Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1862 the regime was hesitant about addressing itself to the broad governmental and social implications of the emancipation of the serfs , but new developments in the military and fiscal spheres signalled that its enthusiasm for reform was returning . |
| 2 | I do n't think I should say sorry for doing what at the time I believed to be right , ’ said the Prime Minister , receiving his loudest ovation of the night . |
| 3 | Her twin sister Sally , of Penarth , South Glamorgan , south Wales , begged school-friends and neighbours not to feel guilty about sending her on the venture . |
| 4 | They had to be careful about saying anything to anyone about still having a rosary or praying to the Blessed Virgin , because Mr Drew , the vicar of St Saviour 's , was pleasing the Bishop of Launceston by being a good Protestant . |
| 5 | Mr Behbehanian , his banker , who believed that the British controlled every event in Iran , was still pressing him to repair there and to apologize to the British for insulting them in recent years . |
| 6 | The Greeks were fond of using them for mounting on earrings , but it was the Romans who developed a passionate interest in pearls . |
| 7 | By the frequency of his visits he came to know most of the artists and was fond of addressing them in a loud voice by their first names as they came out of the studio . |
| 8 | Not having a copy of Class War : Britain 's Most Unruly Tabloid to hand , and doubtful of getting one at short notice , I ask if he has the telephone number . |
| 9 | Yet it is precisely at this point that students — afraid of boring us with repetition — ; search for new material , abandoning their first ideas perhaps for the rest of the piece . |
| 10 | Do not be afraid of trying it in patients who you think might have mild heart failure . |
| 11 | ‘ I would have written sooner , but I was afraid of getting you into some trouble . |
| 12 | At first his kiss was strangely tentative , as if he was afraid of hurting her with his need . |
| 13 | I was so afraid of losing you to Maria Luisa , dreading her return , then it was just too terrible when I thought you were the father of her baby . ’ |
| 14 | If he is afraid of compromising himself in the eyes of Messrs Goupil and Co by keeping in touch with me , is his position with those gentlemen so shaky and unstable that he is obliged to be so careful ? ’ |
| 15 | If Ramsey was to be Archbishop of Canterbury , what was wrong with leaving him in the weighty see of Durham until the day came ? |
| 16 | SERAFIN : Which you regard as being different from using it in private conversation ? |
| 17 | Had it been less well done , someone as prickly and paranoid as Alex Household would have bridled , would have pointed out that to lose a part at the beginning of one 's career was rather different from losing it after twenty years in the business , would have made some bitter retort . |
| 18 | It was important to learn about , for example , bookselling from experienced booksellers who then , accepting the genuineness of my interest and the possible value of my research , were generous in helping me with it and allowing me to carry out surveys in bookshops . |
| 19 | Although I know that my hon. Friend is interested in switching it to the autumn , we have no plans to do that because there are different views about it . |
| 20 | This will equip those who are interested in developing themselves with the tools to reach greater responsibility and promotion , and of course greater rewards . |
| 21 | Well , we 'd like to think that er people , once they 've been introduced to these different sorts of drinks , and become a bit more aware about different sensible levels , would actually be interested in buying them in the future and trying them out themselves . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd be interested in reading something of yours , that is , if you did n't mind . ’ |
| 23 | He was more interested in telling me about the tactics of the attorney general . |
| 24 | To my acute embarrassment , the children seemed far more interested in meeting someone from television . |
| 25 | Because , she thought , she had never been there with anyone who was interested in taking it at anything other than face value . |
| 26 | I 'm not interested in taking it off anybody . |
| 27 | God is not as interested in getting us through a conflict as he is in how we respond to it . |
| 28 | Anybody who is interested in helping them in either capacity should phone Mrs. Noakes on Petersfield 263749 . |
| 29 | Some of them have posited underlying mechanisms of language change to account for this ; some have been more interested in relating it to social realities , treating language as a sort of cultural key rather than as a self-contained system with its own particular dynamic ; others have seen it as their main task to suggest linguistic reforms that will modify or eliminate offensive usages . |
| 30 | ‘ I was wondering , ’ Brassard confided-to his wine glass , ‘ whether you 'd be interested in joining me in a new agency . |