Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mr. Munby so treated them because , in his submission , section 8 conferred complete autonomy on such minors , thus enabling them effectively to refuse medical treatment irrespective of how parental responsibilities might be sought to be exercised . |
| 2 | You 're not just paying somebody else to have a Cos if you 're moving if you ca n't sell it you can always rent it again . |
| 3 | ‘ But Melanie , sweetums — ’ the little-girl-lost voice again — ‘ you 're always telling us never to talk to strange men . ’ |
| 4 | Phonelink is also developing Tel-me further to handle data from a whole range of information providers . |
| 5 | Richard Dyer has described how Coward 's songwriting , along with that of other gay lyricists like Cole Porter and Lorenz Hart , can be productively reread in terms of their specifically homosexual perception of the double-edged nature of romantic love — simultaneously wanting it desperately to happen but convinced of the impossible ridiculousness of any such desire . |
| 6 | He used to disappear periodically and come back covered in glory and bruises , often taking us ashore to celebrate England 's victory on the field . |
| 7 | The CNAA has also found itself drawn into the dispute between Huddersfield Polytechnic and its local authority , Kirklees Metropolitan Council , where , in 1980 , it felt itself obliged to write to both parties : to the council stressing the need to provide more funds and to the polytechnic strongly advising it temporarily to drop its intention of introducing new courses . |
| 8 | She lay placidly on her stomach as Kattina straddled her buttocks , stroking her spine and shoulder blades with her long fingers while sometimes throwing herself forward to lie across Jacqui 's slim back and nuzzle her neck or her ears . |
| 9 | I mean Mao will have no merit in actually distorting it deliberately to try and motivate his leaders because |