Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lewis claimed that this was tantamount to ‘ breathing a lie through silver ’ , a riposte which Tolkien felt sufficiently challenging to require a written reply . |
| 2 | It was all going to take a good deal of sorting out . |
| 3 | We 're all going to have a terrific time together , you know that , do n't you ? ’ |
| 4 | But we 're all going to have a proper dinner by candlelight . |
| 5 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 6 | No politician , whether a great magnate intent on retaining a traditional dominance in his region , a minister of the crown seeking favourable returns for his administration , or a landowner merely wishing to make a good figure in his own county , could manage without access to patronage with which to reward his friends ' loyalty by helping them in their times of need . |
| 7 | Unfortunately they are not usually repeatable , so having made a superb jumper for your mother , you will probably be unable to make one for yourself . |
| 8 | Merseyside fire brigade spokesman Ken London said : ‘ It is bad enough having to tackle a serious fire without having stones thrown at you as well . ’ |
| 9 | So they choose to contend that it has not really happened : and in so choosing raise a timely question about the nature of political belief . |
| 10 | In July 1971 the Chairman of the CDP wrote to three polytechnic directors who were apparently intending to make a direct approach to Mrs Thatcher , as Secretary of State , ‘ in relation to the possible granting of degree awarding powers to your polytechnic ’ : individual initiatives , he considered , were premature . |
| 11 | While even this degree of relief Chairman in the town centre would be welcome , the problem comes in trying to justify a new bypass in terms of its cost effectiveness . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's only trying to make a great deal of money , ’ said Constance . |
| 13 | Smith is charged with murdering security man Ron Letts who was run down trying to stop a stolen van leaving Harmon 's Contracts in Wolverton . |
| 14 | By effectively refusing to consider a particular type of ball for Category A tournaments , the Association would appear , in Mr MacCaughey 's words of response , ‘ … to treat us equally with other companies , when it comes to paying over the proposal fee and the contribution of free of charge tennis balls ( another condition of the Agreement ) , but are unwilling to do so when it comes to exposure at major events . ’ |
| 15 | You do n't look to me like someone desperately struggling to nurse a company-patient back to life . |
| 16 | What Hollywood offered was ‘ a medley range of vague and variable impressions — a disconnected assemblage of ideas , feelings , vagaries and impulses ’ and it followed therefore that the movies were ‘ not endeavouring to provide a consistent philosophy of life ’ . |
| 17 | FOR some time now Wallingford engineering staff have been creeping around like concerned parents not wanting to disturb a sleeping child . |
| 18 | " There 's nothing to be ashamed of , Joseph , in not wanting to kill a beautiful animal , " she said softly . |
| 19 | no , he comes with Nigel who 's that your with ? , hello , alright ? , well no because I 've got a back ache , oh how was your day ? , well the Skipton Building Society are a pain in the arse are you not going to say a bloody word for the rest of the evening , he 's gon na sit with his hand on his neck and I shall shoot him |
| 20 | A theory with an uncertainty principle is not going to yield a determinate dynamics in which position and momentum are the subjects of clear-cut prediction . |
| 21 | ‘ Men , I want to tell you that I 'm not going to employ a new farm manager . |
| 22 | Visual handicap is not going to elicit a common response to situations although it can impose some shared problems . |
| 23 | Ah he said he was go he promised that he was going to bring a new disk , and then he had n't and then he did this and I thought mm I 'm not going to get a new disk out of him now it 's out of warranty and at least it 's working now and |
| 24 | We 're not going to get a good preacher . |
| 25 | As it says in the article You own house and live in Surrey your surviving spouse is not going to get a great deal of the house . |
| 26 | And for a female it may be possible that she 's not going to get a full pension anyway , she may have er had time out , not paid contributions right the way through etcetera . |
| 27 | ‘ But I 'm not going to get a big head about it or anything . |
| 28 | If we want to indicate that the man is not going to ride a specific horse but any horse or horses in general , then we can move yarraman into the dative case which is marked by the suffix ku . |
| 29 | The approach , however , is fundamentally marginal : it is not going to have a great effect on urban economies faced with the impact of massive corporate restructuring ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ February is only a short month , so it is not going to have a devastating effect on figures , and there are now signs that the recession is bottoming out , which has to be good for the industry , ’ a spokesman said . |