Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right : These curved , gently steps continue on from a path which follows a rounded lawn , helping to create a relaxed atmosphere in the garden . |
| 2 | Just before serving melt a little butter in the frying pan and seal the strips of beef . |
| 3 | From time to time , shares which one licensed dealer was pushing got a wee mention in the national press . |
| 4 | If you are looking to buy a new computer in the near future it would be wise not to obtain one with less than 4 meg of RAM on board . |
| 5 | The Labour Market and Employment Research Area of the WZB is seeking to fill a new position in a research project financed by the European Community . |
| 6 | It was true that I had n't been to see Jeeta or Anwar for a long time , what with the moving and my depression and everything , and wanting to start a new life in London and know the city . |
| 7 | Denied an opportunity to intervene since 676 , Aethelred was clearly seeking to re-establish a Mercian presence in Kent . |
| 8 | The experiential approach is seeking to supply a missing ingredient in so much education including RE , that of genuine involvement and learning to become aware of the depths in one 's own experience . |
| 9 | The Glens need to beat Larne at Inver Park to be sure of reaching the quarter-finals and manager Robert Strain is looking to make a few alterations in his line-up . |
| 10 | But who 's going to drive a flaming car in reverse for thousands and thousands of miles ? |
| 11 | ‘ Basically we are an experienced team , but the youngsters are going to play a crucial role in trying to keep us up there . ’ |
| 12 | They 're going to play a tracking game in Horsfall Woods this evening . |
| 13 | Now he is attempting to win a third title in the middleweight division but first he must win his European title fight against the tough Dutchman John Neslo today . |
| 14 | Now he is attempting to win a third title in the middleweight division but first he must win his European title fight against the tough Dutchman John Neslo today . |
| 15 | Agriculture campaigner Robin Maynard said : ‘ £31 million over three years might build a few ornamental ponds in the countryside but it is hardly going to generate a major shift in agricultural policy from over-intensive agriculture to sustainable farming practice . ’ |
| 16 | But it 's cos I changed it , they were going to put a large fence in |
| 17 | To be going to start a new life in one of the oldest and noblest families of Portugal ! " — and she went into raptures about the climate , the food , the spring flowers , the language , the culture and the handsome men and women of her mother country . |
| 18 | In attempting to market a new product in a foreign country , the firm is itself trying to educate consumers as to the uses and benefits of the product . |
| 19 | Finally , a good deal of inquiry is made at a local level by local authorities or local voluntary bodies attempting to assess a particular problem in the immediate area . |
| 20 | Mr Heseltine , seen by many Tory faithful as Margaret Thatcher 's assassin , was never going to get a good reception in his first post-coup party speech . |
| 21 | It has successfully developed and operated a port at Sheerness in Kent and drew on this experience in deciding to develop a commercial port in the easternmost portion of the old dockyard . |
| 22 | Now this may be because we 're on the way from one position to another , or it may be a traditional British approach , but I find this personally a great source of pressure because on the one hand I recognise as a parent myself one 's going to have a crucial interest in the education of one 's child , on the other hand how one reconciles those hundreds of different philosophies and then superimposes upon it a professional approach is , I suppose , the greatest single source of strain I find running a large secondary school , particularly , as I said before , in the end the responsibility in law is mine . |
| 23 | Oh yes yeah outside yes and old programmes they sell at away matches , badges , season tickets as you might understand , but they , they are going to have a good day in April on the centenary day because they have it getting all the old players Tony says he , he 's been invited to attend as well and Gilbert I believe will be going and erm |
| 24 | ’ Where I 'm going to have a relaxing soak in AmnioEze , and a drink or two . |
| 25 | When an accomplished actor like ( bridegroom 's name ) realizes he is going to have a speaking part in the wedding ceremony he jumps at the opportunity . |
| 26 | ‘ He 's going to have a short stay in a Home soon to give me a break . |
| 27 | At this final glimpse , he was going to join a new mistress in Pisa , while Clairmont went on to Florence , then shrouded in thick fog . |
| 28 | Now if you choose the right site for your hole on that road , you have a good view through field glasses of the camp — and no one 's going to notice a small slit in the canvas cover of a telephone-hole . |
| 29 | Overly euphoric notions inside the company that it 's going to move a million units in the next year ‘ ai n't gon na happen , ’ he said . |
| 30 | A theory with an uncertainty principle is not going to yield a determinate dynamics in which position and momentum are the subjects of clear-cut prediction . |