Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foinavon had been trained by Tom Dreaper in Ireland for Arkle 's owner Anne , Duchess of Westminster , but while in Dreaper 's charge had been notable mainly for his extraordinarily laid-back demeanour : in a chase at Baldoyle he was in the lead when falling at the third fence , throwing Pat Taaffe well clear , but Foinavon did not bother to scramble to his feet , preferring to remain on the ground and pick quietly at the grass beside him . |
| 2 | Representatives from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees have been struggling to cope with the flood of refugees and have appealed to the international community to step up relief . |
| 3 | toilet training and , well not toilet training but reminding to go to the toilet , look at his hat did you read in the paper that George Best has had to spend half of his testimonial money on debts |
| 4 | He spent the entire morning with his legs crossed , not daring to go to the loo in case one of his colleagues was in there at the same time and came to the wrong conclusion . ’ |
| 5 | He accused them of failing to face up to the implications of the voters ' choice should this happen , and of preferring to hide from the truth . |
| 6 | " Did the service men come ? " asked Clara , feeling some word required of her , and yet not daring to comment upon the story 's true import . |
| 7 | I have not followed international football for well over twenty years , preferring to concentrate on the bread and butter of non-League soccer , so I have no idea what Alf Ramsey thinks . |
| 8 | The Government 's recent decision to allow industrial tribunals to hear claims relating to breach of the employment contract may , however , bring this trend to a halt . |
| 9 | Bren was dying to go to the pub . |
| 10 | I even went , I was dying to go to the toilet so I thought oh I 'll go down to the big er and I had no toilet paper so I 'll go down to the big toilets and shower rooms . |
| 11 | ‘ And how did she know he was dying to go to the match ? ’ |
| 12 | They were for the entertainment of the workers in their lunch break er , it was n't really much of a job but er , I kept applying to go onto the floor to actually work on the aircraft but they , they would n't sort of er , I was needed too much in the receiving departments so in the end I left . |
| 13 | The disk is small and ill-defined with the arms appearing to continue to the middle of the disk . |
| 14 | This family is characterised by the disk being ill-defined or constricted with the arms appearing to continue to the centre of the disk in some genera ; the disk may be covered with skin or a dense coating of granules ; the long and narrow radial shields ; the reduced papillae on the jaw with only the apical papillae well developed and the oral papillae small , like enlarged granules ; the genital slits situated vertically on the sides of the disk ; the arms long and covered with skin or granules . |
| 15 | Similarly , in an effort to reach an accommodation with women trade unionists , the NUSEC rejected the traditional nineteenth-century feminist opposition to protective legislation , pledging to work for the extension of such legislation to men rather than opposing it for women . |
| 16 | " We 'd easily get the half-five bus , " Timothy said , offering his gums again , blocking their passage and the passage of two elderly women who were endeavouring to pass into the foyer . |
| 17 | Their role was to clear the Channel of the Dutch and English fleets , before returning to escort across the invasion army in its transports . |
| 18 | The waitress , feeling like she has done her best , storms off with tears brimming to talk to the manager . |
| 19 | Glamis Castle is most famous for its association with Macbeth , and Shakespeare 's hero is said to still bemoan the murder of King Duncan , appearing to walk on the roof , taking a route known as The Mad Earl 's Walk . |
| 20 | He repeated the Comintern formula that " the united front can only be built up from below , by the workers themselves , not as a corrupt bargain of the reformist leaders and disorganisers of the struggle endeavouring to buy off the criticism of the revolutionaries , but as the solid class front of the workers " . |
| 21 | Today , Sartre 's voluntarism is to some extent returning to favour as the result of a desire to retrieve the categories of agency and the subject , which goes together with the wish to get out of the apparently totalizing systems of Adorno , Althusser or Foucault . |
| 22 | By the time they walk down the street , just happening to bump into the gang of boys , they have got it all worked out . |
| 23 | The social composition of admitted solicitors is remarkably similar to the profile of law students , but the socialization process involved in qualifying to practise at the Bar dramatically increases the preponderance of persons from professional and managerial backgrounds . |
| 24 | From the purchasers ' point of view , auctions can also be attractive — if slightly nerve-racking as you wait for bidding to start for the house of your dreams . |
| 25 | In my first ten years of headship over 100 families used the service which the school provided , often returning to share with the group the progress which had been made and to comment on the ways in which their children had responded to the advice they had been given . |
| 26 | Early in September the Secretary of State ( now Lord Listowel ) paid a brief visit With the dual object of tidying up loose threads in Britain 's future relationship with Burma while also endeavouring to mediate between the AFPFL government and the Karens , who still attached great importance to the British connection . |
| 27 | They considered that order necessary in conjunction with the second part of their order relating to contact by the father with the children . |
| 28 | So there he was , all frozen in the hot sun , I began to realise things were really serious when I see them machine guns itching to smoke in the fuzz hand . |
| 29 | Supposedly no danger existed of an individual being prosecuted for happening to disagree with the government but Jessup was understandably sceptical . |
| 30 | It is often suggested that in Italy the general public is more receptive to the idea of mental hospital residents returning to live in the community . |