Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was struggling to pull something to the top of the dunes . |
| 2 | ‘ I am presently endeavouring to protect you from a race that considers all human life to be a dangerous , parasitic infection . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I am writing to thank you for the Morrissey article . |
| 5 | I am writing to thank you for the coverage you gave my launch as the No More Pylons candidate ( Echo March 26 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | By making an alliance with Megara , Athens was clearly seeking to secure herself from a lightning invasion from the west — the threat which had been made at the time of Thasos . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Since my dramatic arrival on the fishkeeping scene , I have been constantly troubled by reporters hiding in my filter , dustbins , and under the coal in my bath , all seeking to catch me with a fishkeeping grouper . |
| 10 | She had not looked deliberately , not wanting to tempt herself with the sight of him . |
| 11 | They should not be clothed in sexual disguises with near-naked women pretending to sell everything but the product itself . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The picture is obscured by the different public and private agencies seeking to divest themselves of the burden by distributing costs between one another . |
| 16 | To extend a statute to a regrettably omitted case looks like legislation , whereas refusing to extend it to a casus male inclusus is more like imposing a provisional fetter on legislation ( provisional , because Parliament can always come back and include the case expressly if it wants to ) . |
| 17 | WITH COVENT Garden on the rise , West Soho , London 's Eighties mecca of zonal shopping , is looking to keep itself on the agenda . |
| 18 | You know what whatever the situation is we we done it by then , but er we we do they they are guaranteeing to supply us with an office and telephone facility for up to three weeks . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | There are advantages in having it on your child 's birthday rather than the nearest weekend , in that it is a special day and it is fitting to have it as a day of celebration . |
| 21 | Last week a Department of Environment inspector heard a planning appeal seeking to change it into a nursing home . |
| 22 | The young men in the parliament have taken an oath of allegiance to the Lithuanian state , swearing to defend it to the death . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Parent : ‘ He does n't play with them for more than 5 minutes before wanting to throw them at the wall . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | This type will grow into a defiant adult seeking to prove himself to the world . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | Seeking to emulate him in every way , he decided he too would have a multiplicity of spouses . |
| 30 | 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 . |