Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A young Arsenal fan made the same point after having listened rather contemptuously to a discussion by academics about working-class ‘ resistance ’ to increasing middle-class infiltration of football . |
| 2 | And you 'd have an awful lot of explaining to do ever after . ’ |
| 3 | When the signs of ageing come too soon , you must decide whether to make do or dye . |
| 4 | A classic example of this is the need some elderly people have to talk about death — often their own death in particular , even to the point of wanting to discuss very freely the kind of arrangements they would like to be made for their funeral : how it should be conducted , what hymns should be chosen , and who should be invited to it and to the family gathering afterwards . |
| 5 | Below sounding write only long holding notes . |
| 6 | And alcohol makes that sort of loosening happen very smoothly . ’ |
| 7 | The Sun rejects Kinnock 's claim that the tabloids were responsible for Labour 's defeat , despite having said just that three days previously : ‘ It is flattering for him to suggest we have so much power . |
| 8 | We were on about Saturdays , having Saturdays to oursen finally you know , instead of having to go here there and everywhere not bothered about afternoon , I meant night times and that |
| 9 | They came down the steps of the hotel with their Kodaks — at the Continental there was always a large number of Americans — and were immediately fallen upon by dragomans , donkey-boys and street-traders of all kinds , all offering instant picturesqueness without the trouble of having to go too far in the heat to find it . |
| 10 | The next year he wrote to Stead of having lived almost entirely in towns and , though not lacking in a feeling for nature , tending to go back to his memories of Missouri and New England for natural images . |
| 11 | He stood quivering to the gradations of light that sang in the roof , and did not know what it was that moved him so , the hour , or the true beauty of the proportions and spaces about him , or the marvellous and frightening sense of having drawn so close to the spring of his own being . |
| 12 | The US environmentalists , in a critical report , had accused Guerreiro of failing to act quickly enough to demarcate the boundaries of a proposed reservation for the Yanomami Indians although he had been ordered to do so by the government in mid-April . |
| 13 | Lederer ( 1978 ) describes a similar study for spoken language interpreters , where a 3 — 6 seconds ' lag occurs as a base level but with a great deal of interpreting occurring much further behind the speaker 's words . |
| 14 | In an isolated instance , it seems a sign of inexperience , of trying to include too much ; and certainly the virtues of the film remain theatrical . |
| 15 | But no system can wholly protect fools from their own folly or from the knavery of others , and the advantages of trying to do so as fully as possible have to be weighed against the disadvantages of imposing fetters on business conducted honestly and efficiently . |
| 16 | They are also accusing Mr Pozsgay 's supporters of trying to go too far too fast , and of constantly raising the stakes . |
| 17 | Make a point of trying to keep absolutely straight rather than just correcting a swing when it happens . |
| 18 | My parents used to sit and talk about going to live there permanently one day ! |
| 19 | She could n't quite get there on her own , not with having to lie so still and make no noise . |
| 20 | She criticizes John for having accepted too readily the standards of the day and for having adapted too easily to the social and literary context in which he found himself : |
| 21 | She would probably feel a lot better for having done so too . |
| 22 | The Canadian who wrote to him hit the bull 's eye and the words deserve memorising : ‘ Long after the medallists have faded from our minds , you will be remembered for having finished , for having tried so hard . ’ |
| 23 | Brian Burke , ALP state Premier from 1983 to 1988 , was singled out by the report for particular criticism for having acted improperly both in dealing with political donations from businesspeople and in his 1987 handling of the rescue of an investment bank run by Connell.The report also criticized Burke 's successor , Peter Dowding , and the last Liberal premier of the state ( in 1982-83 ) , Ray O'Connor . |
| 24 | She criticizes John for having accepted too readily the standards of the day and for having adapted too easily to the social and literary context in which he found himself : |
| 25 | Others have been half-trained on slippery floors , where they worry about keeping their feet , yet are yelled at for failing to respond quickly enough to commands . |
| 26 | If we 're on our own , neither does a nagging concern about having to walk home alone in the dark . |
| 27 | Caution should be exercised in attempting to generalise too widely from the conclusions developed here , because of international differences in definition , content , and use , of the research thesis . |
| 28 | He added , ‘ The sight gags are fast , and they keep the line gags from having to work too hard . |
| 29 | Without wishing to go too deeply into the theories of acupuncture , practitioners see the therapy as a way of redirecting the vital energy of the body — known as the Qi — which flows around the meridian system , the energy network linked up to all those vital areas of your body , such as the internal organs . |
| 30 | Thus the management in August 1987 referred to having employed twice as many workers 2 years previously . |