Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope by participating in the Earthwatch expedition I would have the chance of studying alternative sources of fuel for the benefit of local communities which would help in checking the ecological disturbance . |
| 2 | I begin by joining in the congratulations paid by hon. Members of all parties to the hon. Member for Birkenhead ( Mr. Field ) on the production of an excellent report , and to my hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield ( Mr. Winterton ) who chaired the Select Committee on Health , which was also involved . |
| 3 | No , I 'm just a Jock — Guardsman Willoughby — and a Jock I look like staying till the end of the war . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But they will have no experience of running pubs and I know from talking to the local bench that licensing magistrates are concerned at the standard of new licensees . ’ |
| 5 | I believe in working towards the soul and spirit and beauty of things . |
| 6 | I feel like staying outside the shop all day just watching the people go past and fiddling with this string in my pocket . |
| 7 | Yet sometimes that is what I feel like doing to the psychological and emotional crutches which are marketed as folk religion . |
| 8 | I take in my opinion the size , scale of settlement that is being pursued by erm North Yorkshire is of sufficient size , erm my experience erm are twelve fifty to fifteen hundred new settlement is sort of of a size that can sustain a reasonable balance of community facilities , I think in looking at the new village and in the context of P P G thirteen its highway implications , we see from table one of er Mr Curtis 's supplementary statement that public transport , I E bus and train , in terms of journeys to work to the Greater York area amounts to about eight percent of all journeys made , now I think if we were to follow Mr Curtis 's view through and put all development on the periphery of York , if we put two hundred to the North , two hundred to the East , two hundred to the South and so on and so forth , the contribution that those , that new housing can make to improving the public transport system , will be very small , if you concentrate your developments in a new settlement , or or maybe two new settlements which is another point , erm you have a better opportunity to provide a public transport system which would not only serve that new village , but also settlements in the surroundings , and I think you will find that the percentage of people in the new village who are reliant on public transport as a means of getting to work is greater that what you find in the Greater York area at the present time . |
| 9 | I start by agreeing with the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) that asylum seekers should be guaranteed good legal advice and representation . |
| 10 | When I use a well-known television series as a starting point I start by talking to the children about what we 're going to do and the way we 're going to work : " We 're going to make up a play together . |
| 11 | The Pope 's got more chance of gettin' pregnant than I 'ave of gettin' into the charts . |
| 12 | ‘ I disapprove of killing at the best of times , Ace , but , and this is vitally important , you must never kill anyone with a role in recorded history if you can possibly avoid it . |
| 13 | I admit to yielding to the temptation of allowing you to think this house was your father 's , but my thoughts have not all been selfish . |
| 14 | I suppose the main difference I notice about living in the two environments is how my dress is n't bound by convention on the island , I just stick to wearing what is most comfortable . |
| 15 | ‘ And as you insist on leaving at the end of the month , ’ he added blandly , ‘ I 'd like everything — but everything — bang up to date . ’ |
| 16 | Or , if you insist on hanging around the office , they will set you to work on the accounts of charities . |
| 17 | ‘ Which no doubt accounts for the ease you display in dealing with the public , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Was n't interested in sc Well I mean interest I suppose But I think what it was to start with I I missed the first term , you know after passing for the county , I missed the first term . |
| 19 | If you feel like withdrawing from the hurly burly and being reclusive , then do so and take this opportunity to recharge your batteries , and your energy will return soon . |
| 20 | You will probably be able to " negotiate " where you go by talking to the teacher or co-ordinator who is responsible for organising the Work Experience programme . |
| 21 | Entering Biarritz by the coast road like this , you end by driving along the Avenue Édouard VII , which leads down into the centre of the town and sets the tone for a resort that was for a while Europe 's princeliest . |
| 22 | Yeah , right , then you 'll scrub that one out like that , cos you 've done that one , alright , then you pick another word and you look for it , right look for Grumpy G R U M P Y and you start by going across the top , alright ? |
| 23 | Those members of the party who do not feel inclined can perform a service for those who do by returning in the car to Leck and there taking a side road past Leck Church to the village of Ireby ; here they can await the arrival of their more resolute companions . |
| 24 | But if you persist in going for the burn , you can do as the Californians , and add to your kitbag a packet of small pieces of adhesive-backed plastic called Frownies . |
| 25 | I blame myself you see for going in the hospital . |
| 26 | Yeah but you see by going to the same supplier , we 've got a lot of the film we can use that er there 's been several days filming |
| 27 | Any time you spend on agitating about the system of teaching or lecturing is time altruistically spent , for it will benefit only your successors . |
| 28 | Identify the type of drive you have by looking at the cable . |
| 29 | Living with somebody depressive has made me depressed on frequent occasions and th th the feelings of helplessness that you have in dealing with the person 's depression . |
| 30 | And we will therefore need to exercise great judgement and realism in the assumptions we make in planning for the future . |