Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giving their decision , Lord Hope said strong reasons had been given for hearing what the children had to say without taking them back to Orkney . |
| 2 | The major reason given for giving them the boot was the requirement for a shit-hot pitch when the Euro championships come round in 96 . |
| 3 | Well Uncle Richard 's gon na think about buying you a goblin alright ? |
| 4 | So OK , without too much effort she had offended Ven Gajdusek , it seemed , but he most definitely had said he would think about giving her the interview ! |
| 5 | One might be excused for wondering what the aged poet really believed . |
| 6 | Her remarkable battle for life even looks like winning her a place in the record books . |
| 7 | The medieval element was a strong influence too : as a result , my mother was cajoled into making me a suede money bag with a draw-string and five polished threepenny bits for sovereigns . |
| 8 | The problem lies in determining what the standards shall be . |
| 9 | The problem lies in deciding what the relationship is between and ; since we do not usually pause between words , there is no silence ( or external open juncture ) to indicate word division and to justify the space left in the transcription . |
| 10 | The servants had not been keen to let him see the man , but his rank and vague remarks about the importance of co-operation with the Grand Army had succeeded in securing him an interview . |
| 11 | If Deveraugh was going to persist in trailing her every move , there was no point in staying here . |
| 12 | The investor if he is going to make money this way , must have a broker who is committed to showing him a profit , as well as earning his commission off him . |
| 13 | Part of the refugee problem will be solved by granting them the right of return to Palestine ( i.e. the West Bank and Gaza Strip ) or to the Jordanian-Palestinian federation . ’ |
| 14 | I did think of paying them a non-means-tested benefit in exchange for abstention , but I 'm sure I 'd never get the figures past Margaret Beckett . |
| 15 | The nurse , a sprightly , middle-aged woman , full of nervous good humour , was set for half an hour 's good jawing before she would think of showing them the girl , but John cut her short . |
| 16 | Long time , no see , ’ he murmured after getting himself a coffee . |
| 17 | She did n't feel like giving him the news . |
| 18 | Though perhaps it could do with kicking itself a little more . |
| 19 | Madam Deputy Speaker I was gon na give a very illustrative example of what I 'm talking about but perhaps I will allow the house to have that example on another occasion because I actually would prefer not to be er er er prevented from giving you the most vivid story of what I 'm talking about . |
| 20 | I used to get them various gigs at the Marquee Club in Wardour Street and the Roundhouse , and some dates at universities throughout the country , but there was n't an awful lot coming in although I did succeed in getting him a TV appearance and the producer , who was a good friend of mine , said , ‘ I 'll not have this guy on my programme with long hair ’ . ’ |
| 21 | He could torture her all he wanted , but he would not succeed in breaking her a second time . |
| 22 | Of course he opposed the Reform Bill itself , yet said in a letter to Crabb Robinson ( 5 February 1833 ) : ‘ You mistake in supposing me an Anti-Reformer — that I never was , but an Anti-Bill man , heart and soul . ’ |
| 23 | Erm I think Neil might benefit from knowing what the intro leaflet is . |
| 24 | The teacher 's role is to help students to progress from considering what the characters do to working out what they need to say in order to achieve the same result in similar circumstances . |
| 25 | No progress will be made without agreeing what the fundamental questions and issues really are . ’ |
| 26 | His creator had fashioned him from clockwork and set him to go through the motions of living without giving him the actual breath of life . |
| 27 | A 44th minute goalmouth melee in which Colin Allister and Norman McGladdery were both denied was the nearest Bann came to giving themselves a glimmer of hope . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ it 's not too easy to answer without giving you a long lecture on the structure of the body . ’ |
| 29 | If she were his mother , and he let himself be shot without giving her a last chance of looking into his eyes ? |
| 30 | I mean , I think , I think that considering the work they , we ought to be looking at giving them the grant . |