Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And damn him for daring to pry into my affairs and for subtly mocking my singular state ! |
| 2 | Middlesbrough were portrayed as extravagant young upstarts ( the club had only been in the Football League since 1899 ) , and Sunderland were reproached for daring to ask for such a sum . |
| 3 | Panamanian students were shot in January 1964 for daring to demonstrate in favour of their flag . |
| 4 | Their mission is to pursue the TARDIS through time and space and to exterminate its crew for daring to interfere in Dalek plans . |
| 5 | For daring to come at all , she was cut from the Kirov team . |
| 6 | But a small deficiency can occur through struggling to manage on a low income , through a difficulty in swallowing or chewing food , not bothering to plan a nourishing diet , or difficulty in shopping because of a disability . |
| 7 | Whatever his views on the subject , Labour 's Scottish leader is not in the market for appearing to waltz to any tune called by his Nationalist counterpart . |
| 8 | Prison Department divisions were widely criticized by governors for appearing to operate in isolation , each pursuing their own areas of interest without regard to the priorities of other divisions and establishment needs . |
| 9 | Supposedly no danger existed of an individual being prosecuted for happening to disagree with the government but Jessup was understandably sceptical . |
| 10 | From the purchasers ' point of view , auctions can also be attractive — if slightly nerve-racking as you wait for bidding to start for the house of your dreams . |
| 11 | Burgoyne and Clark ( 1984 ) report that this was seen as a major reason for returning to live with parents after the break-up of a marriage , and the assistance which grandparents gave with child care in the short term was seen as vital in helping their daughter or son to re-establish themselves economically and to form new relationships . |
| 12 | The Dons are anchored at the bottom of the Premier League after crashing to defeat in all three opening matches . |
| 13 | The Dons are anchored at the bottom of the Premier League after crashing to defeat in all three opening matches . |
| 14 | ’ So , after appearing to settle for third-person narrative , he doubles back on himself and leaves us to make what we can of an omniscient author who is bound hand and foot to a far from omniscient protagonist . |
| 15 | An intensive conditioner will work much better if you cover hair with a polythene bag after applying to seal in body heat . |
| 16 | PETER RAWSON , Zimbabwe 's former captain , will be banned for life after signing to play in South Africa . |
| 17 | A number of prominent Kuwait opposition figures were reportedly arrested by the Iraqi forces after refusing to participate in the new government . |
| 18 | George Mtafu , Malawi 's only neurosurgeon , was arrested the same month after refusing to apologise for challenging public criticisms of northern Malawians made by Life-President Banda . |
| 19 | Far from being the ‘ safe ’ appointment as most people imagined — an impression enhanced when he resigned from the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland after refusing to apologise for attending the Catholic funeral mass of a colleague — he has turned out to be a sweeping , radical reformer . |
| 20 | Hi 's desperate overland journey is interrupted by weather , by bandits , by the hazards of terrain : finally captured by Lopez 's Reds , he learns that even while he was pressing forward with his message , Carlotta had been seized by Lopez and , after refusing to pray to him as the God he declares himself to be , had been brutally slaughtered by the public hangman . |
| 21 | From the age of 16 , when he left Alleynes School in a fit of pique after refusing to submit to a prefect 's caning , he resolutely bucked the system . |
| 22 | Waldo Salt , who wrote the completed screenplay of Midnight Cowboy , had been blacklisted in 1951 after refusing to testify on Communist affiliations before the HUAC . |
| 23 | Ehiogu , who wrote begging letters to clubs after refusing to sign for his first club West Bromwich Albion , will be making his first starting appearance in the Premier League . |
| 24 | Sloosh twice a day after brushing to get to all the areas your toothbrush ca n't reach and make your mouth a fresh , clean , plaque-free zone . |
| 25 | PAKISTAN 'S opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was arrested yesterday after attempting to march on parliament . |
| 26 | After attempting to speak to his ex-girl friend on the telephone and finding she was out he decided to have another drink , and then started to think about taking some tablets which his GP had prescribed for him at the time when his girl friend had left him . |
| 27 | Jennifer was aware of a strange feeling of expectation during those first weeks after going to live with the Pascoes , as if the months of July and August were an interlude between two completely different stages in her life . |
| 28 | Expectation about becoming queen helped give Sophia a powerful interest in her last years , but she was denied her chance , dying 8 June 1714 after hurrying to shelter from sudden rain during a walk in the palace gardens at Herrenhausen . |
| 29 | North London 's status is now under threat after failing to travel to Leicester , as they have to reapply for League membership after finishing in the bottom four places of the division . |
| 30 | Former Scotland captain Rioch , 44 , has been barracked by fans at the Den for much of a disappointing campaign after failing to build on last season 's success of reaching the promotion play-offs . |