Example sentences of "[v-ing] [indef pn] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The atmosphere was one of people enjoying themselves in their own way and allowing everyone else to do so too . |
| 2 | What 's the point of returning to work and allowing someone else to bring up the child ? |
| 3 | ‘ But it is not fair that your remorse should be turned in the direction of seeking someone else to blame . ’ |
| 4 | A Rover spokesman said , ’ It is the German manufacturers which are forcing everyone else to follow suit just as the Germans forced catalytic convertors on the market as the answer to emission problems when most other manufacturers were developing lean burn engine technology to achieve the same result more effectively . ’ |
| 5 | You 're not just paying somebody else to have a Cos if you 're moving if you ca n't sell it you can always rent it again . |
| 6 | This is something I really believe , but I 'm not forcing anyone else to believe it too . |
| 7 | Phoebe loathed housekeeping so profoundly that she felt guilty about it and always did it with a disciplined and joyless rigour , expecting everyone else to do so too . |
| 8 | You do need a mouse to run this program but it is that good it is worth buying one just to play . |
| 9 | Somehow , and she did n't know why , she could n't see him getting anybody else to do his dirty work . |
| 10 | They were concerned with variety of opinion , editorial freedom , partisan bias — values having nothing directly to do with economics and industry . |
| 11 | ‘ We are quite capable of running our own piggy bank , without asking someone else to do it for us . ’ |
| 12 | It was early still , but , while she had quite enjoyed his company and having someone else to converse with in her own language , an early night seemed quite a good idea . |
| 13 | ‘ All it means is you ca n't sort yourself out and you are asking somebody else to do it for you . ’ |
| 14 | It 's worth having one just to see the expression on your enemy 's face as the Giant jumps up and down on his cherished troops . |
| 15 | This could take the form of compensating the victim of the offence or doing something else to assist the victim . |
| 16 | And er they would maybe er devise or make or r find a piece of suitable wood or something to scratch in the garden or in the sand or on a piece of nice soft soil , to make furrows and er imitate maybe what their Dad was doing out in the field and er they had no concept of doing anything else to play really , it was just pretending they were pretending they were grown up and working . |
| 17 | Lack of childcare facilities not only blocks a job , even if there were one , it prevents single parents doing anything else to prepare themselves for a changing job market . |
| 18 | Well my there 's never any please , there 's never any thank you , there 's nothing , I mean there are are n't they , when he was saying that all he 's done for her and they virtually like turned their back on them , he got out in all those winds and weather were n't it , but , we built there and he come out apparently and said I do n't want you having anything else to do with my kids , |
| 19 | The second is to test understanding by inviting someone else to summarize and check that their summary accords with the one you yourself would have given at that stage in the proceedings . |
| 20 | You spend years learning something only to forget what you 've learned . |
| 21 | Nintendo exerts strict control over the market by not allowing anyone else to put games on its machine ( which Atari Games claims violates US anti-trust laws ) and by its powerful marketing . |
| 22 | Though it would be a case of finding someone else to go off with and not just sort of like , I mean we mentioned it years ago . |
| 23 | Mark Kozelek thinks about finding someone else to sing his songs , so he can hide all the time . |
| 24 | But are you living are you living , are you okay so you 've got nothing to live for erm and you 're finding something else to live for , is that revolution really , do you want the |
| 25 | I will have no trouble finding something else to do . ’ |
| 26 | No passionate declarations about changing for her sake , about chucking it all in and finding something else to do . |
| 27 | Again some policyholders have been underinsuring themselves , leaving everyone else to carry an unfair burden . |
| 28 | Eventually , the meal was concluded and Mandru stood up , prompting everyone else to do the same . |