Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was listening intently and her eyes were thoughtful , as if she might be toying with some idea of her own . |
| 2 | There are a lot of people after them , so I doubt if Zarina or her friend will be returning for some time . ’ |
| 3 | The upshot is that holiday/tour organisers who book hotels in this country are imposing stringent contract conditions on the hotels and may in some cases be looking for some performance guarantees or such-like so that they have some redress if your shortcomings result in them having to pay up to their customers . |
| 4 | From now on he would be looking for some sort of pattern . |
| 5 | ‘ But probably the chances are that I will be looking for some sort of change , ’ he added . |
| 6 | EP : Last time I saw you we felt that we should be looking at some kind of school with weekly boarding . |
| 7 | I personally would prefer us to be looking at some way of allowing greater scope for debate at section conferences , and where necessary to have decisions on general issues deferred to Congress for ratification or withdrawal . |
| 8 | But I imagine they will be looking at some sort of insurance claim . ’ |
| 9 | I think er it 's got to be er linked certainly to the rate of inflation , er and in some way linked to the way that the fire service er has their pay formula , and they 're actually linked to 25% of the top 25% of schooled manual workers , er we 'd be looking at some sort of deal like that , or if it was n't er tied up with percentage rates I think we need , definitely need an independent pay review body for the ambulance service . |
| 10 | So I think for next week I 'd like to be looking in some detail , there are two sources on this one is , is and the other is , tho those two are crucial in terms of understanding or , and and that those are crucial in terms of understanding erm why this policy document . |
| 11 | It is this conception of uneven and combined development , in which the whole may be growing at some point in time , but within that overall growth there will be sectors in decline . |
| 12 | If on the basis of the best information the system is seen to be heading for some sort of catastrophe then people not unnaturally lose confidence in it . |
| 13 | Mr Lyle 's neighbours at Beaumanoir contrive , despite its size , to make it seem intimate and domestic by creating the ‘ lived-in look ’ ( which Jane Austen appears to be describing with some scepticism in Persuasion ) : |
| 14 | ‘ You should n't be going to some analyst every day for someone else , ’ Finch pushed on . |
| 15 | She realised he must be going through some kind of hell waiting for the rime when he could let all his suppressed urges out . |
| 16 | At first we thought that the foragers might simply be suffering from some sort of apian hydrophobia , but when we increased the distance of the feeding station so that the dances indicated the far side of the lake , recruits turned up in great numbers . |
| 17 | ‘ As you will see , the lad appears to be suffering from some sort of alien plague . ’ |
| 18 | In other words I wo n't say it 's non-threatening or does n't have any kind of value judgment behind it because I do n't think that can be true and if anybody is monitoring their classroom practice , it 's got to be threatening in some way , almost inevitably . |
| 19 | He 'd be talking to some man all evening , they 'd be getting on very well indeed as far as we could all see , but then Miss P would still be there alone when the lights went on , and the man would have gone . |
| 20 | On the basis that er if if you 've seen enough here now Lynda to be persuaded , and I hope we have , persuaded you that you 'd like to come in with us then you will be resigning at some time I guess . |
| 21 | Thus the pilots may be found in the Engines Section absorbing the means whereby the aviation spirit and flames arrive at the right place at the right time to produce the urge for forward movement , or they could be watching in some fascination an array of lights and switches on a array known as ‘ electrics ’ which behave themselves so well under the persuasion of the engines instructor , but which flash and fail to respond in such heart-breaking fashion when the student is urged to demonstrate that he has ‘ got ’ it . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , ’ Constance wheedled , ‘ tell her I 'll be ringing with some news . |
| 23 | But you have to have some level of arousal has to be something pumping round you round your blood your brain has to be working in some way to be able to perform . |