he was not clear whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman had finished or was still giving way , and my right hon. Friend referred to what looked like only the first half of his speech . |
| 7 | 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 . |