Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [v-ing] [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On our way home from school we should be nibbling all the crust , the nice crosspieces to eat . |
| 2 | Underlying his bullishness was a feeling of incredulity that Oldfield , one of his oldest friends , should be taking such a step at all , and that Oldfield could have drifted so far away from him without Branson having read the warning signs . |
| 3 | Erm well just the Friday and the Saturday when I should be doing all the bookwork , you know , making the tickets up . |
| 4 | Ideally , the student should be making all the decisions and choosing actions in the interests of safety and efficiency . |
| 5 | Above all else , a Designer must be watching all the time , watching everything … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ General Electric must be laughing all the way to the bank , ’ he says . |
| 7 | THE Australians must be laughing all the way back to Sydney at the thought of the World Cup Final . |
| 8 | There was no sound coming from there , but people might be working all the same . |
| 9 | Gesticulating wildly in a crowded space , so that others are frightened that they might be struck by the defendant , is not punishable unless it can be shown that the defendant was at least aware that his conduct might be having such an effect . |
| 10 | The Parks Department 's budget might be dwindling all the time , but with the help of local businesses , the Council 's spending what little money it does have adding a splash of colour to otherwise rather ordinary landmarks like shopping centres and roundabouts . |
| 11 | Andy seems to be assuming he 'll be providing all the booze for the party , so I gather he 's not quite as skint as I 've heard . |
| 12 | G. is pleased with the response at the company — not only do they report as soon as possible when they 've got a pollution , they let him know about the progress they make : ‘ I 've got them so well trained now they 'll be phoning half an hour before they have a discharge . ’ |
| 13 | I 'll be sucking all the nurses off . |
| 14 | Having put these levers in their basic positions , you are free to concentrate on the three ribber controls that you 'll be using all the time . |
| 15 | and we 'll be joining all the Irish folk at Cheltenham … do n't think Carmody 's mare will be running … but we 'll be following those that are with special reports from the festival all next week … for football fans the big one is tomorrow … at the Manor Ground its the Central South second division derby Oxford against Swindon … |
| 16 | So I did the CD , put it out and thought , ‘ Hey , if it sells a couple of thousand , I 'll be smiling all the way , ’ because I just did it so I could have something to hand people . |
| 17 | ‘ If there 's ever a fairground revival , ’ his grandad , who had a stake in the business , would insist , ‘ we 'll be laughing all the way to the bank . ’ |
| 18 | And you 'll be pinching all the chocolates off this ! |
| 19 | You 'll be doing all the washing-up on your own , Keith , I can tell you . |
| 20 | They say we are the turkeys but you better believe , We 'll be doing all the stuffing , In the Mid-Counties Combination League . |
| 21 | Because it 's been that long keeping an eye on them that they could be supplying half the business on our time with and then a hundred per cent the rest of the time . |
| 22 | At certain times of the month and whatever , I could be using half a gram a day and towards the end of the month whatever money I had left went on It . |
| 23 | He could hardly believe a young boy of no more than ten or eleven could be playing such a deadly game . |
| 24 | And erm , if I were to stop every time I heard a car go by , I 'd be stopping all the time , erm , to some extent , it becomes a part of your pattern of existence . |
| 25 | And then that 'd be throwing all the water away , it w it would n't soak in . |
| 26 | ‘ When we started out , you did n't tell me we 'd be going all the way by car , ’ she said rather accusingly . |
| 27 | It always was a surprise , the pure majesty of the scene approaching the Alps , more especially in moonlight ; it seemed odd to me , whilst devouring this special panorama that in a short time we would be raining all the horrors of war down on people not seriously willing to fight . |
| 28 | Who indeed could have forecast that the Provincial sector would be announcing such an improvement in their financial situation resulting from rapid but targeted investment in new trains , with the prime objective of cost reduction ? |
| 29 | ‘ I shall be thinking all the time of poor Kelpie . ’ |
| 30 | Tomorrow this butter will be enriching many a roast chicken , thousands of omelettes and cakes and pastries , filling the kitchens of France with the incomparable scent of butter gently sizzling in a frying pan … |