Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [indef pn] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as making quick botch jobs of things that need careful repair if they are not to fall apart again next week , teachers , when they confront the impossibility of doing everything they ought to do head on , are faced with making some very tough priority decisions . |
| 2 | Instead of carding someone he 'll put his arm round her and say Do n't ! |
| 3 | I wrote and thanked him on behalf of the Council for what he 'd done but it 's now a question of finding somebody who can match it . |
| 4 | if she 's refused about having something she 'll set |
| 5 | In in this instance the Harlow Sports Centre been very kind in doing everything they can to host this venue and hopefully in the near future the Harlow playhouse will open their arms also thank you . . |
| 6 | And if you do agree to them , but later have second thoughts , seek expert advice before doing anything which might expose you to legal action , or to the risk that the instalment payments will be stopped . |
| 7 | Research can be carried out at all sorts of levels ; we could restrict ourselves simply to reading everything we can find and produce a piece of work which was wholly based on documentary sources and which did not involve us in attending any baptisms or asking anyone involved any questions . |
| 8 | Although she was only just learning to speak , on spotting one she would shout ‘ mushoosh , mushoosh ’ ' much to the amusement of passers by . |
| 9 | Instead , he gambled on finding someone who could play the last card in the British deck — independence — and then , with nothing further to offer , keep sufficient control of the situation to extricate Britain from India with honour and possibly with glory . |
| 10 | By June he had tried seven different prospective designers without finding one who could give him what he wanted , but was emphatic that he could not work at a distance with Hanns or other Johannesburg artists , ‘ so that 's that ’ . |
| 11 | Like her mother , Constance was a perfectionist and devoted all her energies and efforts to making something she could show Nora with pride and , more importantly , present to Miss Hatherby with confidence . |
| 12 | But even without smashing anything you can have a great break on Corfu . |
| 13 | René Descartes , who attempted to discover truth by doubting everything he could manage to doubt , described the first principle of his method like this in A Discourse on Method , ‘ The first rule was never to accept anything for true which I did not clearly know to be such ; that is to say … to comprise nothing more in my judgement than what was presented to my mind so clearly and distinctly as to exclude all ground of doubt . ’ |
| 14 | The Gnomes sat at the far table , eating and drinking happily , whiling away an amiable half hour by telling anyone who would listen the entire history of the Crown Jewels and the history of the Gallan forges . |