Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're really goin' to miss you both , we really are … . ’ |
| 2 | His kiss had thrilled and excited her , and the brief time she had spent in his arms had only increased her desire , leaving her aching to know him better . |
| 3 | The enclosed experiments will , I doubt not , excuse this my freedom in endeavouring to give him this opportunity of becoming acquainted with you . |
| 4 | With a final decision expected in January on whether to scrap subsidised buses , the school 's vowing to fight it all the way . |
| 5 | I 've been hoping , longing , praying to make you happy ! ’ |
| 6 | He 's dying to make me grateful . |
| 7 | SINN Fein president Gerry Adams has been condemned by the parents of Warrington bomb-victim Tim Parry for refusing to meet them face-to-face and explain why their son died . |
| 8 | SINN FEIN president Gerry Adams has been attacked by the parents of Warrington bomb victim Tim Parry for refusing to meet them face-to-face and explain why their son died . |
| 9 | Your parents hate it and would gladly lynch this band rather than let them dabble with your adolescent hormones that ca n't help wanting to shag them senseless in a vat of cold custard . |
| 10 | At five past two Franco took the unprecedented step of refusing to serve him any more wine . |
| 11 | You get the feeling that if a genuine utopia ever came into being , Matt Johnson would be the one person wanting to tear it all down . |
| 12 | ‘ Not without asking for nominations and holding a Department meeting to discuss it first . ’ |
| 13 | Then , obviously wanting to leave us alone , our friend said that he had to go to the village of Lalatta for a short time ; he would be back in twenty minutes , by which time I would have to start making my way back to Lagrimone . |
| 14 | After that , the memory faded but lay there , in the back of her mind , refusing to leave her alone . |
| 15 | I 'm not looking to give you constructive feedback on them , I 'm just looking to see what grade it gets so you go down and put it in a pigeon hole . |
| 16 | Mr Clinton began his presidency wanting to do it all . |
| 17 | Kate quickly shrugged it off herself , not wanting to give him any chance of coming near her . |
| 18 | Even if no mining had been carried out , the courts decided , the owners of the mineral rights still had a valid claim to the coal , and in seeking to deny them this , the government was violating the Fifth Amendment , which prohibits it from taking property without just compensation . |
| 19 | Chief executive Jim Greenwood said : ‘ The work can not be done in a close season , so we are looking to start it next February and have the new stand ready for August , 1994 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He slung the bag into the culvert and replaced the bicycle , remembering to lift it clear of the ground so that the whickering of the freewheel gear would n't give him away . |
| 22 | He said he 'd been wanting to ring me all day but did n't want to interrupt my work . |
| 23 | Slowly she unlaced her mask too , not wanting to get it sticky , and submissively opened her mouth . |
| 24 | It is useful when brushing to lay them flat on the floor and to use a deck scrubber . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Because you are new in the Opera House , I am writing to tell you some important things . |
| 27 | Thirdly , something James could not know when the season began , 1976 was going to be one of the most contentious seasons , politically and administratively , that I have ever known in the sport , and there were several times in the year when it really looked as though the fates were conspiring to make it impossible for Hunt to win . |
| 28 | We are looking to make it simple for people . ’ |
| 29 | THE visit of Cheshire Jets to Crowtree tomorrow sees Dave Elderkin 's men looking to make it three wins out of three against the league 's bottom club . |
| 30 | 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 . |