Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such groups consist of closely related individuals , and in evolutionary terms at least it is worth one of them dying to help the others , in order that a predator may learn not to touch them again . |
| 2 | So why is nothing happening to solve the crisis in dog control ? |
| 3 | It was the price for my more materialist attitude , my seeking to occupy the middle ground , between absorption in life and soaring above the cares of the earth . |
| 4 | Contrast the English praise of a widow at a funeral , ‘ she held up well ’ , with the ritualised outpouring of Iranian grief , complete with howling , wailing and tearing of hair — ‘ What am I going to answer the children when you ask me where is their father ? |
| 5 | How am I going to explain the holes in my hat and case ? |
| 6 | " Am I going to lose the baby ? " |
| 7 | ‘ Are you going to move it , or am I going to contact the hospital security staff and get them to move it for you ? ’ |
| 8 | He was constantly saying , when am I going to get the Pill . |
| 9 | He does n't understand at all , children say things to him at school he 's very mixed up i 'm going to have to seek a lot of help for all the children.He asked me : ’ Am I going to get the bike back for Mark and Thomas to ride on the child 's seat ? ’ |
| 10 | spoon , how am I going to get the golden syrup up ? |
| 11 | Well how am I going to get the ba , how 's , how am I going to manage to get the bacon crisp without getting the onions cra brown ? |
| 12 | Today I 've been thinking to myself , I 've only got the sleeves to put in that dress — when am I going to have the time to do it' ? |
| 13 | ‘ Well , how else am I going to find the money ? |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't worry , Mr Vass , there 's not the slightest chance of my wishing to prolong the agony of our arrangement . |
| 15 | Am I hoping to understand the nature of the Nazi mind ? |
| 16 | So any advice , Mr. Henry , for someone planning to enter the Grolsch competition ? |
| 17 | Can you imagine poor old Tony and me conspiring to deflect the course of justice ? … |
| 18 | For many years the Trust 's wardens and countryside staff have been concerned to provide access for everyone wanting to explore the Trust 's countryside and coast . |
| 19 | In her other essay she considers the theme of female deceptiveness in those scriptures , arguing that it is the text itself which is deceptive through its failing to name the real problem : namely that the power relations which pertained between men and women forced women to seek to obtain their ends through underhand means , while at the same time the deviousness of women is used to justify their inferior position . |
| 20 | He offered the Duchess his arm and the orchestra , seeing the gesture , stopped their playing to allow the Highland pipers to begin their sword dance . |
| 21 | ‘ Ten years of their trying to undermine the Member — not a bad result at all . ’ |
| 22 | It does appear that many large pension funds do carry out such a policy , with many of them attempting to replicate the FTSE 100 Index with their core portfolios so that the returns will match the market . |
| 23 | ‘ Ent you goin' to open the rest ? ’ |
| 24 | Is your fiancé 's brother making your life difficult or are you struggling to find the perfect bridesmaid 's present ? |
| 25 | What are you going to use the room for — sitting , talking , reading , listening to music , tv , parties , cards , hobbies ? |
| 26 | ‘ Are you going to take the word of a prisoner over mine ? ’ snarled Nicholson . |
| 27 | ‘ Are n't you going to heap the blame on me ? |
| 28 | ‘ Here you are talking and holding forth , ’ says the latter , ‘ but tell me this : are you going to kill the old woman yourself ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 're twenty-seven years old , not a child ; are you going to spend the rest of your life wrapped in a cocoon in case you get hurt ? |
| 30 | ‘ Are n't you going to honour the mistletoe ? ’ |