Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm going to see a sports psychologist because I have n't been focusing on the job and I must become more positive . ’ |
| 2 | Earlier Colin Telfer , 46 , a Bell Lawrie salesman , said he had talked to Mackie but denied that Mackie told him Shanks & McEwan were going to issue a profits warning . |
| 3 | A teenager accused of attempting to murder a police inspector has been cleared on the orders of a judge . |
| 4 | Despite fears that the continuing American presence could undermine Panamanian support for the new government , they ‘ are going to need a police force ’ , Mr Aspin said . |
| 5 | Neither myself or anyone of my party having received an hours illness since our arriving though constantly exposed night and day to the bush in all kinds of weather . |
| 6 | Directors may , and frequently do , however , insure against negligence liability and this is likely , at least in part , to off-set any reluctance to take office through the fear of having to meet a damages award . |
| 7 | LABOUR ‘ deadbeats ’ must carry the can for failing to secure a jobs bonanza in Darlington , it was claimed last night . |
| 8 | Today England , having demolished a Railways XI containing no opposition of any note , take on a team sponsored by Air India , which looks almost as weak . |
| 9 | is well despite having had a forceps delivery & ‘ piles ’ ! ! |
| 10 | My right hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development is trying to arrange a donors conference to bring further help , but , as my hon. Friend would agree , the best relief of human rights would be if the Iraqis accepted resolutions 706 and 712 and began to sell oil , the proceeds of which could go to the relief of poverty as well as the compensation of those whom they have victimised . |
| 11 | erm from where people are actually living and trying to get a nights sleep . |
| 12 | Nesta Webster , however , who was a member of the grand council for three months in 1926 and 1927 , thought that the BF had done more for British patriotism than all the other middle-class organizations put together , and soon after leaving established a Patriots Enquiry Centre , a kind of Die-hard library where the ultra-right could study the socialist menace . |
| 13 | Mr Smyth said Williams worked as a leisure professional but also served as a Special Constable and was hoping to become a police officer in the future . |