Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [verb] [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could not help her by attacking Havvie and creating an even worse scandal ; that would be self-indulgent , merely seeking to exorcise his own guilt for not believing her . |
| 2 | It would be misleading to profile school teachers as only seeking to maximize their own prestige by cultivating exaggerated interests in sport among black schoolkids and thus jeopardizing their chances academically . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm only going to ask you these questions once , ’ he said , ‘ so listen . |
| 4 | And we 're constantly trying to convince ourselves that fat does n't matter ! |
| 5 | I was only trying to give you some support , Claudia . ’ |
| 6 | I am only trying to mind my own business and I do n't know whether I can prevent the compulsory purchase order . ’ |
| 7 | Similarly , the classes-in-struggle contest control of the state and its apparatus , thereby seeking to promote their own interests . |
| 8 | I 'm just going to give her some milk . ’ |
| 9 | Desperately needing to justify her own actions , minimise her behaviour , she thought it all through again from the beginning until it made even less sense than it had before . |
| 10 | But he was still going to miss his own bed ! |
| 11 | This was one reason why the British , still hoping to maintain their own influence in world affairs , joined with France , Belgium , Holland and Luxembourg in the Brussels defence pact of March 1948 . |
| 12 | Seeing as the best thing about Levitation is the way they challenge his previous band 's liabilities , it 's a shame Tel 's still trying to master his own voice , but there 's still time before they release their debut single . |
| 13 | Bar-Belle Aviation are also hoping to establish their own airfield with a 1,000 metre grass runway ‘ somewhere ’ in Oxfordshire , with a view to basing most of their fleet as well as it becoming a centre for warbird and historic aircraft . |
| 14 | Sir Dick was also planning to write his own life story despite Government disapproval of such books . |
| 15 | If your tactics are basically to run straight towards the enemy and hit him hard then a bolt thrower is n't really going to do you any good . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm now going to ask you some questions . ’ |
| 17 | I know Chris was here doing doing his own calculations on books but after that I mean the I think on the Sunday I he came in and did some work . |
| 18 | I am not fed-up , making veiled requests for more money , but simply trying to determine my own future while happy to be part of the news division . |
| 19 | While the Home Unions are seemingly trying to protect their own interests , the whole issue could blow up in their faces if the Wallabies made a separate tour of South Africa immediately before the tour of Ireland and Wales . |
| 20 | On 29th May 1176 Frederick was defeated at the battle of Lagnano because Henry the Lion , continually striving to increase his own power , had deserted the imperial cause at the last minute . |
| 21 | More and more , Beth found herself acting as the buffer between them , and curiously enough , at times when she sought to protect him , it seemed as though she was actually having to fight her own husband . |