Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The glands on its face are bestowing the cat 's personal scent , making its owner smell pleasanter and more familiar . |
| 2 | If you are pitching for an account , appearing on television or radio , making a significant speech , always have a company Gofer with you . |
| 3 | You react like one when you burn the toast , so why should n't you react like one when you are pitching for a new account ? |
| 4 | People are angry and are pitching hard because of the polarisation of the debate between the status quo or independence . |
| 5 | All 3 political groups are pitching for increased spending , Labour is likely to propose a budget around £320 million , the Liberal Democrats around £314 million and the Tory group up to £310 millions , all of them well above Government guidelines of £306 million . |
| 6 | I find myself turning to the first chapter of the Book of Genesis for an insight into what I am hinting at here . |
| 7 | He has been stamping his feet impatiently in Gdansk waiting for the call to be Poland 's first non-communist president in more than 40 years . |
| 8 | Growers , delighted that sales of real firs are outstripping those of their synthetic rivals , claim that families have turned nostalgic in a seasonal effort to beat the recession blues . |
| 9 | He says that pocket money increases in the north are outstripping those in the south , in a strange reversal of trends . |
| 10 | Apparently , someone called Harry Kellerman has been phoning people up about George , and giving him ‘ the bad mouth all over town ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ The boys are naturally worried and they have been phoning home to find out more about the situation , ’ Mathur said . |
| 12 | She had been phoning people who might go to Greece with her or drive her there or , failing that , pay her air-fare , and eventually she succeeded in getting a loan from an aunt and an offer of a place in a minibus from an old schoolfellow and her boyfriend . |
| 13 | A woman 's been phoning your office every day : wants to speak to you . |
| 14 | ‘ Sergeant , ’ said Alice , ‘ had someone been phoning Mary ? |
| 15 | Lucy 's been phoning you regularly , right ? ’ |
| 16 | I said I 've been phoning all the time , I said , and I still do n't know about it ! |
| 17 | Because I recko , I reckon they must of been paid for that because Maury has n't been phoning up and saying oh you have n't paid it ! |
| 18 | Well I 've been very good I 've not been phoning anybody else |
| 19 | My Mum goes what have you been phoning Billy for ? |
| 20 | The Ch'noze are raiding further east than usual this year . ’ |
| 21 | He had been weeping . |
| 22 | That hateful inspector had dragged her away , even though Ma had been weeping enough to fill a kettle . |
| 23 | She had been weeping , he could see that , but there was no chance that she would cry now because the apartment was filled with Agency staff , four men moving through the small apartment , packing the family 's belongings . |
| 24 | Claudia has been weeping . |
| 25 | It 's been weeping at night when I 'm sleeping . |
| 26 | She , too , had been weeping . |
| 27 | But of Doreen there was no sign — at least not until they went inside and she emerged from her bedroom , where she had been weeping . |
| 28 | ‘ You 've been weeping . |
| 29 | Bishop Jon , a warm-hearted man , had been weeping , and even Eochaid , remembering , found himself moved near to tears . |
| 30 | I think it is a pity that so many anglers are devoting their whole fishing careers to the one species . |