Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crops grown on a farm and the reasons for growing them can vary enormously . |
| 2 | and erm therefore this year er there is a case for saying we shall start to accrue some of the backlog er to the extent , but only to the extent we will expected to be paid shortly thereafterwards . |
| 3 | Announcing its decision , the Department of Environment said it had responded to three main criticisms : i ) the register would have listed all potential , not necessarily actual , contaminated sites , since it included all locations where specified industries had been sited ; ii ) sites would not be removed from the register , even if after clean-up ; iii ) there was no specific provision for determining who should bear the liability , and the costs , of the clean-up . |
| 4 | I was hoping , on seeing his face , an excuse for disturbing him would occur to me . |
| 5 | Software piracy is wrong , but more flexible policies for selling it would help combat the crime . |
| 6 | They supported the plan , but insisted that the money for implementing it must come from economic growth and cuts in spending on welfare and education . |
| 7 | Instead of brushing your hair after setting which can cause splitting , gently run your fingers through it to create tousled waves . |
| 8 | We were not merely ready to welcome strange things when we had walked half a mile up a lane and met no man , but we were in a gracious condition for receiving whatever might fall to us . |
| 9 | For teachers and children who have not had much experience of collaborative methods of working it would offer the opportunity to explore , as a starting point , the potential of individual activities for generating worthwhile collaboration . |
| 10 | He believed that the memory of every experience in our lives is imprinted somewhere in our body tissues , mostly in our muscles , and we can recover those memories by using a series of physical movements , positions and methods of breathing which will restimulate experiences of pain and distress . |
| 11 | However , on the first piece of knitting you could position the N1 cam to give you four complete repeats and a half-repeat at the right of the knitting , that is put the Na cam between needles 6 and 7 on the left of centre ( Fig. 4 ) . |
| 12 | Remember that with any piece of writing you must address a particular audience . |
| 13 | When Jess holds the ball , looking for men to beat , the truly hooked observer is caught in that exquisite dilemma of wishing he 'd get rid of it so as not to risk failure , while at the same time hoping he 'll carry on regardless and do something outrageous . |
| 14 | It also put pressure on Mr Sherwood to call the company 's long-delayed annual meeting to consider the bid by saying it would demand an extraordinary meeting in an attempt to vote in a new board of directors . |
| 15 | I did not succeed in evading the notice of either of them as they had the advantage of knowing what would come next . |
| 16 | It is the skills of tailoring they will need throughout their careers ( until promoted out of the classroom ) to fabricate and negotiate again and again , with each new class , an effective and hardwearing working habit . |
| 17 | No doubt fans will flock to that one as well in the hope of seeing who can force Eubank to produce his best . |
| 18 | Every scrap of understanding you can glean about the dynamics of bereavement will , of course , be valuable ; but never try simply to ‘ play it by the book ’ — this or any other , for in the long run it will be the way you use your heart , not your head , that will count most . |
| 19 | Wh w when testing a new drug , you 're trading off th th the the level of testing you can do , it takes about a hundred millions pounds to produce a new drug , it takes about ten years from test tube to getting a licence . |
| 20 | The UN special envoy to the territory , Yakoub Khan , was reported to have submitted a pessimistic report to the Security Council on Oct. 28 , emphasizing the difficulty of ascertaining who should vote in a referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara . |
| 21 | ‘ If Haines recommended the Jockey Club should be abolished we would have to consider it and if we felt it was for the benefit of racing we would do it , ’ Lord Hartington said . |
| 22 | At this stage the act of shopping itself may depend on a very primitive and haphazard rate of exchange , possibly one-to-one . |
| 23 | Well , well , our transatlantic cousins seem to be slipping : the usual way is for the UK to follow American fashion , but not so in all matters in bookselling it would appear . |
| 24 | And I stuck this bit of ivy in hoping it would grow over the fence . |
| 25 | Paradoxically , though , Roxburgh observed that Jess , who he favourably compared with a young Kenny Dalglish , had ‘ become an internationalist ’ at Ibrox by proving he could function at the highest level . |
| 26 | The result is not only misleading in itself : it is an inauspicious basis for predicting what may follow . |
| 27 | When we plan a language syllabus we can draw on very comprehensive descriptions of the language which provide us with a basis for deciding what should go into the syllabus and in what order . |
| 28 | You know , I mean , er , that is why it 's all coming out in the books , that 's why the , all these men , she 's sort of saying I 'll get my own back now , you know ! |
| 29 | It was late at night and I decided , I was just sort of talking I 'd say , I ca n't get rid of this headache , and I do n't know what I 'm gon na do , I do n't whether I should just not worry about it cos I 'm not that old , and I was really pouring my heart out to him , and he turns round and he says , yeah , you need a new clutch you really need a new clutch . |
| 30 | The shame of believing he could initiate any intimacy with Resenence Jeopardy made him flush . |