Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [to-vb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's the Devil been eating to get such flesh on him ? ’ |
| 2 | In my patch , many small builders are doing well and are struggling to find enough labour to keep them going in today 's market . |
| 3 | Andrea Newman and Susannah Lopez are two women who have chosen to remain exclusively in the grant-aided sector and who are struggling to maintain that working practice as an option for other women . |
| 4 | Brewers from all over the world have been gathering to examine this year 's crop of hops . |
| 5 | It is this is a totally disgraceful situation , and I 've also explained that to my brother and I am endeavouring to put this situation right , erm but it is a conflict of interests and I do n't really know what else I can say . |
| 6 | And I am endeavouring to destroy that worth I can not help admiring ? |
| 7 | Several LDCs ' governments are endeavouring to halt this population movement . |
| 8 | Steel-Maitland told Balfour that " Farquhar and I are endeavouring to raise more money . |
| 9 | It was just the sort of set-up that attracted Dustin , who had been itching to have more power over his films for some time . |
| 10 | You 've been dying to speak all night . |
| 11 | I 'm , I 'm , I 'm , I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry Councillor , but you obviously have n't been listening to debate this morning , the issue is about the settlement that we have received . |
| 12 | And that 's what you 've been wanting to say all evening , Merrill thought : a nice , discreet ‘ keep off ’ instruction . |
| 13 | The FA 's commercial director Trevor Phillips said : ‘ I am looking to end this deal with Watershed , tighten up the release of film , which will help prevent such ad hoc videos being made . ’ |
| 14 | The Ministry of Information has long been refusing to let any journalist visit Tikrit , the town where Saddam was born . |
| 15 | I am writing to request any information you may be able to give as to the key 's history and value . |
| 16 | Very often assessment of a child 's language is required in order that it can be presented to other professionals who are seeking to help that child . |
| 17 | The plain fact is that in most of your interactions with other people you are seeking to exert some influence — to persuade . |
| 18 | I welcome what the Home Secretary said about Le Pen 's visit to Britain , but will he go a little further and dissociate himself from those of his colleagues who are seeking to meet that man ? |
| 19 | ‘ We are delighted with the quality of workforce we have recruited in Scotland , and with the European marketplace showing excellent sales potential , we are looking to expand all manufacturing facilities in Livingston and Bo'ness . ’ |
| 20 | But the engineers , members of the Post Office Engineering Union , are refusing to do any work on the Mercury network as a protest against the government 's plan to turn Telecom into a private company . |
| 21 | One of the first top riders to sign for the 1993 British League season , Rickardsson has no sympathy with riders who are refusing to sign this year because of the promoters ' strict pay policy . |
| 22 | Developments such as individual guidance interviews or counselling discussions , and pupil 's self-assessment in report booklets or records of achievement , are tending to increase this flow of information , particularly towards the tutor and senior staff in a school . |
| 23 | Brenda said : ‘ I think people are wanting to take more responsibility for their own health . |
| 24 | Some people are wanting to bury some body here . ’ |
| 25 | But the rumours reflect merely what everyone knows , events are conspiring to make this budget a particularly difficult one . |
| 26 | ‘ You look like an angel but you 're helping to destroy another woman without turning a hair . |
| 27 | If you 're dying to see these fairy tale castles for which Austria is famed , then take the trip to Neuschwanstein where King Ludwig 's fairy tale castle is waiting to capture your imagination . |
| 28 | And if you 're wanting to spend more time on Johnson at any stage , this is sort of there 's something that I sort of do n't trust producing some er , you know a play to a load of boxes but erm , la la la , and sheets as well . |
| 29 | They 're refusing to release any information about the man they 've arrested . |
| 30 | But the only thing what , I , I mean , I got through , it says hi you 've got through to Ross King 's er , blah , we 're going to repeat those competition questions for you , and they repeat it all to you , and they , is your answer A bla B C and then , it 's please speak after the tone , beep and then you say your thing and then , now would you like to leave your name and number |