Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [adv] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another occasion which demonstrated Winston 's indifference to the dictates of authority or public opinion was when I was approached by a picaresque character called John Shaheen , an American oil magnate who spent his life getting in and out of the most complicated financial transactions , seemingly always on the verge of ruin but nevertheless contriving to remain sufficiently solvent to undertake his next massive adventure . |
| 2 | You 're going to look too Posh to go walking with me . |
| 3 | Jonadab had followed at a more leisurely pace , not wishing to appear too eager to hear Annie 's news . |
| 4 | Again , you are placed in the situation of having to work quite hard to impose a personality or style on the guitar , which , if you think about it , is how things perhaps should be . |
| 5 | He became angry and frustrated , having struggled so hard to rise above his humble background to become a physician , and the marriage he had seen as his link to success was more like a chain binding him to the spoilt daughter of the man whose position he envied . |
| 6 | On peering through a hole in the wall I saw that Poulette was a strapping Ardennaise , performing her duties admirably , but that her poor master was having to press so hard to keep the plough in the soil that the entire weight of his body was being taken by his arms and he was advancing across the vineyards behind Poulette with his feet off the ground . |
| 7 | Although Newcastle is having to run very hard to catch up with the mechanics of community care , Roycroft thinks that in terms of the spirit of the act , the city is already way ahead . |
| 8 | Thank you for your letter of 19 May and I apologise for having taken so long to reply . |
| 9 | Having worked so hard to start a business , it would be heartbreaking to see it all collapse due to some unexpected misfortune such as an accident , fire or theft . |
| 10 | Leopold , having worked so hard to get his son reinstated , was naturally incensed . |
| 11 | Having waited so long to hear from the ‘ one man ’ who knew what had happened , when he appeared they could do nothing but gaze on him ; having made him into a celluloid star , there was no reason at this point to spoil it , and make him real . |
| 12 | This is when the bream are feeding very confidently , usually on maggots which they are picking up directly from the bottom , much as a chicken picks up corn one grain after another without having to move too far to do it . |