Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [indef pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was struggling to pull something to the top of the dunes . |
| 2 | They should not be clothed in sexual disguises with near-naked women pretending to sell everything but the product itself . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It 's no good looking at the cigars available and attempting to choose one on the basis of certain criteria . |
| 5 | A will have the statutory power of arrest it B was in fact attempting to steal something in the shed , or if A reasonably suspected him of being in the act of attempting to steal something in the shed . |
| 6 | A will have the statutory power of arrest it B was in fact attempting to steal something in the shed , or if A reasonably suspected him of being in the act of attempting to steal something in the shed . |
| 7 | IF ONE HAD been going to cast anyone in the title role of a movie called Little Big Man , there would not have been many actors in Hollywood one could have thought of besides Dustin Hoffman . |
| 8 | Are you going to do one on the potty now ? are n't we ? |
| 9 | The one that he 's done so far was at the end of December and erm he is going to do one to the end of March and that 's going to be a regular thing . |
| 10 | Well , he 's going to do something for the programme and I 'm doing something for TSB . |
| 11 | Yes , er maybe I would n't have mentioned it , but er , well , that 's a story of one like dozens of people , congratulating us , that at long last we 're going to do something about the environment and protect it for the future of our children , and they consider it money well spent , and asking the question , why was n't it never done before . |
| 12 | ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment . |
| 13 | A sudden wave of panic swept over her and she glanced at the others but it did n't seem as if she was going to learn anything for the moment . |
| 14 | I 'm going to get something at the pub on my way home . |
| 15 | And part of the reason why we 're not really out of the recession , is that people are not willing to commit themselves to any further expenditure because they 're not quite sure in six months or twelve months time , as to whether they 're going to have anything in the way of a job . |
| 16 | He was n't going to say anything about the Worm , but of course he 'd reckoned without his mother . |
| 17 | Again , I am not going to say anything about the length of the order or how it should be arrived at , because of the course I am going to take . |
| 18 | I am not going to say anything about the subserviency of the Government . |
| 19 | When we look at Poe 's tales , the structure seems predictable , even formulaic : the dawning sense that all is not as it should be ; the attempts to explain away the moaning sounds that something inside him is nevertheless compelling him to hear ; the fight with fancy , as if one could will away one 's deepest fear ; and then the horrified recognition that what one was most afraid of is there , behind the antique panels , waiting to throw one to the floor . |
| 20 | Excessive violence can conveniently be interpreted as paranoia , which makes drugging an acceptable way of handling the behaviour without having to examine anything in the prison system which is causing that behaviour . |
| 21 | ‘ But by then I suppose he was having to say anything to the jury to save himself . |
| 22 | It already had a well-developed product on the market , whilst its rivals were struggling to get one onto the drawing board . |
| 23 | Claiming to have everything for the town gardener , the Camden Garden Centre 's profits provide horticultural training for young people . |
| 24 | As to the Secretary of State 's personal statement , as he knows , we do not always agree about everything , but we very much appreciate the efforts that he is making to bring everybody around the table . |
| 25 | My own impression of Mrs. Proudie is that of a domineering and annoying woman , but one who has her own opinions and is not afraid to express them , which seems to me good rather than otherwise , but the gentlemen , Mr. Harding and Dr. Grantly , are unused to mere women daring to say anything in the presence of men , who are obviously much more intelligent ! |
| 26 | ‘ You could n't possibly have realised how big a task you 'd set yourself , trying to find someone in the whole of London . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We are still trying to organise something with the zoo but I have seen Emma and she is lovely . |
| 28 | ‘ Trying to fit everything into the calendar without having any major clashes is the biggest problem I face each year . ’ |
| 29 | Because — oh , because I 'm trying to help someone outside the family . |
| 30 | As Labour 's spokesman on Northern Ireland , one might enquire whether he would not be better employed trying to do something about the vermin planting bombs in the Six Counties rather than those worrying sheep in the Home Counties . |