Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know how it is , ’ he would say to their hosts , on the pretext of apologising for arriving late , ‘ She could n't find a thing to wear . |
| 2 | At their first meeting , Berenson is described as ‘ a gentleman with a reddish beard ’ ; apologising for turning up at the artist 's studio unannounced , he offered the excuse that he was ‘ the person who bought all your pictures from Torrini ’ ( an antique dealer with whom Joni placed his first works for sale ) . |
| 3 | Well at one time , I was able to cope with that , but eventually I found myself taking three and four weeks to do it , y'know , with time wasting for going out trying to score and stuff like this , just to feel as though I could cope with the job . |
| 4 | Opening For Going Through |
| 5 | For some time now , it must be said , the Antiguan superhero has been mumbling about hanging up his cape altogether . |
| 6 | Compared with subjects with little or no periodontal disease , those with gingivitis were at about 23% higher risk , and those with periodontitis or who had no teeth were at about 50% higher risk of dying during follow up . |
| 7 | As it happened , his musing about opting out were pre-empted when Catt received her letter from Gedge two days after Christmas Day . |
| 8 | Is it in effect equalises in terms of means , the people applying for housing so there is no need for a means test for potential tenants because they all have in housing terms , the same means , I I do you understand this , I mean it 's vitally important you understand this just to see why this motion is nonsensical . |
| 9 | Commas help your reader to understand the structure of a sentence , but like any other kind of detailed structuring they risk interfering with reading instead of helping it . |
| 10 | That the program-crunching is done for him by people in Breslau , Poland , who re-transmit the results back to his office in Invernessshire for checking before sending down the line to his customer in the Thames Valley , shows that the supposed imperfections of two apparently notorious national telephone systems in fact present no real obstacle . |
| 11 | I stood in the doorway uncertainly , arm aching from bringing up my hamper . |
| 12 | At best it shows only that something similar is happening without showing why , or identifying key causal processes . |
| 13 | All the provisions relating to winding up are contained in the Insolvency Act , regardless of whether or not the company is actually insolvent . |
| 14 | She even had doubts about returning to modelling afterwards . |
| 15 | He had been pacing the room with slow majestic energy ending by peering down through the venetian blind at Madison below . |
| 16 | As tomatoes ripen , an enzyme is produced which causes softening by breaking down the pectin in the cell walls . |
| 17 | The Company put on a special workman 's train to carry these men morning and evening , picking up at Roade and Castlethorpe , the latter two serving as pick up points for Hanslope , Yardley Gobion and Potterspury men . |
| 18 | He 's the kind of guy I 'm lookin' for to head up regional planning . |
| 19 | Dr Mawhinney told MPs in a Commons written reply : ‘ This impressive contribution from GPs and their practice teams is exactly the sort of response we are looking for to take forward our plans to improve the nation 's health . ’ |
| 20 | Election ‘ 92 : Searching for take off without a yogic pilot |
| 21 | The court may terminate a guardian 's appointment at any time but must give its reasons in writing for doing so . |
| 22 | When a kestrel I was looking after died recently , I put it in the freezer so that I can use it for ‘ spares ’ if necessary . |
| 23 | YOUNG riding sensation Adrian Maguire will miss Cheltenham 's prestige Mackeson Gold Cup meeting after picking up a four-day whip ban at Wincanton yesterday . |
| 24 | In 1921 , for example , we find the police warning against setting up a ‘ continental system of domestic espionage ’ in Britain ( p. 6 ) Even SIS , which had designs on MI5 in 1945 , shied away from the latter 's counter-subversive functions , so as not to be ‘ associated with the idea of an internal Gestapo , ( p. 177 ) No wonder governments are nervous of too much openness in this area . |
| 25 | The shares were coasting along at above 400p and looking like going better after a string of tipsters recommendations . |
| 26 | It is looking into setting up an alternative advice centre . |
| 27 | The new guidelines aim to give added protection to the countryside while at the same time promoting In drawing up the guidelines , planners accept that golf can have a major impact on countryside amenities , which , they claim , must be weighed against considerable economic and recreational benefit . |
| 28 | According to Working Together , para 6.18 " legal representation is not appropriate " as the conference is not a tribunal to decide whether abuse has occurred . |
| 29 | He 's looking to getting out of the hospit looking forward to a , a change |
| 30 | We 'll cover the purchase by looking to coming out of your present holdings towards the end of the account , maybe today if the Index picks up … " |