Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the recession , it 's looking to grow significantly over the next decade . |
| 2 | This it does by turning away in a deliberate manner and refusing to look again at the glowering face . |
| 3 | The association says the new surge of interest comes from people wanting to buy early in the New Year to take advantage of lower interest rates , bargain prices and the wide selection of property on offer . |
| 4 | The late night movie on BBC2 was the shot-in-Newcastle thriller Payroll , starring Billie Whitelaw as a widow swearing to get even with the armed robbers who shot her husband during a security van robbery . |
| 5 | ‘ Independently of climbing over rocks and fallen stumps of trees , the sportsman has to creep and crawl beneath and among the branches with the utmost caution , taking care only to advance when the bird 's attention is occupied in singing , or in scratching up the leaves in search of food ; to watch its actions it is necessary to remain perfectly motionless , not venturing to move even in the slightest degree , or it vanishes from sight as if by magic … |
| 6 | Earlier however Kelburne looked as though they were going to walk all over the young Aberdonians when they raced into a 2-0 advantage from scores by David McKay and Michael Starling but a goal by Philip Webster just before half time gave the northerners a timely boost . |
| 7 | All her doubts and fears , her insecurities and uncertainties , scattered down there , waiting to vanish forever in the dark water … |
| 8 | Well I think the whole problem is erm is really we should some someone 's got to ask the question are are final , final salary schemes going to last well into the next century . |
| 9 | Voluntary organizations will need to demonstrate their willingness to work with people with severe long-term problems if they are going to contribute seriously to the real work of a service , and they will need professional support and training to do this more arduous work . |
| 10 | The North , outplayed in all departments , were never going to score twice against the meanest defence in Group Six ( five clean sheets in succession ) and a third Republic goal , a 20-yarder from Ray Houghton , served only to improve their useful goal difference . |
| 11 | Not that Sebastiao Lazaroni , the Brazilian manager , was ever going to learn much about the Dutch last night that he did not already know . |
| 12 | Or even , when it was apparent that we were not going to get anywhere with the local government , the whole neighbourhood would get together on a Sunday to work putting in the drains or paving the streets . |
| 13 | Er and much of what I 'm going to say today in the next twenty minutes i it 's bound in here , so there 's no need to take notes . |
| 14 | On his dignity , Kenamun was beginning to sound increasingly like the petty official made good which he was at heart . |
| 15 | As she lifted it out , she realized that the backing was beginning to come away from the heavy cream cardboard of the mount . |
| 16 | When the bloody offal was slapped onto the concrete path before it , the cat hesitated only briefly before running towards this welcome offering , and beginning to chew greedily at the soft , tasty guts . |
| 17 | Much to my disgust I then found myself as far from the sea as I could get — Heathrow Airport , which was just in its infancy but beginning to grow rapidly with the postwar boom in air travel . |
| 18 | Before and after Bridie 's pronouncement Anglo-Scots have been striving to do well on the international field at home . |
| 19 | English Genealogy by Sir Anthony Wagner ( Chichester 1983 ) is indispensable to the researcher wishing to learn more about the social and historical background to the development of English family names . |
| 20 | I have no record of having received a reply and since everything is beginning to move again with the local authorities applying to the Secretary of State for him to lay Orders under the Transport and Public Works Act to enable them to proceed with public consultation on their scheme , the matter is becoming critical once again . |
| 21 | The country earned Western criticism for failing to participate actively in the allied campaign in the Gulf . |
| 22 | After a while , that first storm of angry passion seemed to dissolve , and his lips began a probing exploration , his hand shaping the length of her body and coming to rest warmly on the rounded curve of her hip . |
| 23 | Ndebugre , a former PNDC Secretary for Agriculture dismissed in November 1984 [ see p. 33828 ] , was arrested for allegedly failing to rise promptly for the national anthem , and was reportedly beaten while in detention — he was later released on a court order but was immediately rearrested . |
| 24 | Bartocci made Zen sound like a mad dog he was managing to restrain only with the greatest difficulty . |
| 25 | As Doreen Collins observes : ‘ England is preparing to move forward into the 21st century . |
| 26 | Curtis , craning forward , left hand braced on the dash , right hand clutching his gun , was straining to see ahead through the swirling fog , with the aid of the car fog lights . |
| 27 | Yesterday Acting Detective Inspector Colin Gibson , of Darlington CID , said the teenager suffered a slight cut to his face after trying to struggle away from the two . |
| 28 | Fun 's the last thing I feel like ! ’ she replied swiftly , trying to pull away from the deceptive strength of his hold . |
| 29 | They wo n't do away with them , no but cos they , they 're trying to do away with the National Dock Labour Board and come back to the old system . |
| 30 | The room should be very warm and draught-free ; chilled muscles contract , causing a release of adrenalin — something you are trying to soothe away in the first place . |