Example sentences of "[v-ing] to build a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All are currently co-owners of a mysterious consulting firm called Pol-Nippon , a Polish-Japanese joint venture that , among other things , is bidding to build a refinery and port near Gdansk . |
| 2 | Their cars seem to be going the same way , with Daihatsu contriving to build a diesel engine of a mere 993cc for the little Charade four-seater hatchback . |
| 3 | This agreement was the most substantive evidence yet that Gorbachev was now seeking to build a coalition of centre and left-wing forces . |
| 4 | So are they looking to build a bypass first ? |
| 5 | Back at the beginning of the eighties Bath coach Jack Rowell was looking to build a side for the future . |
| 6 | But is it not true that wherever it is , we 're not going to build a wall around it , to keep them in . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're going to build a snowman . |
| 8 | Er and then er I was going to make a v nice flat and I was going to build a warehouse and things to But I did n't got to do it . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , after the first six or seven freebies things got a little hazy and I understand that I told everyone that Singh and his brothers ( no relation ) were indeed going to build a superstore on ‘ The Tip ’ , but that they were also going to spend £2,000,000 on a new stadium for Athletico to be built on top of Mitchley cemetery . |
| 10 | He 's rolling in it , he 's even going to build a house with it . |
| 11 | A French company wishing to build a plant in West Germany needs to be able to turn its French francs into D-marks . |
| 12 | Thinking about the past , helping to build a cupboard , playing in the village band or photographing the bootmaker and the carpenter , Mr Spender seems contented and within the Tuscany he was looking for when he was , as he says , tired of the ‘ thin blue light of London ’ . |
| 13 | Henry Kolker played the part of a man of the ‘ working-class ’ who whilst helping to build a bridge becomes interested in the boss 's daughter . |
| 14 | Clinton was much like the others — a rangy boy with a tuxedo in his trunk who had come to Oxford to study political science and to read all he could before starting to build a career in law and government . |
| 15 | Perha perhaps if I the appeal site wedge with the erm intending to build a road through it . |
| 16 | Patriot anti-missile system maker , Raytheon Corp , has licensed DEC 's Alpha chip intending to build a line of military-specification compatibles around it . |
| 17 | PLANNERS hoping to build a £1m Somme Heritage Centre are expected to be given the green light at Ards Borough Council meeting tomorrow night . |
| 18 | Trying to build a culture on the basis of some other food ( the potato ? ) or some other animal than the llama ( the cow ? ) . |
| 19 | In the UK , SAS has been trying to build a relationship with ICL plc for the last three or four years — with little success . |
| 20 | I was called away one morning , somebody came along to me and said will you come along to Street , there 's a chap playing up , old Harry , he 's trying to build a shed or something and it 's two o'clock in the morning , none of us can sleep , do come along with me . |
| 21 | You will keep failing in a society based on hierarchical power but that does n't mean you should stop trying to build a structure in which you all have the opportunity to be part of the editorial and creative process … |
| 22 | Patrick was again experimenting with balance , deliberately trying to build a construction that would over-balance ( a word given to him by the teacher during their earlier discussions ) . |
| 23 | Are you trying to build a wall against me , Spatz ? |
| 24 | We look forward to seeing the world anew and to trying to build a life that is as beautiful as possible for our children . |
| 25 | So , Freud says , trying to build morality on the basis of religion , is like trying to build a house on sand , because the foundations wo n't hold . |
| 26 | And for , our children when they grow up cos I had three children nearly every one that had come into the town had little ones so you see we were trying to build a town for our children to benefit which I do n't know whether you think that it 's a town worth living in but I think that we have done very well and it 's a town that is caring for such as the elderly they really do care ! |
| 27 | It is about losing everything … job , house and the years spent in trying to build a business . ’ |
| 28 | He was sniffing round , trying to build a picture of the relationship . |
| 29 | Libby and George had been trying to build a bridge with logs pulled from the wood and tied with twine from the farm to stop them rolling apart . |
| 30 | I was trying to build a car . |