Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm just trying to cos he offered me a drink and I said no . |
| 2 | They align themselves differently according to whether they are travelling , resting , feeding , or avoiding being fed on . |
| 3 | But by all means if you 've got something bring it along and that would give us a starter for five I 'm keen to see us also trying to once we 've got this going going down the S P Q road ah had lunch with the other day at I mean it was I mean she was n't meeting him necessarily wearing a B A I E hat of not um and I think she I think she touched on that though while while while they were lunching. erm I put down progress because I was thinking of the Pilgrims Progress at the time |
| 4 | AT the beginning of the 1980s passengers experienced great variances of comfort and style on InterCity and cross-country trains mainly according to whether they were travelling in one of the three basic designs that made up most of the fleet , one each from the fifties , sixties and seventies . |
| 5 | In 1961 , however , Macmillan 's Conservative Government was forced to confront the underlying weaknesses of British economic performance , and , as the Cabinet debated various strategies , the Prime Minister noted the emergence of ‘ a rather interesting and quite deep divergence of view between Ministers , really corresponding to whether they had old Whig , Liberal , laissez-faire traditions , or Tory opinions , paternalists and not afraid of a little dirigism . |
| 6 | They can become self-fulfilling prophecies : you go into a situation expecting to fail , even wanting to if it reinforces your self-image — and the inevitable happens . |
| 7 | ‘ And was n't even trying to when I posted the Normans behind him . |