Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a [noun] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not suggesting for a moment that this kind of problem can be resolved merely by putting more resources in , but at the same time there is need to spend more money , perhaps . |
| 2 | Having laid the groundwork of his interest , the politician had to be ready when election time rolled around again , and at that point an incumbent who could re-apply to constituents whom he had frequent occasion to meet , and ask them for a continuation of their friendship , without suggesting for a moment that any of them had a duty to support him in recognition of an implied bargain for past favours , was in a far stronger position than a man whose only contacts with his constituents took the form of patronage letters . |
| 3 | There is no point in engaging in scaremongering about a matter that is well in hand . |
| 4 | I was not a man fighting to live but I was a boxer on the ropes , praying for a miracle that would save him from almost certain defeat . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , they played in blue strips and Nicholas could not face the prospect of signing for a team that wore the same colour of shirts as Rangers , and so he returned to Celtic Boys Club to await his calling from Paradise . |
| 6 | Appearing during a period that has seen a stream of reassessments of the discovery and development of penicillin , Gordon 's work is his fictional version of the same episode — together with some real events and characters . |
| 7 | That has been the dilemma for Hong Kong — the necessity of staunching the flow — and they deserve understanding for a decision that carries all manner of risks for their own future as 1997 nears . |
| 8 | That has been the dilemma for Hong Kong — the necessity of staunching the flow — and they deserve understanding for a decision that carries all manner of risks for their own future as 1997 nears . |
| 9 | He had a think , and blew his nose , noticing after a moment that her mind was fixed on his words in a way that made him feel quite light . |
| 10 | Towelling herself , she looked out of the window , and paused as she noticed two figures climbing up a path that wound up the side of the mountain . |
| 11 | This meant grappling with a panic that was like an asphyxiation . |
| 12 | Something knocked his hat over his face , he pushed at the peak , saw the grey 's hindquarters lift elegantly over the gate and out into the light , felt Conker steadying and kicked him on swiftly because there was n't time to stop , he swung his hand back and hit the pony who lifted suddenly , landing with a jolt that made him grunt with effort . |
| 13 | ‘ Life Forever ’ gives birth to one of the most gorgeous , melancholy intros you 'll have heard for eons , before launching into a track that has the potential to take the pelican crossing between all manner of specialist clubs . |
| 14 | If this is the case we may be standing , sitting or walking in a way that is putting enormous stresses on our structure without us even being aware of it at all . |
| 15 | They seemed to have darkened , smouldering in a way that sent hot and cold chills chasing each other through her body . |
| 16 | Experience is necessarily an act of relating in a relationship that can never be free of paradox . |
| 17 | Moreover , we may point out that even if corresponding attributive and predicative adjectives ( occurring with the same noun ) could be relied on to share the same referential locus , that would be no justification for leaping to an assertion that the two elements are actually " the same " tout court , and even less for claiming that the structural positions they occupy are alternative forms of each other . |
| 18 | Problems with the hospital sector come most readily to the general public 's attention , contributing to a belief that the NHS is underfunded , and this has been exacerbated in parts of the South East by moves to distribute resources away from London and the South East ( based on the teaching hospitals ) in favour of the regions . |
| 19 | The only type of legal research that most practising lawyers want to do is research into the law relating to a case that they have on hand . |
| 20 | Does my hon. Friend agree that domestic rates were especially unfair to single people , and will he reassure the House that he , at least , has no intention of returning to a system that discriminated against many pensioners ? |
| 21 | He was returning to a world that had been kind to him , a past he could be sure of . |
| 22 | The art of vituperation comes naturally to Busi , and , although the picture of Northern Italian provincial life ( in the vicinity of Brescia ) which the author paints occupies only a small part of the novel , which takes his picaresque hero on to greater things in Milan , Paris and London , it is a memorable picture , and provides the necessary underpinning to a writing that spares no effort to make the reader understand the nature of the social and sexual domination . |
| 23 | There is no point in a defendant blaming his defective brakes if he was going so fast that nothing could have stopped him , or in blaming a puncture if he was driving on a tyre that was worn down to the canvas . |
| 24 | He laughed , tossing on a log that made the sparks fly . |
| 25 | This year came Ella to Britain , with his three sons , Clymen and Wlenking , and Cissa , in three ships ; landing at a place that is called Clymenshore . |
| 26 | She noted the flicker of a smile as he came into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee , but she ignored him , turning her back as she scanned the phone book , desperately hunting for a garage that was reasonably near to this god-forsaken place . |
| 27 | Not everyone was absorbed with play — most were looking for a sign that Syd was back |
| 28 | Like I said at the beginning , Rickenbacker do n't churn designs out lightly ; the Atlantis and Excalibur are the result of careful consideration , and if you 're looking for a guitar that 's not only brimming with personality but is eminently playable in just about any style , I 'd suggest you check this one out , fast … |
| 29 | The results indicated overwhelmingly that people are nowadays looking for a colour that has the versatility of white , but which displays its own unique warmth and character . |
| 30 | There was not a soul in sight as Theda began resolutely to trudge down the street , looking for a lane that might lead her off the main road , which , being only of packed dirt , was already a hasty-pudding of mud which churned under her mercifully booted feet . |