Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Office hibernators are sporadic attenders , preferring to hibernate at home ( or aestivate on hot beaches ) . |
| 2 | She did not look up as he struggled to open the door and stepped inside , where he stood perfectly still , hardly daring to breathe for fear of dropping his awkwardly held gift . |
| 3 | For police forces struggling to cope with record levels of crime , arresting people and locking them up is only half the battle . |
| 4 | This … this man , this total stranger was actually daring to sit in judgement ! |
| 5 | The library , with its vague connection with academic work , can hold little attraction for a student struggling to adjust to university life ’ . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , the collaboration of the secular arm in bringing excommunicates to heel not only continued but apparently gathered pace . |
| 7 | Churchill , while being ‘ too much a man ’ to kick the PM on the ground , had agreed to send a letter to Downing Street demanding to know by midday on Sunday the exact position he could expect to hold in the government . |
| 8 | She sat very still , letting his words flow over her , not daring to comment in case she said something stupid and broke his mood . |
| 9 | In particular , they vary in the extent of their involvement with the very frail and housebound , some preferring to concentrate on provision for younger elderly people . |
| 10 | This method has two marked advantages : the production of the dye produces no density change or displacement of the flow ; and the dye gradually reverts to its previous state , so the system can be run continuously without becoming filled with dye . |
| 11 | In a game of increasing thunder , he 's a welcome fork of lightning , sometimes appearing to thrive in spite of team-mates rather than because of them . |
| 12 | This is the chance against happening to hit upon haemoglobin by luck . |
| 13 | Appearing to agree in part with Mr de Klerk 's assessment of the meeting , the churchmen said they saw their role as ‘ facilitators to get negotiation going ’ . |
| 14 | Once he 'd found out that I was applying to go to art school he opened up quite a bit and we began to talk . |
| 15 | Another thing , while all this is goin' on , what about the danger of passin' traffic gettin' caught in crossfire ? ’ |
| 16 | Habit of appearing to stand on tiptoe , stretching the neck . |
| 17 | The danger of the current developments is two-fold : that they are likely to lead to the curriculum becoming dominated by technique ; and that the techniques in question are imported from the outside world , and are imposed arbitrarily upon , and unconnected with , the curriculum . |
| 18 | ‘ S'awricht , Tam , ’ Wull was endeavouring to stand on tip-toe , but so was everyone else . |
| 19 | Freaking out underneath , keeping going on top . |
| 20 | Keeping going without distress . |
| 21 | I mean for me I I 've gone beyond hoping in a way I mean it 's just a question of keeping going from week to week and I do n't know how to measure success . |
| 22 | One can understand a steam locomotive appearing wreathed in smoke and surplus steam to fascinate the unsuspecting person and seemingly so solid that one could reach out and touch it , but a Deltic ? |
| 23 | These reforms can be seen as more paternalistic , to protect people from accidentally becoming bound by contract . |
| 24 | Neither does it lose its sweetness by becoming diluted with rain water . |
| 25 | All these legislative changes have made it increasingly difficult for local authorities to avoid appearing to lurch from crisis to crisis . |
| 26 | STEVE BRUCE yesterday warned about the dangers of Manchester United becoming gripped by title fever if they beat Aston Villa in the FA Premier League at Old Trafford tomorrow . |
| 27 | Her aim to play a leading role and become a radio show personality could lead to the station becoming known as Radio Krabbe , says Germany 's daily Bild newspaper . |
| 28 | As mass consumption , a particular array of objects may be found to represent and assist in the construction of perspectives relating to control over production or rivalry between consumers , but also to wider issues concerning morality and social ideals . |
| 29 | Knowledge of the law relating to control of water pollution , beyond a broad conception of the pollution offences , however , is regarded as unimportant and is claimed by only a small minority of field men , because the job is done ‘ by experience ’ and the application of rules-of-thumb — not ‘ by the book ’ . |
| 30 | Despite vowing to die in defence of Evangalista , in the early hours of Oct. 6 Noble surrendered unconditionally . |