Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hogan has n't been used to driving in the city traffic of recent years , and I had planned to go to Dublin to collect the samples of material . |
| 2 | He claimed all countries have been guilty of tampering with the ball and conceded : ‘ We do n't know what we are going to do , and the countries do n't know the answer . |
| 3 | Certainly on Europe , they are hell-bent on pushing through the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 4 | If you are a shop assistant who frequently deputizes for the manager of a busy store you may need some prompting to realize that among your qualifications you ‘ are ready to take responsibility ’ , ‘ have a flexible approach to work ’ , and ‘ are used to dealing with the public ’ . |
| 5 | Once they are used to travelling in the car , most dogs seem to en joy being taken out in this way . |
| 6 | Alex James in the 1930s had not been averse to appearing at the odd night-club , but Best 's moves were tracked by a posse of desperate journalists as he went from bed to boutique , from discothèque to dressing-room . |
| 7 | What a delightful reflection for you and your dear wife that you should have been instrumental in contributing to the loveliness of the celestial kingdom , and that your beloved infant should be an additional star in diadem of Jesus ! |
| 8 | From the moment he decided to take up running nine years ago at the age of 38 , Zarei had never been interested in running against the clock , or in beating others . |
| 9 | I am interested in working for the Forestry Commission , for a national park or getting a job which involves caring for any aspect of the environment . |
| 10 | Writers about midlife are fond of referring to the empty nest syndrome , much to the annoyance of feminists , who deplore the notion that women need children to bolster their sense of self-worth . |
| 11 | The third reason why we 're , we 're pleased to see you here is that erm as a trades council , we 've and this er and Dick mentioned this in his introduction , we 've initiated a major international programme , major in terms of our size obviously as er as a local body , involving links between union activists here primarily in France er , in northern France , but also links now developing in Spain with the new ferry going between Portsmouth and Bilbao , we 're starting to meet with the unions in Spain who are interested in speaking about the , the , the differences in wages in terms and conditions working for the same ferry company , doing the same jobs in the port , a comparative look at how the , the wages terms and conditions differ and we want to , we want to go and visit them in the autumn and , and work out , and work on more links on a sector basis , so that our colleagues down in Bilbao in northern Spain can link up with people in the , in the , in similar sectors here and we 've done this over the last three and a half years with the unions in France , we 've had exchanges of all sectors , the public sectors , transport , erm , health , social services , shop workers . |
| 12 | It is aimed at young booksellers from outside the German speaking area who are interested in learning about the structure of German publishing and bookselling . |
| 13 | It is essential to have a proper press campaign to explain to the general public — particularly those who are interested in serving in the Territorial Army — that the Territorial Army has a bright and promising future . |
| 14 | There is already evidence that mining corporations are interested in probing beneath the sedimentary rocks to find new deposits . |
| 15 | If you are interested in joining in the success of this high quality leisure and retail development contact letting and managing agents Whelan Best on ( 0232 ) 233641 . |
| 16 | If you did not receive the mailing and are interested in applying for the card , please write to the Development Office , External Relations Unit , . |
| 17 | So the notion that venture capitalists are prone to interfering in the businesses in which they invest is not , strictly speaking , a valid one , or if so not a criticism about which MBO managers would fret too much . |
| 18 | I 'VE always been bashful about going into the ring , so early on I decided to cover it up . |
| 19 | The latter are amenable to testing by the manager to see if they influence behaviour . |
| 20 | Polly 's bright cotton skirt and sleeveless white broderie anglaise top had been perfect for shopping in the balmy warmth . |
| 21 | These would include claims against the vendor 's professional advisers if they had been negligent in advising on the negotiation of the transaction . |
| 22 | Here they are half-way to becoming like the tiny windows of farms in Cumberland where fierce winds blow . |
| 23 | As a result , although there is a section devoted to ‘ Images of Love ’ ( some of its most fascinating and impressive poems are by women , whom we 're used to seeing as the silent objects of love ) , it is only one among many . |
| 24 | And these three would n't cos they 're used to sitting on the chair arm . |
| 25 | In fact , the chemistry on the earth is rather special — it 's the sort of chemistry we 're used to doing at the temperature on the earth in the conditions that occur on the earth , but interspatial space the conditions are quite different and so , in fact , it turns out the chemistry is different , and so also we find that there are molecules that we do n't expect . |
| 26 | They 're quicker at getting on the backs of their players than Cuntona is onto another player 's wife . |
| 27 | So even the most rapid changes in these things were going very , very slowly compared with the kinds of rates which we 're accustomed to seeing in the lab. erm so on the whole so far deep sea cores seem to me to suggest that really at least those beauties are really pretty gradualistic in their behaviour . |
| 28 | They 're ideal for saving in the short term and of course your money is accessible . |
| 29 | the last week in September and it was the last week it was open , so you 're better of going near the middle or I mean the beginning or |
| 30 | But , they say they 're confident of beating off the developers once again . |