Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was struggling to pull something to the top of the dunes . |
| 2 | I am writing to thank you for the Morrissey article . |
| 3 | I am writing to thank you for the coverage you gave my launch as the No More Pylons candidate ( Echo March 26 ) . |
| 4 | The Scottish selectors , however , rated his prime potential value to Scotland as a prop and the genial giant is in the process of seeking to establish himself in the tighthead position . |
| 5 | Further to our telephone conversation last week , I am writing to inform you of the changes of circumstances concerning the above policy , which I had completely forgotten to do , and for which I apologize . |
| 6 | She had not looked deliberately , not wanting to tempt herself with the sight of him . |
| 7 | They should not be clothed in sexual disguises with near-naked women pretending to sell everything but the product itself . |
| 8 | When we denounce the anti-Semitism and let the Fascism take care of itself , we are fastening on what is prepolitical or sub-political , and refusing to engage ourselves on the plane of politics where , as Olson insists , we 're required to vindicate our own sorts of polity against the Fascist sorts . |
| 9 | Despite killing more than 1m of their countrymen between 1975 and 1979 , and despite refusing to submit themselves to the vote , they still have a chance of being invited into the government after the election . |
| 10 | And for all he knew , pro-Syrian elements , the Lebanese Forces and other narco-terrorist groups were also still looking to revenge themselves for the damage that he and the Asmar cell had done to their drugs , arms and hostage-taking operations in Beirut . |
| 11 | The picture is obscured by the different public and private agencies seeking to divest themselves of the burden by distributing costs between one another . |
| 12 | WITH COVENT Garden on the rise , West Soho , London 's Eighties mecca of zonal shopping , is looking to keep itself on the agenda . |
| 13 | Ken kept his sheet music in the one he had constructed in the small back bedroom , so fear of splashing kept it on the whole unused . |
| 14 | She gave a shaky laugh , wanting to add something to the effect that it was n't fear that drew people to Marc , but more like sheer charisma . |
| 15 | The young men in the parliament have taken an oath of allegiance to the Lithuanian state , swearing to defend it to the death . |
| 16 | Thus from a very narrow and restricted expression there has been drawn a very wide and unrestricted principle , all based on the assumed purpose of Parliament and the perceived absurdity of seeking to effect it by the language in which Parliament actually chose to express it . |
| 17 | Parent : ‘ He does n't play with them for more than 5 minutes before wanting to throw them at the wall . ’ |
| 18 | Initially the Australians showed that they were unprepared to be manipulated by quietly but firmly refusing to commit themselves to the ANC 's extra-curricular initiatives for a Boipatong visit and the wearing of black armbands during matches . |
| 19 | Dear Sir , I 'm just writing to tell you about the fun we had when everyone saw Albie 's ( Mr Misery ) photo in the Echo . |
| 20 | This type will grow into a defiant adult seeking to prove himself to the world . |
| 21 | ‘ In all my films , ’ said Winner , ‘ the underlying theme is the individual seeking to prove himself against the mass , to set himself above the environment . |
| 22 | After them the literary scene in Slovenia throughout the nineteenth century resembles that of many of the small nations of Europe struggling to free themselves from the shackles of the great multinational empires which straddled the continent from Finland to the Aegean . |
| 23 | Her hair , red snakes struggling to free themselves from the hairpins , was the only vital thing about her . |
| 24 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she said , not daring to look them in the face . |
| 25 | But now he was going to see her in the flesh . |
| 26 | There is a funicular in Ellmau and a chairlift in Going to whisk you up the mountain and the views . |
| 27 | For a moment , I thought he was going to hit me with the shoe ; then he dropped it on the floor and began to pull at my clothes . |
| 28 | Procter 's anger at this annoyed Lloyd so much that he told his captain he was going to hit him over the pavilion ; and he did just that — next ball . |
| 29 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 30 | Reception rang through and said there was a lady waiting to see me in the foyer . |