Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The humans are slowly dying because of the radioactive dust caused by a human war . |
| 2 | ‘ As an actor , though you sometimes get a feeling you have done something well , you have to wait to hear — from an audience 's silence — whether you have held them in the palm of your hand ; you are constantly measuring whether the feeling you have inside is endorsed by the people outside . |
| 3 | I am only guessing because we do not talk about things like that . |
| 4 | Debate and questioning are only threatening if an organization is weak . |
| 5 | Many of the small creditors , bed and breakfast owners , are already struggling because of the recession . |
| 6 | Negotiations with the unions are just beginning as to how the blow will fall . |
| 7 | ‘ If you 're only agreeing because of the tape and the report , then I 'd rather you refused . |
| 8 | We now have a general date for elections in nineteen ninety four and when that date is formally agreed , many sanctions will go and we 're already preparing because Cosatu and the South African Council of Churches believe that there should be a code for investments so that investments go to help uplift people and indeed tomorrow I have to go to Holland for exactly such a conference called by the World Council of Churches and the South African churches . |
| 9 | this idea pettiness you know , but you 're just waiting while they get their load done , to come up with some suggestion . |
| 10 | Anyway , if you 're still watching when the news comes on you might see me . |
| 11 | Let us hope they 're still dancing when it is time for the Fourth Round draw . |
| 12 | You know if you 've , erm do you know if you 've erm recorded it , if you 're like speaking if you like in a group do you put all their names down ? , or just put a group ? |
| 13 | No cos whenever we go in there they 're always moaning if Cliff starts singing or something . |
| 14 | And the things is , they always laugh , they 're always laughing when they get on the train |
| 15 | Yeah , but they 're also forgetting as well it is n't just the maintenance that it 's a long term commitment to paying |
| 16 | We , we do find it as a , as a group very difficult to organise ourselves and for us to have some time to sit down together and feed off one another and talk about it so this is quite , that 's quite hopeful , and I think that does show erm , something the same as er , I 'm sure Jack would say the same thing , like here we are , you know , we 've got all the incoming calls , we 've got all the other stuff to do , and what we 're actually doing when we 're trying to make appointments and so on is we , we fit it in , because we 're half way through |
| 17 | One is that erm in this matter , especially the matter sacramental , we are always anticipating when every time we celebrate the lord 's supper we anticipate the marriage feast of the lamb . |
| 18 | But for those with a relatively static model of the universe and more or less fixed expectations , the discrepancies are deeply troubling if they can not be ignored or resolved by supplementary perceptual categories . |
| 19 | And it provides a cover for racist fantasies such as these comments of primary school teachers — ‘ Southall stinks of curry ’ or ‘ I am always sneezing when I come here . |
| 20 | There could have been further scoring but for the woodwork which firstly denied Joe Miller after he had beaten Dariusz Wdowczyk and John Collins . |
| 21 | There could have been further scoring but for the woodwork which firstly denied Joe Miller after he had beaten Dariusz Wdowczyk and John Collins . |
| 22 | Erm , so volume has been gradually growing as the year progresses and erm , and more so in the last erm , the last say six weeks of the er , of the half year . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , the FA are still considering whether to take any action against Arsenal 's Ian Wright for his alleged punching of Tottenham 's David Howells last weekend . |
| 24 | They did n't injure anyone that time — not physically , at any rate — but there must be mothers in Yorkshire who are still wondering if the babies were really sorted out correctly . ’ |
| 25 | Legislators in the US are still deciding whether to permit Orion to go ahead . |
| 26 | Followers are still guessing as to what Hanson will do with its ICI stake . |
| 27 | Amazingly , though , foreign tycoons pay through the nose to hear Lady Thatcher spout her economic theories — even though , back home , businesses and homeowners are still suffering because of them . |
| 28 | Newton Aycliffe police are warning that forged notes are still circulating after a fake £20 note was handed to a Ferryhill newsagent . |
| 29 | Back in the power pack repair bay , Corporal Tait and his crew are still working as first the civilians and then the soldiers finish their day 's tasks and return home . |
| 30 | As the mum of a 12-year-old son , we are both learning as we go along how to use the Amstrad 5086 , my son concentrating more or less on games and school related programs , myself for the odd game , but mainly word-processing ( I have just written my first book ) , genealogy and cheating on addressing the Christmas cards . |