Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [verb] and [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ They 're using me to try and bring him down ? ’ |
| 2 | " [ Mrs Kit Nash ] , year by year , extended the boundaries of her plot by trimming the bramble hedges always from the inside , allowing them to spread and flourish on the outside … |
| 3 | One donor , now almost housebound , had worked with Kinloch Anderson , opposite the church , for many years ; remembered our very first Sale ; had enjoyed that and all the others ; and what 's more , had involved the girls in the office by encouraging them to bring and buy books . |
| 4 | Charlemagne had begun with the clergy , encouraging them to learn and write correct Latin for the liturgy ; two generations later , the lay elite in Charles 's kingdom used writing in several different forms , from books of private prayer to family archives , while many laypeople of lesser rank wanted documents as evidence of their own property claims and legal status . |
| 5 | Finally , residential workers have an important part to play not only in standing by young people , but also in communicating with them about their experiences and in helping them to explain and discover meaning in their lives . |
| 6 | Local artist Hazel Albarn has been working with ten and 11-year-olds and their teachers , helping them design and create large sculptures relating to their other work topics . |
| 7 | All finalists will be introduced to an appropriate book-keeping system , enabling them to monitor and control their businesses in a professional manner . |
| 8 | APT is the last building block in a set of systems — blessed with the contrived name LIFFEforce — which will allow exchange members and their clients fast and competitive access to the markets , enabling them to track and record their positions and settle them on the same day . |
| 9 | It is wise to remember that the basic requirement of a rod , apart from the obvious ones of enabling you to cast and retrieve , is to act as a shock-absorber for the line . |
| 10 | Of the mammalian orders , the insectivores , the ungulates , the Cetacea , the carnivores , and others , each comprises an array of forms of which every one is adapted to a particular habitat with a mode of life enabling it to live and reproduce there . |
| 11 | Exercise on this level will calm the mind , improve digestion and increase the metabolic rate of the body , enabling us to detoxify and provide the vitality that only comes with balance . |
| 12 | It is only through the agency of the Holy Spirit , enabling us to repent and believe , convicting us of sin and making Jesus attractive to us , that we ever become Christians . |
| 13 | He 's also applying double standards — allowing himself to eat and drink to his heart 's content but disapproving when you do the same . |
| 14 | Dust particles then stick to these greasy carpet fibres , causing them to sag and fade in colour . |
| 15 | The bacteria will then start to attack the gums causing them to swell and bleed . |
| 16 | The president , Sir Lawrence Byford , talked me out of it yesterday by imploring me to stay and fight my corner rather than walk away . |
| 17 | The names of the little towns round about Valence ring like peals of bells compelling you to go and look at them . |
| 18 | When stopped by the car park attendant , the disturbed man shoved the attendant aside , causing him to fall and break his wrist . |
| 19 | The unexpected admission made her heart leap , causing her to turn and look at him with eyes that were bright with hope . |
| 20 | He wrote enigmatically to Theo , urging him to come and meet Sien . |
| 21 | What you must do is tense your neck muscles to relieve the pressure and then hurt your attacker so quickly and painfully that he will loosen his grip , allowing you to move and gasp for air — before you smash him and run . |
| 22 | It is also possible to assign different patches to sets of strings , allowing you to mix and match a piano on strings 1 to 4 and double bass on 5 and 6 , for instance . |
| 23 | A friend can be invaluable in helping you to establish and recognize the loudness needed for ordinary conversation in quiet circumstances . |
| 24 | ‘ Was that all part of the plan too ? ’ she asked brittly , forcing herself to turn and look at him , to face what she had done . |
| 25 | Corbett grasped the unfortunate messenger by the jerkin , forcing him to stand and look at him . |
| 26 | He moved towards and took hold of her gently by the shoulders , forcing her to turn and look at him . |
| 27 | An argument against such flexibility is that the House of Lords itself , in respect of any case that it is seised of , lacks authority to remit the case to the court below directing it to re-open and re-hear the case . |
| 28 | Never is there a sense of external currents threatening to overwhelm the human spirit and forcing it to resist and redirect the flow . |
| 29 | These ideas may seem fanciful , but Price justifies such speculation as leading us to consider and test new hypotheses which might otherwise not have been considered . |
| 30 | But the weather worsened and our morale weakened , forcing us to abandon and retreat to the tend , our tails between our legs . |