Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not returning calls , or taking a long time to do so . |
| 2 | As simple as lighting a fire or finding a dry place to sleep . |
| 3 | Hayling , now describing himself in Trotskyite jargon as a ‘ commercial rightist ’ , and wearing a three-piece suit to prove it , seemed determined to become a City gent . |
| 4 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 5 | Our next move was to co-operate with anglers by meeting the National Federation of Anglers and taking a joint initiative to remove the use of lead in anglers ' tackle . |
| 6 | It is definitely worth flying to Prague and taking a few days to look around before you travel across the country to Slovakia . |
| 7 | Work the mixture into the cracks using the edge of a builder 's trowel , brushing away the surplus , and choosing a dry day to do the work , so that the surface of the slabs is not smeared with cement . |
| 8 | Kravchuk proposed holding a conference to arrange repayment and appointing a Western bank to manage it . |
| 9 | This spiral-bound booklet is written in association with Bonnie 's Wools and contains 42 pages of information on making and adapting a basic block to suit your own measurements . |
| 10 | This would involve GM taking a key stake in Jaguar and making a substantial investment to help to ensure its independence . |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose I ought to go now , ’ she said , picking up the eiderdown from the floor and making a vague attempt to straighten the blankets . |
| 12 | Reading this , I could have been forgiven for conjuring up a picture of the Queen Mother settling down comfortably by a television set at Sandringham , perhaps a daughter at her side , a corgi at feet and refreshment to hand , basking in the glow of my birthday tribute to her , and making a mental note to instruct the Private secretary in the morning to send a line of thanks to those concerned . |
| 13 | ‘ Enjoying banter with the regulars and making a special effort to make newcomers feel welcome is a tough job when the hours may be 11am to 11pm . |
| 14 | Ruth Hilali , who 's fifty and formerly from Worcester , but now of no fixed address , is charged with stealing more than six thousand pounds from the Kurdish Refugee Association and making a false statement to obtain a passport . |
| 15 | You and Maria Luisa already living together , both feeling sorry for yourselves and finding a sympathetic shoulder to cry on . ’ |
| 16 | The intention therefore is significantly different although both are concerned with presenting oneself as an object of others ' attention and finding a public language to do so . |
| 17 | He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox . |
| 18 | She did not go up to London to see her lover without first drawing fifteen pounds out of her bank account , and thinking up a convincing story to tell her parents , and packing a good book to read on the train ( it was U.S.A. by John dos Passos , and she had read four and a half pages of it before she had been interrupted by her neighbour 's knee ) , and looking up her lover 's address in the A to Z. |
| 19 | ( b ) You are keeping the focus on language and missing a good opportunity to focus on the message . |
| 20 | They have entirely different usage characteristics from the solvent cleaners being more able to remove thick layers of soil but requiring a hot solution to work effectively . |
| 21 | But asking a trusty neighbour to keep an eye on your property should mean you can enjoy your holiday without worrying about what you might find when you get home . |
| 22 | Not apprehensive he was going astray , the took towards the river ; but having a high bank to mount , and being nearly exhausted with wandering and the effect of the liquor , he was most fortunately prevented from rising the mound , or he certainly must have precipitated himself ( as it was near high water ) into the Medway . |
| 23 | There is a feeling that if the wording were changed to ‘ seeking to interfere with play ’ it would spare the player who is in an offside position but making a genuine attempt to stay onside by , for example , running back towards the halfway line . |