Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is your real reason for wanting to go out with that person ? |
| 2 | AN AVALANCHE of applications by schools wanting to opt out of local authority control is now expected . |
| 3 | Unlike Mazda the bankruptcy of the Sanko Steamship Co. in 1985 did not stir any great sympathy because the company management had a previous record of arrogance ‘ likened to that of a rowdy lone wolf refusing to line up with other shipping firms ’ ( FTW31/8/85 ) . |
| 4 | It is from this position that the EC is seeking to move on to deeper integration by the creation of the SEM and the movement towards EMU . |
| 5 | ‘ Insulting , then , ’ she agreed quietly , determined not to lose her temper , although if he was going to carry on in that vein the chances of her keeping it for very long were absolutely nil . |
| 6 | I voted for this government because they said they were n't going to go in for that sort of rubbish . |
| 7 | The customer is the people of Lincolnshire that we represent , they are going to lose out by this sort of policy and we oppose the principle of borrowing for these sort of reasons , |
| 8 | Patrick squirmed uncomfortably in the jumper and the trousers , which were at least two sizes too large for him — he felt as if they were going to fall down at any moment . |
| 9 | A lightweight racer/trainer many look sleek on the shelf , but it is n't going to stand up to heavy mileage and regular forays off-road . |
| 10 | he 's waiting to come up for another load . |
| 11 | The problem I think comes when you go when you become insolvent , you know , and I think that 's and so therefore unless we 're going to come up with some system where we do insure our pensions as we do our home , then you , you , you 're still back to the basic contract between a company and an individual . |
| 12 | AT1 : ‘ I did wonder what was going to come out of this review . ’ |
| 13 | Does he not also accept that much of his programme was going to come about in any event , that he has deliberately delayed the urban programme announcement , that six of our valleys are still not designated areas under the Act and that a proper revitalisation of the valleys would require massive and genuinely new investment spread over at least eight years , not advertising hype spread over three ? |
| 14 | Like Miss Honey , she felt sure both ears were going to come off at any moment with all the weight that was on them . |
| 15 | Going to listen in to actual conversation . |
| 16 | ‘ I hate to bring the real world into this , but is your room-mate going to pop in at any second ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ So I 've arranged for a whistle-stop tour around the country houses of some influential contacts , and there are one or two long-standing debts and favours due to me that I 'm going to call in over this weekend . ’ |
| 18 | By God , you 're going to take that back or you 're going to get out of this house . ’ |
| 19 | I think I 'm going to splash out on reverse osmosis , which should remove all the water-borne nasties in one fell swoop — as well as providing a decent cup of tea . |
| 20 | Tonight I 'll strap Roukoubé to my front , and put you on my back , and we 're going to leave , we 're going to step out of this place . |
| 21 | Not wishing to come down on either side , the planners say it 's a nice fence but high fences near roads need permission . |
| 22 | The police are only now beginning to crack down on this type of smuggling . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the survey concluded that ‘ a very considerable qualitative and quantitative momentum ’ had been built up in the training of part-time teachers for general adult education in the local authority sector and that this was beginning to spill over into vocational teaching . |
| 24 | ‘ But supplies are beginning to get through in better order than before . |
| 25 | Now the sport the Americans call their summer game … baseball is beginning to take off in this country … the city of Gloucester has just launched its own team … the Meteors … |
| 26 | But tension starting to drain out of whole thing . |
| 27 | Are you coming to sit down for this meal ? |
| 28 | His mother was leafing through a huge pile of correspondence , the wire-framed spectacles perched on the end of her nose threatening to fall off at any moment , while Senga sat beneath the window , copying verses from an open Bible . |
| 29 | Because people have done one job , during the day , and then having to go on to another job at night , and make no mistake , that , you know , this is the sort of legislation that we need , to protect us , the public from what , you know , the consequences of somebody working |
| 30 | ‘ I invented having to go out on that instant . |