Example sentences of "[vb infin] [be] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they do n't like is turning up at the House of Commons and having to do some work , because they ca n't stand the pressure . |
| 2 | I ca n't recall the routes up which I was dragged , but what I do remember is strolling back to the car under one of those hazy , purple , Peak District sunsets , contentedly weary and glowing with achievement — only to find that thieves had struck . |
| 3 | All this head of steam must have been boiling up at the time of JTR 's visit and yet he seems not to have been aware of it . |
| 4 | Might have been queuing up for the keep-fit actually , yes I was , I was queuing up to go to keep-fit and there was a woman in the queue saying that about so and so and so , ooh he 's moving she said ! |
| 5 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 6 | It did not help the Irish , either , that they may well have been winding down after the Five Nations Championship whereas New Zealand 's players were hitting top gear with early-season All Black trials . |
| 7 | It is a sort of cultural conflict which must have been going on in the husband 's mind . |
| 8 | He could have been plummeting down to the centre of the earth , in a submarine nudging over the seabed or flying soundlessly through outer space . |
| 9 | What do you think is going on in the war Jossom ? |