Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now obviously nobody would be daft enough to try running a car without oil , although some of the garages doing their P D I 's , pre-delivery inspections , can cause that sort of problem . |
| 2 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 3 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 4 | She glanced at Sophie maliciously , ‘ I do n't suppose you are busy enough to justify employing a nurse , are you ? ’ |
| 5 | By now you will have a good picture of the basic background , and armed with this knowledge you should feel confident enough to contemplate buying a rug . |
| 6 | He 'd be six now , old enough to start hitting a ball around . |
| 7 | On the facts the accused was not guilty if he intended merely to delay paying a hotel bill of £1,286 . |
| 8 | The logs in the basket were rarely burned ; he was suspicious of comfort , and was never in the Palace long enough to make lighting a fire worthwhile . |
| 9 | If I analyse the bosses I 've worked for , the ones who irritated me the most were the ones who were indecisive and who constantly asked for more information just to delay making a decision . |
| 10 | Time is precious to all of us so it is worth ‘ wasting ’ a little to avoid wasting a lot . |
| 11 | Time is precious to all of us so it is worth ‘ wasting ’ a little to avoid wasting a lot . |
| 12 | On Oct. 9 a special court in Lahore adjourned a hearing against her , at which she had again been present , reportedly to avoid making a ruling before the Oct. 24 elections . |
| 13 | Here , as elsewhere , there are difficult questions to be answered : whether membership of a society should involve a positive duty to take care of one 's body for the general social good , either to avoid becoming a burden on other members of the community or even to preserve oneself as a positive contributor to that community . |