Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " 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 | Even in South Wales , it is not ali enlightenment since while Mid and South Glamorgan are positively pro-rail neighbouring Gwent turns its back on rail projects , preferring to invest in roads . |
| 6 | The library , with its vague connection with academic work , can hold little attraction for a student struggling to adjust to university life ’ . |
| 7 | Whereas childless people in the past sometimes needed counselling to come to terms with their childlessness , the current situation is more complex . |
| 8 | Despite an increase of 8.5% in the public subsidy for national museums in 1991–92 , most are still struggling to come to terms with the squeeze imposed on their budgets by the Treasury over the past few years . |
| 9 | He was still struggling to come to terms with the disappointment of missing the ride on Cool Ground . |
| 10 | The 50-year-old actress is struggling to come to terms with a series of disasters that have brought her life crashing round her . |
| 11 | Mrs Hall , 75 , revealed that despite Judith 's brave face , she is still struggling to come to terms with the betrayal . |
| 12 | Dawn Wright , 23 , of Hollywell , who is still struggling to come to terms with her tragedy , believes the burglars must have known who she was . |
| 13 | Feelings and emotions are examined in depth , and it is then that pupils can be seen struggling to come to terms with right and wrong . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She sat very still , letting his words flow over her , not daring to comment in case she said something stupid and broke his mood . |
| 16 | ( b ) Counteract the tendency for the most able craftsmen preferring to work as sub-contractors . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Since then Dr Clarke , who travels with a pair of burly minders , has avoided doorstep campaigning preferring to communicate via BNP leaflets and press releases issued in his name . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | This is the chance against happening to hit upon haemoglobin by luck . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | RELATIONS between the British Medical Association and Kenneth Clarke , the Secretary of State for Health , reached a fresh low last night , as doctors ' leaders accused him of appearing to renege on promises that patients ' drugs would not be cash-limited under the Government 's National Health Service plans . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I 'm dying to stand behind Geraldine in the dole queue |
| 25 | Habit of appearing to stand on tiptoe , stretching the neck . |
| 26 | ‘ S'awricht , Tam , ’ Wull was endeavouring to stand on tip-toe , but so was everyone else . |
| 27 | The applied ethics strand is represented by a unit concerned with moral problems relating to conflict between persons , groups and societies . |
| 28 | The applied ethics strand is represented by a unit concerned with moral problems relating to conflict between persons , groups and societies . |
| 29 | ‘ I am dying to play at Wembley , ’ admitted Owers . ’ |
| 30 | PETER RAWSON , Zimbabwe 's former captain , will be banned for life after signing to play in South Africa . |