Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the drugs problem where Trying to put me er social hat on , of people there on valium e and other drugs which were floating ground and kids were getting hold of these drugs from their parents . |
| 2 | It is always easier to stick to the tried and true than to risk doing something different . |
| 3 | Apart from indicating the couch and offering him the wine she had done no more than sit watching him , occasionally rubbing a deep scratch on her arm . |
| 4 | He made no further sign of life as they drew near than to continue to watch them . |
| 5 | Ever since they had made love the night before she had wanted nothing more than to continue touching him . |
| 6 | She used treats and kindness rather than nagging to persuade her mum to kick the habit for at least two weeks . |
| 7 | No one can doubt that it is far better to aim to prevent job problems arising than to try to cure them by means of a law suit . |
| 8 | The little waves ‘ strike ’ the shore , the high part of an advancing wave is a ‘ hump ’ ; looking to another portion of creation , it would surely be better , but impossible , just to ‘ observe ’ the behaviour of migrating starlings than to try to understand it through the conflicting ‘ explanations ’ that have been proposed for it . |
| 9 | Leonora sat up , rubbing her eyes as she switched off the lamp , so exhilarated to find she 'd slept the night through that she was less cast down than expected to find her identity was still a mystery . |
| 10 | The specification was also very comprehensive , and the 1987 version added the significant message that heads and coordinators should select from and adapt the list rather than seek to implement it in its entirety . |
| 11 | If that guarantees he will stay at Leeds for the rest of his career , is nt that BETTER than say signing him now from somewhere else ? ? |
| 12 | The latest Confederation of British Industry survey of manufacturing companies shows that more than six times as many companies expect to maintain or increase their investment in training over the next year than expect to reduce it . |
| 13 | He ruled with justice and mercy , befriending the Moors rather than seeking to overpower them with his presence . |
| 14 | Syncretistic vision represents the salient visible details , the hero 's Brylcreemed hair and pocketful of peanuts , rather than seeking to explain him in terms of his social and intellectual background . |
| 15 | However , there are others , notably the Bruces , who are more than prepared to advance their own claims to the throne . |
| 16 | However , rather than serving to dissuade us from finding some base for the notion of students ' academic freedom , the epistemological grounding of the German universities holds some definite clues that are worth pursuing . |
| 17 | ‘ The undisciplined youth , precocious in evil , earning at seventeen or eighteen more wages than suffice to keep him ’ could be brought under more effective control , Webb believed , ‘ his leisure absorbed under discipline ’ , by a system of compulsory physical training and technical instruction for all youths under 18 years of age . |
| 18 | Therefore the only satisfaction which the ego can obtain in this way is to lower the tension between itself and whatever superego it has until it brings the ideal down to its own level , rather than aspiring to reach it . |
| 19 | If you do intend to follow your own programme see whether you can find a ‘ mentor ’ or other suitable person to whom you can go for encouragement and guidance when you need to , rather than attempting to battle it out on your own . |
| 20 | Ken Berrill [ Head of the CPRS ] introduced the discussion succinctly , setting out the problems ( the threatening world slump , the petrodollar crisis , etc. ) rather than attempting to answer them . |
| 21 | However , he accepted that the council was ‘ involved in an exercise of trading ’ rather than attempting to manage its debt and that local authorities can not be involved in trading activities without a specific power to do so . |
| 22 | It seemed that both incomers and Shetlanders presumed that the researchers did have a clearcut image of conflict in the area and that they were just fiddling about trying to show it , rather than attempting to do something about it ( e.g. putting the incomers somewhere else , helping out the incomers for once , etc . ) . |
| 23 | A local farmer , annoyed because they spoilt the symmetry of his field , and were awkward to plough round , decided to have them removed ; but because of their weight , rather than attempting to drag them away , he ordered his workers to dig them underground . |
| 24 | They are frankly calling their new cheeses by new brand names , making them in different shapes and original packings , selling them on their own merits rather than attempting to pass them off as the great traditional products of an unmechanized and unstandardized age . |
| 25 | bag , rather than keep buying it in , a couple of pound and a couple of pound there . |
| 26 | If a bad undershoot seems inevitable , again prompt action is needed rather than waiting to see what happens and how far you get . |
| 27 | He raised the tension from episode to episode until the mill girls of the north and midlands had to buy their own copies rather than waiting to borrow one . |
| 28 | ‘ Believe it or not , my responsibility to my daughter rated higher in my mind than going to seek you out at the hotel . ’ |
| 29 | British studies of family life and family preferences for care for dependants indicate that family members have essentially retained their primary caring role , and prefer care in partnership with public agencies rather than wishing to hand it over ( see Moroney , 1976 ; West , 1984 ) . |
| 30 | The Italian Minister was unable to promise more than having implemented one out of two by the end of the year . |