Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One PC complained at length to a sergeant that the ‘ ground ’ where they both worked had become much quieter ; he looked back with nostalgia to the old days when the ground was much ‘ harder ’ and ‘ you could literally be strolling past a pub and a bloke would come staggering out with a knife in his back … ’ |
| 2 | Any goal of mine which I have allowed to be chosen for me by others , even if I think of it as an end in itself , can only be serving as a means to something else which my private test does confirm as wanted for its own sake . |
| 3 | Margaret Stanhope saw by the watch that never left his wrist that their unromantic interlude would soon be drawing to a close . |
| 4 | However , reporting to a body of committed stakeholders , the auditor would no longer be working in a vacuum . |
| 5 | My time is extremely valuable , and I am not going to be kept waiting here while people like patients take up five or 10 minutes when I shall not be earning at a rate that would put the salary of Members of Parliament to shame . |
| 6 | ‘ I will not be applying for a FISA licence until after the Surfers race , ’ said Mario , ‘ and I do n't foresee any problems . |
| 7 | Otherwise , they would not be lecturing in a college but pursuing some more lucrative occupation ! |
| 8 | Her younger brother was sent by Teresa later in the day to say she would not be returning to a house where a dangerous lunatic lived and no one could expect her to — she would rather forfeit that week 's wages than wait long enough to give notice . |
| 9 | He wass so badly hurt we could easily be dealing with a murder inquiry . |
| 10 | But , asks DON CAMERON , will he still be smiling after a year in the job ? |
| 11 | Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ? |
| 12 | It had to be someone anonymous , but somebody who would be allowed to speak to the man if he was there , and someone who might conceivably be ringing on a Saturday night . |
| 13 | I began to feel that it could n't possibly be encroaching on a Monday afternoon and that Emily and I had an office to go back to . |
| 14 | If your agency is large enough for your personal account executive to be below the level of director of the company , he or she will probably be reporting to a management supervisor ( or some such title ) who will be a board director . |
| 15 | I crossed the road and walked casually along a few streets , and for a while I thought he 'd probably be following at a distance . |
| 16 | ‘ Naah , I say rush it ! ’ laughs Bryan ; ‘ I 'd rather be sitting on a beach any day … ’ |
| 17 | Now , I 'd rather be sitting in a car than standing on a crowded platform , but there was n't much in the way of light relief on the radio . |
| 18 | UNIVERSITY STATUS : The Privy Council has granted Luton College the power to award its own research degrees and the college will now be applying for a change of title to the University of Luton . |
| 19 | And he could even be challenging for a place in the return leg of Leeds ' European Cup first round tie against Stuttgart at Elland Road at the end of the month . |
| 20 | Stockton finished third from bottom in the A Division last season but with the signing of left arm spinner Masood Anwaar as their professional for 1992 they could well be vying for a place in the top five in September . |
| 21 | Their memorandum on US policy towards Indo-China recognized the possibility that without what it called ‘ a bolder political approach ’ the French — and the US — might well be heading into a debâcle which neither could afford ; but the drastic political measures which were reckoned to be necessary would have to be a matter for voluntary decision by the French government . |
| 22 | ‘ They have a great technique , but it 's all too smooth and almost jazz-like ; they might as well be performing in a Holiday Inn lounge or something ! |
| 23 | WHEN the so-called elite of the Premier League find the bottle to break away and form the small , private division they wanted all along , there 's one club they wo n't be touching with a bargepole . |
| 24 | We should n't be aspiring to a multitude of acquaintances , one good friend is enough . |
| 25 | Although ComputerEasy Draw is more basic than the more expensive packages , you wo n't be paying for a lot of functions that you will rarely or never use , and it 's certainly rich enough in features to make it a worthwhile investment for most everyday drawing requirements . |
| 26 | Do I start tomorrow looking for a new paper , because the Echo ca n't be doing with a man who lacks the bloody human touch ? |
| 27 | Robin Boyd , from Cormorant Park in Belfast , said : ‘ I certainly wo n't be going into a Shell garage — unless I 'm running on empty . |
| 28 | He should n't be talking to a newspaper . |
| 29 | ‘ You should n't be sitting on a breakthrough as big as this . ’ |
| 30 | Ancestral gulls therefore probably learned to fly away from gulls pointing their bills from an upright posture ; the posture would then be acting as a threat signal . |