Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEC is struggling to come up with a clear , forthright statement on its Unix policy for a worldwide briefing it 's planning on holding February 10 . |
| 2 | Where white and black churches exist side by side , some congregations are now meeting to worship together on a quarterly basis . |
| 3 | It is physiologically unsettling to gaze out from a dark patch into a brighter one . |
| 4 | When you 're giving feedback to people , yes , there were going to bad things about what they 've done , yes , there 's going to be good things , but if you can catch the bad things between two good things , even if the good things are just saying thank you , they 're going to go away with a bigger smile on their face , and probably feel more motivated for the next time they do that task . |
| 5 | One of these days Sam is going to come up against a good old time proper door . |
| 6 | And really I 'm going to start off and then Liz is going to come in on a particular aspect of this . |
| 7 | ‘ The Shiah , for example , or at least the ones in Iran , believe that the Twelfth Imam — who disappeared in mysterious circumstances over a thousand years ago — is going to come back with a huge army and take over the world . ’ |
| 8 | He was wondering how he was going to slip out for a few hours without alerting his mother . |
| 9 | Alan Peter Elkin , 34 , of Oxbridge Lane , Stockton , was committed by Darlington magistrates yesterday for crown court trial on charges of passing a counterfeit £10 note and attempting to do so on a separate occasion . |
| 10 | IT 'S GOING TO BE A VERY INTERESTING RACE , AND IT LOOKS as if IMPROV FROM LOTUS — WHICH REALLY GRABS WINDOWS BY THE THROAT — IS GOING TO GET OFF TO A FLYING START . |
| 11 | We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley . |
| 12 | ‘ = and they were going to stay there for a few weeks until their faces were off the front pages and they could tiptoe away . |
| 13 | I saw Lukic launch into the tackle and it looked , for all the world , like it was going to end up as a foul but I could n't see if it was outside the area . |
| 14 | Not every idea we have is going to end up as a full research project . |
| 15 | The client may say , ‘ My heart was beating so fast I thought I was going to have a heart attack ’ , or , ‘ I ca n't cope any more ’ , or , ‘ I think I 'm going to end up in a mental hospital ’ . |
| 16 | The question is whether they are going to fall in line uncritically with the dominant interests of the sectors in which they work , or whether they are going to act constructively with a larger view — a view with a grasp of the general public interest . |
| 17 | We were n't going to stop there with a fresh skipper . |
| 18 | In time it became customary to grant more than one reversion to an office , so that a queue of expectant administrators could be seen waiting to step successively into a dead man 's shoes . |
| 19 | We are not expecting to come up with a definitive plan to seize power ! ! but rather to begin to discuss some of the issues which are reducing the impact we are having . |
| 20 | The debate is a profound one and it is only just beginning to reach out to a wider audience . |
| 21 | Ken meanwhile was beginning to look down on a great deal of what he had been asked to do professionally . |
| 22 | The tide is beginning to turn back to a gentler , safer and more effective approach to the treatment of ill-health and disease . |
| 23 | Born in Liverpool to a West African father in 1951 , Conteh won ABA , British and Commonwealth titles but was stripped of his world title by the World Boxing Council for failing to go through with a contracted defence in 1977 and failed three times to regain the championship before retiring in 1981 . |
| 24 | At such moments he knew that he loved Frances , and he could feel the seductions of a conventional marriage , of meals such as this happening every Sunday , of knowing each other 's daily news , not always having to catch up on a few months ' worth of events . |
| 25 | Well , I 'm terribly sorry if I did n't add another notch to your bedpost , but look on the bright side — at least I saved you the bother of having to come up with a nice little farewell speech at the end of it all . |
| 26 | Things starting to ease off following a busy rush hour this morning . |
| 27 | ‘ I really am glad to be home , even if it means having to put up with a typical British summer . |
| 28 | The only disadvantage is having to stay indoors on a lovely day . ’ |
| 29 | The car has been written off , which has left them with the prospect of having to pay out for a new vehicle . |
| 30 | He was aware that he was not managing to sound exactly like a senior officer making a recent arrival feel at home , but decided not to add any further riders to his invitation . |