Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , one might be wary of suggesting to a customer that an invoice is overdue for fear that he commit hari-kari immediately ( without paying first ) . |
| 2 | So , instead of toying with a carrot and lettuce leaf , 30-year-old Julie tucks into a delicious , three-course meal at a smart London hotel , declining chocolates and coffee only because she 's given up caffeine . |
| 3 | An individual with a Quetelet 's Index of 40 has three times the risk of dying in a year than someone whose weight is deal . |
| 4 | ( In comparison , the risk of a person dying in a traffic accident is 1 in 10,000 , and the risk of dying in a fire or a gas explosion at home is 1 in 1,000,000 . ) |
| 5 | Does my hon. Friend agree that domestic rates were especially unfair to single people , and will he reassure the House that he , at least , has no intention of returning to a system that discriminated against many pensioners ? |
| 6 | I was drawing these pictures in my head of walking across a tightrope and falling into a chasm . |
| 7 | Experience is necessarily an act of relating in a relationship that can never be free of paradox . |
| 8 | And do n't suggest I try reversing all the way , since I have no intention of landing in a ditch and immobilising both vehicles . ’ |
| 9 | Unfortunately , they played in blue strips and Nicholas could not face the prospect of signing for a team that wore the same colour of shirts as Rangers , and so he returned to Celtic Boys Club to await his calling from Paradise . |
| 10 | Roddick experienced her first taste of trading as a child while serving in the family café in Littlehampton in Sussex , which is now the centre of her worldwide retailing empire . |
| 11 | Ways of explaining to a child or showing things for a child , or showing a child how to do things . |
| 12 | One of the men charged with causing the death of five young people in a road accident has been accused in court of driving like a bullet when the crash happened . |
| 13 | Think of living in a yacht as living in a caravan , eating out in the evenings . |
| 14 | The prime minister dares — dares — to talk about unorthodox styles of living in a society that actually penalises motherhood , so much so that virtually the only women who 'll take it up are those capable of nothing else ! |
| 15 | We thank you , Lord , that you are in control of our households ; that Jesus knew the joys and sadnesses of living in a family and in a community of people and families in the same street and town . |
| 16 | Failing that they can be taken out into a yard sprayed with solvent degreaser and pressure jetted , otherwise it is a matter of brushing with a churn or utility brush and using a toothbrush in the crevices . |
| 17 | This need not detract from the magic of listening to a story or require any re-scheduling of the traditional story hour . |
| 18 | FO … you acquire the … skill , with practice , of looking at a discharge and being able to say visually in many cases , that there 's things like suspended solids — that it is going to be outside consent ; it is clear to you that sample is going to be outside . |
| 19 | Alison waved from the window of the departing taxi and Celia waved back , a sudden feeling of depression taking hold of her to such an extent that she abandoned her idea of looking for a pram and set off , rather aimlessly , in the direction of Leicester Square in the faint hope that perhaps a cinema might take her mind off things . |
| 20 | Erm this whole problem does give ministers erm a great deal of tension and heart searching erm and er we 're in the throws of , of , of looking for a leaflet that 's gon na help ministers faced with er parents who come and have to be turned away because we feel embarrassed , we feel erm the weight of our , our turning away people and our inability to minister the grace of God to them , although I 'd of thought gravity of but er anyway erm er but we have this problem and erm it seems to me that one way out of it is to pick up on what our brother from the Church of England said and look at new rites , and new ways in which we can open our arms to a public out there which is desperately in need of rites of passage . |
| 21 | It is not a matter of looking for an alternative when the present answer or proposal is unsatisfactory . |
| 22 | Under the first definition , users were deemed to be visiting a library with the particular intention of searching for a document or for information . |
| 23 | They are said to regard cigarettes as a ‘ necessary luxury ’ to cope with the difficulties of caring for a family and managing on a low income . |
| 24 | There 's a lot of emphasis these days about individuals growing as individuals , but are you really saying that because women are obviously individuals they ought to be given the opportunity of growing in a way that they could only do if they had jobs ? |
| 25 | I can actually imagine the feeling of going to a cot and then finding no no the child was dead , that 's awful . |
| 26 | Or , at least , not with work in the sense of going to an office or a factory . |
| 27 | You would n't dream of going into a restaurant and just ordering ‘ a meal please ’ . |
| 28 | It did n't frighten her ; she merely disliked the physical act of getting on a plane and sitting there for the duration of the journey . |
| 29 | Just as the dominions of Canada , Australia and New Zealand were able to conduct their own economic policies while belonging to the sterling area — having their own Chancellors of the Exchequer operating their own fiscal policies , and raising their own tax revenues — so Britain will retain a wide freedom of action , while enjoying the benefit of belonging to a currency and economy underpinned by what will undoubtedly be the strongest currency in the world . |
| 30 | He is a union member and he was aware of all the advantages of belonging to a union but somehow for a long time it never occurred to me how to get it all started , how it was possible . |