Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson , of 8th Signals , Catterick Garrison , had just bought it after deliberately going in search of the drug because he wanted to try it , the court martial was told . |
| 2 | There was a stack of crumpled brown paper , some of it addressed to herself and to Edward or Louise and bearing injunctions about not opening before Christmas ; she recognised the handwriting of aunts and godmothers . |
| 3 | I think it 's also worth just bearing in mind that we 're talking about only one percent of the erm of the farmed land i in this county , we 're not talking about banning hunting in in er in Leicestershire , we 're talking about what we 're saying on one percent there are tens of thousand of fields in in this county nothing can change overnight , even if this er motion goes through because the tenants will still have the rights to decide , it 's only when you actually start getting to new tenancy agreements that you will be in a position if you wish , to start to change things and therefore I suppose at the end of erm , at the end of five years you might have a hundred or two hundred fields on which this ban will apply but you will still have tens of thousand of fields on which the , the hunt will still be , the hunts in this county will still be free to , erm , to operate . |
| 4 | Who can blame a liberated woman for not settling for slavery ? |
| 5 | To summarise , the ‘ absolute income ’ hypothesis may be criticised on two major grounds : ( a ) for not providing an adequate explanation of the different sets of income-consumption data ; ( b ) for not taking into account the influence of wealth and the rate of interest on consumption , and so for not being consistent with the microeconomic analysis of consumer behaviour . |
| 6 | Kreitman and Chowdhury ( 1973b ) found that the most common reason given for not getting in touch with a helping agency was that the overdose was seen as a way of relieving strain or going to sleep . |
| 7 | So , she 's not one to play on it for not going to school though , so |
| 8 | ‘ Thomas White , a tippler , for keeping shuffle board play ’ came before the Court during the stern days of the Commonwealth , while in 1666 were charged , ‘ John Parson , James his son , Stephen Parker and Sidney Randall for not going to church on the Lord 's day ’ . |
| 9 | And they would be a coward for not going to war . |
| 10 | Most men and women would be better off for not going to prison at all . |
| 11 | Anyone who has ever suffered at the hands of military pomposity will relish the story of General Patton inspecting a hospital in France and screaming abuse at a man for not coming to attention in his presence , only to be told ‘ Run along , asshole . |
| 12 | Otherwise there is a risk of coming under attack for not complying with Community competition law requirements . |
| 13 | Carers are renowned for not asking for support . |
| 14 | Ideal for just walking round town . |
| 15 | A Parliamentary and Local Government Advisory Committee was also set up with a brief to ‘ consider and recommend to the General Committee what , in their opinion , is necessary for the purpose of effectively carrying into effect the resolution passed at the Swansea Congress ’ . |
| 16 | Groups are said to work because the group members can now react to each other instead of just reacting to management . |
| 17 | This would be a great help , instead of just relying at present on judging conformation in the hope of reducing strain on tendons . |
| 18 | BRIGHT economic schemes have a habit of not working in South America . |
| 19 | It was also the year in which I discovered both sex and death , so I must have learned something , in spite of not going to school . |
| 20 | The whole company ethos of keeping everything within the plant and of not talking to television or papers survived even when all seemed lost . |
| 21 | He could think of two of his fellow students who might be suitable but they too had degree courses to finish and Adam was beginning to think very seriously of not returning to college . |
| 22 | ‘ Evening Landlord , Master Gates , ’ he spoke in a loud voice and exercised his usual habit of momentarily standing on tip toes as he addressed them . |
| 23 | Always assuming the unlikelihood of ever getting on disc a pluperfect realisation of Bartók 's Second Violin Concerto , this new release from the prodigiously-gifted Anne-Sophie Mutter will come close enough for most people . |
| 24 | He then telephoned Ken Berry , to begin the task of urgently calling in money from abroad . |
| 25 | John Hemmings , aged 54 , was found guilty by magistrates at Dartford , Kent , of illegally possessing for sale 22,902 eggs . |
| 26 | They could n't understand the practice of mainly worshipping in silence and without a minister , or without the trappings of church rituals . |
| 27 | Even then she had found it difficult to get up in the morning , had begged and pleaded to be allowed to lie in a little longer , had gone back to sleep more often than not , the forerunner , Cecilia supposed , of her present practice of often lying in bed till noon . |
| 28 | But instead of simply struggling in embarrassment they can turn to their advisers and ask for help : " What do I say now ? " , |
| 29 | A final difficulty associated with attempts to formulate a sentencing tariff arises from the coexistence of other sentencing aims alongside that of simply punishing in proportion to the offender 's ‘ just deserts ’ . |
| 30 | Instead of simply going to bed , she insisted on returning , believing that it was her duty to try and fulfil her obligations . |