Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Stringer , a most gracious loser despite experiencing the disappointment of missing out at the penultimate stage for the second time in three years , asked : ‘ What more do you have to do to prove yourself . ’ |
| 2 | I know you see which side my fence is buttered , and if I can bring to football the organisational skills that have made me such a big fish in retailing , then Athletico Whaddon need have no fear of ending up on the slab . |
| 3 | And they were not ‘ luxuries ’ but , in the higher standard of living , had become essentials for anyone with the modest ambition of keeping up with the Jones 's — wireless sets , gramophones , motor bikes , motor cars , vacuum cleaners , geysers , Oxford Bags , artificial silk stockings , tennis racquets and steel-shafted mashie niblicks . |
| 4 | From his experience with the Navy 's Coastal Airships on convoy escort and anti U-boat patrols , Binding was accustomed to the perilous practice of climbing out of the gondola cockpit high above the North Sea to service the airship 's two eight-cylinder 150 hp Sunbeam engines . |
| 5 | Cook has every intention of getting back into the South African team next season although he will not find it easy following the success of Andrew Hudson at the World Cup . |
| 6 | It 's always held a special meaning for me , and when the development is completed I have every intention of moving back into the area and making my home here . |
| 7 | At the end of the ceremony she tottered off to the bus , looking as if she had every intention of popping in to the local when she got home and livening everyone up with a steady dropping of ‘ To think our ‘ Ilda should go before me ’ remarks . |
| 8 | Back at base , Stirling had every intention of staying out in the desert and carrying on his raiding operations . |
| 9 | ‘ Because he believed that Charles just is n't going to make it — and the sovereign 's relationship with her heir has always been difficult — Prince Philip urged her to assert that she had no intention of stepping down from the throne , that she must and will remain for the duration . ’ |
| 10 | It is interesting to speculate on the likely effect of opting out on the present independent schools . |
| 11 | Unlike many groups , The Wedding Present largely avoided the dubious pleasure of growing up in the public eye . |
| 12 | The garrison conjectured that the sepoys ' powder had been soaked by the downpour … there was even wild talk of breaking out of the enclave and escaping to safety . |
| 13 | The advantage of finding out about the pupil 's present level of visual functioning is that it can be considered as a starting point . |
| 14 | at the Gateshead National Garden Festival from 1989 to 1990 that was alright , then last September 1990 and with the end of the festival in site I had a dread of going back on the dole as I already spent seven years on the dole previously through no-fault of my own . |
| 15 | Afterwards you stand no hope of getting back into the City . |
| 16 | Destabilisation of the German economy could kill off Europe 's hope of getting out of the recession . |
| 17 | Management gurus have done their best , picking over the bones of ‘ world-class ’ firms in the hope of coming up with the Magic Formula . |
| 18 | And indeed for the first few weeks there is a manic response of getting up at the usual time and finding things to do , but which gradually subsides into grief and depression . |
| 19 | You talk about getting work you talk about getting work and all that sort of thing erm we 've offered John , at one point , that if he did a bit of clearing up in the churchyard erm that he would be given a small amount of money . |
| 20 | I feel done a bit of sewing up on the shoulders and then it 's well on the way . |
| 21 | Advisers constantly complain of lost files at the Department of Social Security , staff indifference and the difficulty of getting through on the telephone . |
| 22 | You know , the difficulty of getting up to the flats , i you know I I suffered from arthritis , and er you know i it was quite a strenuous business to get from the ground up to our own flat . |
| 23 | I do have to admit , though , that when I 'm working away from home it 's not a case of going out on the town — but going straight to bed to catch up on a good night 's sleep . |
| 24 | Apart from the bore of travelling in from the suburbs every day , his mother irritated him . |
| 25 | However , these can only be a rough guide , and there is no replacement for experience of getting down among the crevices , ledges and pools . |
| 26 | Finally , I propose to call no person more than once to accept that the movers will have the opportunity of winding up at the end and I would please ask you to wait until you have been called . |
| 27 | But , as you will realise , the act of digging down towards the rabbit creates a lot of disturbance and vibration . |
| 28 | By the very act of reading on into the tale from the Miller 's Prologue we as readers allow ourselves to be manipulated into supposing ourselves somehow different from the readership of " " every gentil wight " " that is offered a warning and an invitation to : We know ourselves to be more complex beings . |
| 29 | The simple act of starting out on the route from Tunbridge Wells to Bourne End was nevertheless sufficient to call to her mind every detail of what she had seen and heard that afternoon . |
| 30 | Brockweir residents accuse the council of selling out to the highest bidder instead of letting future generations go to school in their own village . |