Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Liberals ' strategists , after panicking about Campbellmania , are now praying for her to become Tory leader . |
| 2 | Children are special — and problems relating to them need specialised care . |
| 3 | At one point a uniform sergeant listening to me discuss some tactic , gloomily pointed out that my style was not theirs ; but then , he rationalized , ‘ how could it be , you 're from the north side of the river ’ . |
| 4 | But listening to you make that case it 's very similar to reading the great debate on franchise reform in this House in the last century , when people said we should be included and that people like us should be able to have the vote and put people into Parliament , it 's I mean it was just that you were you were making that plea about pro that the Board should be representative as being like the group who are benefiting . |
| 5 | It 's very heartening that the A T C are actually looking to us to do some work with them , and that they actually think that Oxford is moving forward in the right direction , and that they actually want to come and share some of our knowledge . |
| 6 | a fixed-term contract for one year or more entered into from 1 October 1980 can include an agreement in writing by you to exclude any claim that you may have for unfair dismissal , where your dismissal consists only of the expiry of the term ; |
| 7 | a fixed-term contract for two years or more entered into from 6 December 1965 can include an agreement in writing by you to exclude any claim that you may have for state redundancy pay , where your dismissal consists only of the expiry of the term . |
| 8 | a fixed-term contract for one year or more entered into from 1 October 1980 can include an agreement in writing by you to exclude any claim that you may have for unfair dismissal , where your dismissal consists only of the expiry of the term ; |
| 9 | a fixed-term contract for two years or more entered into from 6 December 1965 can include an agreement in writing by you to exclude any claim that you may have for state redundancy pay , where your dismissal consists only of the expiry of the term . |
| 10 | He looked at Bigwig , as though waiting for him to ask another question . |
| 11 | She was waiting for him to make some reply , and he said slowly : ‘ I guess you must be homesick , now Captain Dawson is n't here . ’ |
| 12 | They 're calling for you to give some sort of speech . ’ |
| 13 | However , a delegation from Japan 's ruling Liberal Democratic Party handed him a message from Mr Kiichi Miyazawa , Japanese Prime Minister , calling on him to allay international concern that North Korea 's nuclear programme is weapons-oriented . |
| 14 | Then I got the nuts off , by which time these two ladies had become a crowd of people staring at me changing this tyre , and then it becomes a performance . |
| 15 | Gates refused to tender his resignation on the grounds that his 8,300 members were depending on him to provide strong leadership in a difficult situation ( The Guardian , 4 April 1991 ) . |
| 16 | But the pressure did n't help , and nor did the night air , nor any of the great machinery of circumstance that had , without her realising it , been combining against her to produce this moment . |
| 17 | The tap could be regulated so that the water flowing from it filled another tank in exactly twenty-four hours , while raising a float inside the tank a fixed distance . |
| 18 | Just thinking about it aroused such passion in him it was scary : $75 million from the bank , $25 million from Antonio , and he , Stephen Reece-Carlton , could develop his own small island in the Bahamas , with a marina , golf course and casino . |
| 19 | I said well I 'm trying to I said this bloke what happens to be my oldest brother I said , and he wo n't even tow it for me ! |