Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Its appealing theme of adventure and war was mentioned and under the heading ‘ reasons for selection ’ , ‘ good adventure story ’ , ‘ gory in places ’ , ‘ parents versus children ’ , ‘ children wanting to fight their own war themselves ’ are all offered as significant features . |
| 32 | Rather they are considerations which should be taken into account by drivers in seeking to pursue their own destinations . |
| 33 | He expelled his laugh in a single breath and was serious again , wanting to study her more , like a doctor , she thought , looking for symptoms , and she allowed him , remembering that this was part of sorrow . |
| 34 | The individual researcher has been the prime mover , seeking to satisfy his own needs . |
| 35 | The batting side with wickets in hand — whether it is chasing a target score or seeking to maximise its own total — now launches an all-out assault on the bowlers trying to raise the scoring tempo to seven or more runs per over . |
| 36 | Things are a little more complicated for Division B. It will be seeking to maximise its own profit by equating marginal costs and marginal revenues . |
| 37 | He said he 'd been wanting to ring me all day but did n't want to interrupt my work . |
| 38 | Moscow 's current policy in Latin America is aimed at undermining US influence while seeking to develop its own ties with the more ‘ progressive ’ and independent governments , and events have demonstrated that anti-Communism can no longer be regarded as a significant impediment to the success of such a policy . |
| 39 | In the middle of 1989 they sold their holding on Adobe and announced that they would be seeking to develop their own version of PostScript and their own font technology . |
| 40 | Instead of seeking to have what little impact they can , they come to feel completely surrounded by impasses which seal up the potential gaps between the proliferating demands . |
| 41 | The American Mary Vorse published her remarkable Autobiography of an Elderly Woman in 1911 , which reflects at length on the reversal of roles that left her ‘ contriving to get my own way , for all the world like a naughty , elderly child , while my daughter was worrying about my headstrong ways as if she was my mother instead of my being hers . ’ |
| 42 | They should learn to use writing to facilitate their own thinking and learning , recognising that not all written work will lead to a polished , final product . |
| 43 | Man 's discovery that he himself , like other living creatures , is born and dies must have led him intuitively to try to circumvent the relentless flux of time by seeking to perpetuate his own existence indefinitely . |
| 44 | By refusing to include theory , the department is , in effect , refusing to declare its own theoretical standpoint : it must have a standpoint , for it is impossible to judge or measure the correctness of someone 's ‘ affective ’ or ‘ quasi-sensuous ’ response ; yet English departments do examine and judge people 's performance , just like any other department . |
| 45 | It would be misleading to profile school teachers as only seeking to maximize their own prestige by cultivating exaggerated interests in sport among black schoolkids and thus jeopardizing their chances academically . |
| 46 | He had never been this close to him before , though of course he had seen him from a distance on parade , the short , brisk figure in green and white , dwarfed by the forest of cocked hats around , yet somehow contriving to dominate them all . |
| 47 | Because you are new in the Opera House , I am writing to tell you some important things . |
| 48 | So she went with the architect and he was wanting to show us this kind of and we were like , were cold and were back to the hotel , we did n't even go into the house . |
| 49 | ‘ I 'm going to treat them all , ’ he vowed yesterday after winning on No 87 in Game 223 . |
| 50 | ‘ Because how are we going to carry it all , with two bairns besides ? |
| 51 | You will actually hold a policy review with your client , I E , you 're going to see them each year at least , but the policy reviews as regards the company are held to make sure there 's enough growth in the client 's funds to sustain all the charges . |
| 52 | That was quick , that five forty , I was trying to work it out out because I was n't going to cancel it that way , but that 's great . |
| 53 | I 'm not going to lose it this time . ’ |
| 54 | She said she was going to miss one that evening because she had an appointment at a Chelsea wine bar . |
| 55 | But he was still going to miss his own bed ! |
| 56 | I 'm going to wear it all again before Friday . |
| 57 | Another project at Marley Grange in South Dublin was less successful , due in part to the Church of Ireland deciding to support its own primary school in the area , and in part to the open opposition of the local Roman catholic clergy . |
| 58 | A lot of people are waiting to see what that brings and how it will affect diesel cars . |
| 59 | Half the class refused to go to the lessons , frightened of being set on fire or being thrown through a window , but Endill liked the suspense of waiting to see what each mixture did next . |
| 60 | Jobless Arthur Robinson , 43 , of Faraday Street , Middlesbrough , has appeared before Teesside magistrates charged with attempting to kill his former common-law wife Yvonne McGrory , of Orwell Street , Middlesbrough , at her home early on Monday . |