Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [pron] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the eligible mature men were married already , and it would not be fitting to contract her in a match where she was not the senior wife . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Seeking to emulate him in every way , he decided he too would have a multiplicity of spouses . |
| 4 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she said , not daring to look them in the face . |
| 5 | ‘ I have always gone to see her at Kensington Palace — well , I was n't going to see her in a railway siding , was I ? |
| 6 | But now he was going to see her in the flesh . |
| 7 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 8 | Reception rang through and said there was a lady waiting to see me in the foyer . |
| 9 | No doubt there were minions in plenty to see to the plane and Maggie noted that his sister had not come rushing to meet him in the car . |
| 10 | I truly feel that somebody 's going to pinch me in a minute and I 'm going to wake up . |
| 11 | So I think he 's going to find himself in a lot of trouble . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm going to exhibit it in an art gallery in Paris soon . ’ |
| 13 | is also going to help me in an approach to Michael Shea , former Palace press officer and diplomat ( see Who 's Who ) — I met Shea last night at one of the three seminars and receptions which has set up to mark the summit . |
| 14 | Can I ask , I know we 've got Amanda Root here , who 's going to help us in the Health Action Area Report , I also know that she has an ailing child , can we then take the item eleven , health action areas now on page fifty-eight , so that we can let Amanda go back to her commitments . |
| 15 | A will have the statutory power of arrest it B was in fact attempting to steal something in the shed , or if A reasonably suspected him of being in the act of attempting to steal something in the shed . |
| 16 | A will have the statutory power of arrest it B was in fact attempting to steal something in the shed , or if A reasonably suspected him of being in the act of attempting to steal something in the shed . |
| 17 | IF ONE HAD been going to cast anyone in the title role of a movie called Little Big Man , there would not have been many actors in Hollywood one could have thought of besides Dustin Hoffman . |
| 18 | Is your mum waiting to put you in the car , Richard ? |
| 19 | Now this leaflet which I 'm going to give you in a moment er is called How To Put Things Right which i i is quite a good title for a leaflet like this . |
| 20 | I 'm not going to leave you in the lurch . |
| 21 | This involves attempting to put yourself in the consumer 's shoes so as to identify with their hopes and expectations and finding ways of meeting these . |
| 22 | And they were going to put them in the shape of an arrowhead . |
| 23 | You 're going to knock on his door and you 're going to bring him outside and you 're going to put him in the car . ’ |
| 24 | Deeply afraid that this man was going to put me in a cage . |
| 25 | They were going to put us in the workhouse . |
| 26 | I 'm going to put mine in the cupboard now . ’ |
| 27 | If you do and they complete a report and give you their best advice you can still say no thank you I 'm going to put it in the building society . |
| 28 | This has a lovely , but er I think I 'm going to put it in the back because my er arrangement is rather heavy , and I do n't want it to fall over . |
| 29 | She was going to put it in the china vase , only one of the stage hands had left his lighter there for safe keeping , so she stuffed it between two books on the top shelf . |
| 30 | They 're not going to put you in a home . ’ |