Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'How about repeating that line , like a chorus … |
| 2 | Another issue which seemed to lead to few concrete proposals was language across the curriculum , where the school was also criticized for having few clear policies . |
| 3 | So , Silvia had been right ; he really cared about winning that race . |
| 4 | A RAILWAY clerk sacked for drinking half a shandy at his farewell do celebrated his reprieve yesterday — with the same tipple at his local . |
| 5 | The reasons given for rejecting this paper are that the brain may compensate for poor hearing by enhancing hearing in the treated ear , resulting in an overestimate of the likely effects of treating both ears . |
| 6 | It has been suggested that this stone was brought from the Cultoon circle but there is no evidence that it was ever there and no good reason has been given for making such a move . |
| 7 | Looking at the overall position , farmers might be forgiven for seeing little to cheer in these figures . |
| 8 | The people of Northern Ireland could have been forgiven for believing this to be no longer so . |
| 9 | In their farm kitchens and workshops you could be forgiven for thinking that time has stood still for 150 years . |
| 10 | But nursing could be forgiven for thinking that life — and thus the amount of change it has to cope with — is getting a bit too hectic . |
| 11 | YOU 'D be forgiven for thinking that LES AMANTS DU PONT NEUF ( Cert 18 ; W.E. ) — translated it means ‘ Lovers on the Pont Neuf ’ — would be all hearts and flowers . |
| 12 | SOME READERS may be forgiven for thinking that aeronautics began with the Wright Brothers . |
| 13 | He wrote : ‘ To judge by a lot of the stuff written about bands like U2 , you 'd be forgiven for thinking that rock starts are the new Messiahs . |
| 14 | Well so many of these songs have been done by so many people that you would be forgiven for thinking that , that . |
| 15 | ‘ From the outside , you could be forgiven for thinking this whole episode will become very messy . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ From the outside , you could be forgiven for thinking this whole episode will become very messy . ’ |
| 17 | You could be forgiven for thinking this might present Olivetti with a conflict of interest but the company sees it differently . |
| 18 | We have had a marvellous season with thankfully no major accidents and also the best of racing , particularly at the Ulster Grand Prix and the Tandragee 100 , so perhaps we can be forgiven for forgetting that racing needs not only the top line competitors like Joey Dunlop and Brian Reid it needs the newcomers to help the sport thrive and we are just not getting enough of them . |
| 19 | A bigger pipe , more water goes through offering less resistance . |
| 20 | You can compensate for using more time working a really special border and so on by speeding up on the main sections . |
| 21 | She will be pilloried for making this record , she will be told it is an ill-advised change of musical direction , foolish to do yet more cover versions when she has not established herself as a songwriter , madness to be so outspoken , dubbed Mrs Bonkers of Ireland — by people she cared little about . |
| 22 | Where by the Act or the rules the time limited for doing any act is seven days or less , Saturday , Sunday , Christmas Day , Good Friday , Tuesday in Easter week , Bank Holidays and any other day on which the offices of the court are closed must be excluded in computing such time . |
| 23 | But what if at the moment of birth the whole of one 's life to come were to flash before one 's eyes and then to be immediately wiped away , forgotten , while we laboriously go through all the pleasures and sorrows , all the hopes and frustrations that make up a life , meeting people and parting from them , listening to them and speaking to them , to go through tasting all we taste in the course of our long lives , seeing all we see , every leaf at every moment and every cloud at every moment , and hearing all we hear , the hooting of every car and the singing of every bird and every performance of the Brandenburg concertos , go through all that , in time , very slowly , though we had already been through it all , every moment of it , leaf , cloud , concerto , in one brief but intense instant , everything perfectly formed but over in less than a second ? |
| 24 | There really were some very good paintings there ; we should seriously think about buying some of them . |
| 25 | Promise me you 'll think about getting some help , someone with experience who could organize all the day-to-day menial stuff that you 're forced to do ? |
| 26 | We 'll let it lie for now , and if we do get any kind of a big response then maybe we can think about scheduling another programme , but I ca n't honestly see that happening . ’ |
| 27 | I 'd definitely think about moving those other pavers at the bottom . |
| 28 | None of them talked much , but Ruth tentatively suggested as a parting thought that perhaps they should think about doing some more systematic theoretical study . |
| 29 | Now the question is how much can I earn for doing that |
| 30 | Moorlands is also well placed for visiting many of the Highland attractions including Loch Ness , famous for its elusive monster ; the Sea Life Centre ; and the Highland Wildlife Park . |