Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here and there was the occasional flower bed ; the lilies and other wild flowers struggling to thrive amongst the brambles and weeds . |
| 2 | The present Soviet economic system was formed in these years ; Mr Gorbachev and his colleagues , in endeavouring to reform the USSR , are deliberately seeking to build on the strengths and eliminate the weaknesses of the traditional system . |
| 3 | Returning to the Rossiya and not daring to look at the men and women who stood and swayed beside him . |
| 4 | He 's going to go through the tapes and pick the bits he 'd like to use on Monday next week ( with a stop watch to get an idea of the bits he 's interested in ) and will book into the OUTC studio on George Street ( 278802 ) during week you 're away ( 1 day 's booking max ) , expecting some help from Astrid/Simon/anyone else who 's around . |
| 5 | And look at us now would youse — look at this place now — Sean and Michael live like kings — whatever they might say — and I 'm not going to go into the whys and wherefores here . ’ |
| 6 | Oh by the way Miss Hall do you know anything , said P C Garfield , well said Jane I was n't going to tell , but I think Mr Sandy and their assistant knows something about it , because about twelve thirty this morning I was going to report about the cobwebs and dampness on the walls and I heard Mr Sandy and his assistant talking in the back room . |
| 7 | You think the fans are going to jump over the fences and grab you . |
| 8 | It 's going to be a constant struggle and it 's going to start at the grassroots and we should n't see anybody 's experience as not worthwhile . |
| 9 | And I do , I 'm more concerned with the lack of capital in maintenance that 'll we 'll , we 're going to have on the roads and infrastructure this year , I think there 's always a reason to put a little bit of capital maintenance into both our buildings and our roads . |
| 10 | The research will monitor what coping strategies governing bodies are using to deal with the tasks and responsibilities given to them by the new educational legislation and will also focus on the identification of power relations ( including gender and race/ethnicity ) , decision making processes and networks of influence operating in the eight governing bodies . |
| 11 | The heat was beginning to go off the streets and the shadows were creeping out from the walls . |
| 12 | The film shows a small state under the benign tutelage of Margaret Rutherford , pitching to compete with the Russians and the Americans in the space race . |
| 13 | Teachers are coming to look at the shelves and tying it up with what they do in class . |
| 14 | I had no bones in the jaw , which meant having to start below the eyes and re-build a whole new face . |
| 15 | Deans , Head of Schools , Heads of Departments are having to think about the opportunities and problems presented by the prospect of the University expanding by 10% — more than 1,000 students — over the next few years . |
| 16 | Doug said : ‘ You see ramblers collecting to go to the dales and into North Yorkshire . |
| 17 | Rather he thinks that ants ' social organisation and skills should make them at least as rewarding to study as the birds and mammals on which animal behaviourists have focused . |
| 18 | The Alvington entry will be competing in a new class for slightly modified production models , hoping to head off the Jaguars and Porsches when the race gets underway on June the 19th . |