Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect is somewhat studio-bound — Oppitz steers a beautifully controlled course through treacherous terrain , never taking a tumble , but never freewheeling either , and never daring to swing recklessly around a corner . |
| 2 | Meanwhile the also sympathetic but Grahamly maddening Tim is struggling to move into a flat on the row , while supposing himself to be struggling to come out of the closet . |
| 3 | ‘ I am sorry to interrupt your cosy chat , Martin , but Daddy 's dying to go up to the bar for a drink and we 've promised to stop by Carolyn Roach 's house later on . ’ |
| 4 | If they already have some practical knowledge they will be itching to get on to the floor ! |
| 5 | The answer , from work-a-day tinkers , tailors , soldiers and sailors ( and company directors , clerics , academics and ex-BR drivers itching to get back inside a steam cab ) has been a most definitely resounding yes ! |
| 6 | Northside have taken a trip from the street to the stage without appearing to stop off at the rehearsal room , and display no remorse at waltzing straight into the charts . |
| 7 | Northside have taken a trip from the street to the stage without appearing to stop off at the rehearsal room , and display no remorse at waltzing straight into the charts . |
| 8 | She boiled some milk for a cup of cocoa , resolving to steer clear of the brandy and hot milk : all that talk of pookas in the car had made her sound neurotic ! |
| 9 | The ILP did so only at the price of appearing to abstain altogether from the politics of what almost everyone else took to be the real world . |
| 10 | Gabriel climbed up the ladder , appearing to rise out of the rib-cage of First Man , who was lying across the front lip of the trapdoor . |
| 11 | And herself , mistrustful of him , angered by his wrong assumptions about her , pretending to go along with the programme he 'd arranged ! |
| 12 | A spokesman for the Housing Corporation , which regulates housing associations , said they were refusing to go ahead with the scheme without funding for running costs . |
| 13 | Edward had watched over her for hours , even refusing to go down to the lock with his friends for days , though he loved to play there . |
| 14 | Scotland have been drawn in the same section as Ireland and Wales and are looking to go forward to a promotion play-off with the winners of a section involving Germany , Austria and Norway . |
| 15 | Yeah that 's a nice er , slot , were you looking to go out in the garden ? |
| 16 | Post-war interviews carried out by the United States Strategic Bombing Survey , confirmed such impressions : one out of three Germans indicated that his morale was affected by bombing more than any other single factor ; nine in ten of those interviewed mentioned bombing as the greatest hardship they had to suffer in the war ; three in five admitted to war-weariness on account of the bombing , and the percentage not wanting to go on with the war was significantly higher in heavily bombed than unbombed towns ; more than two-fifths said they lost hope in German victory when the raids did not stop ; and the percentage of people with confidence in the leadership was fourteen per cent lower in heavily bombed than in unbombed towns . |
| 17 | To tradition and instinct , de Castelnau could add personal reasons for wanting to hit hard at the enemy ; three of his sons had already laid down their lives for France . |
| 18 | The argument put forward by the member states mentioned above is tantamount to seeking to graft on to the derogation from the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality a second derogation as regards fishing vessels relating to the nationality of the owners or operators of such vessels . |
| 19 | It started when a man working in the sorting office was suspended for refusing to stand in for a colleague who 'd gone sick . |
| 20 | It was an act familiar to anyone , that is almost everyone , who has suffered from those self-inflicted illnesses that inspire only a feeling of wanting to curl up in a ball and be alone . |
| 21 | Collecting Lustreware will be of enormous benefit to this and future generations wanting to know more about the pottery and porcelain that comes their way . |
| 22 | The Castle was faintly lit by the soft light of the moon , and Grainne , pausing to look down over the courtyard through a small side window , saw how the countryside was bathed in radiance . |
| 23 | I could understand them wanting to escape back to a time when they were ‘ needed ’ . |
| 24 | He looked away , pretending to stare out of the window as he began to summarise his conclusions . |
| 25 | I have been doing some work for a national charity recently and the director and one of the key office-bearers can not stand sight or sound of SARAH , which was a trifle awkward when she rang up once or twice ‘ wanting to pop in for a chat at your new office ’ . |
| 26 | It is equally hard to imagine countries capable of producing surpluses stonily refusing to do so in the face of an evident need . |
| 27 | By introducing tough new health warnings and refusing to give in to the tobacco industry 's demands , Mr Waldegrave has already shown himself to be the most effective Health Minister since Sir George Young 's short tenure . |
| 28 | At the beginning of book in , when describing the revolt of Lesbos in 427 , Thucydides says that the Lesbians ‘ had been wanting to revolt even before the war , but the Spartans had been unwilling to receive them into alliance ’ . |
| 29 | In his sermons the Chaplain of Cadets had only hinted at the existence of terrible ultimate anti-Gods which stalked the warp , seeking to spill through into the cosmos to corrupt precious reality — the antithesis of all that the Emperor stood for ; forces which Marines should pray that they never encountered . |
| 30 | Anyone else wanting to cash in on the end of the Cold War is advised to get a move on — there 's already been considerable interest in the Wroughton air yard and the agents expect to sell it by the autumn . |