Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile the also sympathetic but Grahamly maddening Tim is struggling to move into a flat on the row , while supposing himself to be struggling to come out of the closet . |
| 2 | If they already have some practical knowledge they will be itching to get on to the floor ! |
| 3 | It would be revealing to know more about the lessons Mr Yeltsin draws from this historical experience , yet the experience — along with Khrushchev 's name — is all but absent from the book . |
| 4 | ‘ Flaming June ’ , people muttered bitterly amid the cascades of rain , and the thought of the poor men who must be waiting to set out across the choppy Channel in their small boats to fight a bloody battle on the other side made me feel cold and sick . |
| 5 | Like the reader who finds that the chapters of his detective novel have been printed in the wrong order , we may only now be beginning to understand why from the point of view of ego- and superego-development the crime which should be at the beginning ( that of Oedipus ) comes at the end , and why what comes at the beginning ( the oral period ) leads unintelligibly into what should otherwise have been the conclusion of the story ( anal stage , latency ) ! |
| 6 | However , it too is thought to be moving to catch up with the market . |
| 7 | We should be fighting to hold on to the playgrounds we have , so our children have a safe environment in which to play . |
| 8 | They seem to be trying to catch up with the West of the Fifties . ’ |
| 9 | She wanted to kneel down next to her friend but felt that she would be trying to get close to the untouchable . |
| 10 | George Benton , the knowledgeable trainer of Holyfield , says : ‘ Evander will be trying to get out of the way early on , blocking and ducking . |
| 11 | That 's right , and I think that 's very important with a side , and of course John Durning now , finished his suspension , so he 'll be raring to get back in the side . |
| 12 | Surely she could n't be planning to go along with the lies . |